About TAMON

Nearly three decades of precision measurement expertise

TAMON Co., Inc. has specialised in precision measurement technology for over three decades since our establishment in 1996.

Operating without sales or marketing departments, our business has grown organically through client referrals and our reputation for solving challenging measurement requirements. We have built our expertise by responding to client requests such as “We need to measure this specific parameter” or “Our measurement equipment has been discontinued—can you develop a replacement?”

Our particular strength lies in production line measurement systems for coating and polishing process control, as well as outgoing inspection equipment. We have extensive experience measuring difficult targets and delivering high-precision measurement solutions. Client relationships typically expand over time: following an initial demonstration, we install thickness measurement systems in production equipment, support horizontal deployment across facilities, and subsequently develop defect inspection systems. Some clients have commissioned over five distinct project types from TAMON (excluding variants and upgrades).

Technical Capabilities

Silicon Wafer Thickness Measurement

Our most prominent expertise is silicon wafer thickness measurement. When asked “What does TAMON do?”, our typical response is “We manufacture thickness measurement systems.”

Diverse Measurement Systems

Beyond our core business, client requirements have led us to develop unique systems across diverse applications:

  • Colour measurement system calculating ink mixture ratios from sample measurements
  • Colorimetric determination system for reagents
  • Portable measurement device for soil mineral content
  • Bicycle-mounted camera system linking location data with images (developed approximately five years before Google Street View)
  • Exhibition booth system for Milan Design Week (commissioned by French design agency)

Customisation Capabilities

Even for our core thickness measurement systems, we actively accommodate customisation of communication protocols and output formats to integrate with existing factory infrastructure.

Communication Methods

Ethernet, PLC, voltage signals, OK/NG determination with DIO, BLE, and others

Measurement Environments

Wet environments, long-distance measurement, high-speed moving objects, multilayer measurement (>5 layers), and others

Our measurement techniques encompass laser sources, white light sources, acoustic waves, and resonance methods. For optical measurements, we have deployed a wide variety of laser sources and spectrometers, and we aim to support all commercially available laser and spectrometer technologies.

Company Information

Company NameTAMON Co., Inc.
株式会社多聞 (Kabushiki Gaisha TAMON)
Corporate Number3013301015101
Qualified Invoice Issuer Registration NumberT3013301015101
AddressHigashi Building 5F
3-32-22 Honcho, Nakano-ku
Tokyo 164-0012, Japan
Tel: +81-3-6276-5699
Established26 July 1996
Capital¥72,000,000
Shares Issued1,440,000
Fiscal Year End30 September
Business Activities
  • • Design, research, development, and sales of computer software and hardware
  • • Consultancy, education, and training services for computer software and hardware implementation and utilisation
  • • Information processing services and information provision services
  • • All business activities incidental to the above
Officers

President & CEO: Yoshinori Horie

Director: Masahiro Shinoda (President, TINAMI Inc.)

Director: Daisuke Sekine (Architect, euroTAMON S.A.R.L.)

Director: Sho Kasai (President, Gengosha Co., Ltd.)

Auditor: Shuji Shikano

Employees11 full-time employees
5 part-time employees (including 4 student interns)
Principal BanksResona Bank (Ikebukuro Branch)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank (Waseda Branch)
Seibu Shinkin Bank (Honchodori Branch)
Affiliated CompanieseuroTAMON S.A.R.L.
TINAMI Co.,Ltd.
Gengosha Inc.