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Award Report: "KANTAN transducer" received the "40th Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award, Grand Prize" 2026/01/23
Award ceremony of the “40th Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award” was held on Thursday, December 25th, 2025, and our company received the Grand Prize by Kanagawa Prefecture Governor Yuji Kuroiwa.
The “Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award” has been co-sponsored by Kanagawa Prefecture and the Kanagawa Shimbun since 1984, and is an award that recognizes outstanding industrial technologies and products developed by medium-sized and small businesses within the prefecture, with the aim of encouraging and improving technological development.
This year, one Grand Prize, two Encouragement Prizes, and two Future Creation Prizes were selected. Japan Probe's "Kantan" ultrasonic probe, which does not require couplants, was received the Grand Prize with the following reason.
■“Points that were evaluated": Quoted from the “40th Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award”
The company realized the development of ultrasonic probe, which does not require couplants, by developing a unique matching layer with high propagation efficiency, and the special structure which the probe fits on curved surfaces.
This product eliminates the need for the previously required process of applying couplant during inspection, and was recognized for not only improving production process efficiency and expanding the range of test objects but also its potential for use in a variety of fields including medicine.
Our company's President and CEO, Yukio Ogura (center right), Kanagawa Prefecture Governor, Yuji Kuroiwa (right),
Kanagawa Shimbun President and CEO., Hiroyuki Sudo (left)
(Photo: Provided by Kanagawa Prefecture)
