SRL

SRL History

1970 Tokyo Special Reference Laboratories, Inc. is established.
1982 Starts the clinical trial test business
1983 SRL Tokyo Laboratories, Inc. (later in 1993,SRL Tokyo Medical) becomes a subsidiary
1987 Receives accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
1988 JML, Inc. (later in 1997,SRL Nishi-Nihon, Inc.) becomes a subsidiary
1989 The company name is changed to SRL
1990 SRL is listed on the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
1993 Taiyo Kosei Laboratories, Inc.(later SRL Hokuriku, Inc.) becomes a subsidiary
1994 Nanshin Clinical Laboratories, Inc. becomes a subsidiary
1995 Ogyu Clinical Laboratories, Inc. of Sapporo (later in 2000,SRL Hokkaido, Inc. ) becomes a subsidiary
1997 SRL establishes SRL Teijin Bio, Inc. (current SRL Medisearch Inc., shareholding: 66.7%)
1998 SRL establishes SRL Shizuoka, Inc.
1998 Teijin Bio Laboratories, Inc. (later in 2000, TSL, Inc.) joins the SRL Group
2000 Life Information Analysis Center, Inc. becomes a subsidiary
2000 Nihon Stery Inc. and Sumikin Sterile Kyushu Inc.( later in 2003, Kyusyu Stery Inc.) become subsidiaries
2001 SRL is listed on the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
2002 Shionogi Medical Service Inc,(later in 2007,Shionogi Biomedical Laboratories,Inc)becomes a subsidiary
2005 Two subsidiaries, SRL Tokyo Medical, Inc. and SBS, Inc. are merged into SRL
2005 Miraca Holdings Inc. is established
2006 Seven subsidiaries, SRL Hokkaido, Inc., TSL, Inc., Nanshin Clinical Laboratories, Inc., SRL Shizuoka, Inc., SRL Hokuriku, Inc., Life Information Analysis Center, Inc. and SRL Nishi-Nihon, Inc., are merged into SRL
2008 SRL Kansai,Inc. is merged into SRL.
2010 Japan Clinical Laboratories, Inc. becomes a subsidiary
2011 Tsuchiya Enterprise, Inc.(later in 2012, HOKUSHIN Clinical Laboratory, Inc.) becomes a subsidiary
2011 GUNMA Clinical-Laboratory Information Center Inc.(later in 2018,SRL KITAKANTO Laboratory Inc.) becomes a subsidiary
2015 Accredited as a U.S. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) laboratory
2018 Introduced AI analysis in G-Banding chromosome testing
2020 Miraca Holdings Inc. changes its name to H.U. Group Holdings Inc.
2020 H.U. Group Holdings Inc. merges the sales divisions of SRL,Fujirebio,and Nihon Stery to establish H.U.Frontier Inc.
2021 SAPPORO CLINICAL LABORATORY INC. and SRL,Inc. establish hereinafter the Testing Laboratory Joint Venture "SAPPORO MIRAI LABORATORY INC." and hereinafter the Collection & Logistics Joint Venture "SAPPORO MEDICARRY INC."
2022 Launch of operation of the New Central Laboratory (H.U.Bioness Complex)
2022 MEDIPAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION and H.U. Group Holdings Inc. establish Joint Venture Company "MEDISKET CORPORATION" in the Medical and Healthcare Fields
2022 Tokyo Central Pathology Laboratory Inc. becomes a subsidiary
2025 SRL Medisearch Inc. is merged into SRL
2025 Integration of Three Companies in the Lab Testing and its related Services(LTS) Business