verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message disco corporation kabushiki gaisha disuko tyo 6146 is a precision tools maker from japan . the company was founded as daiichi seitosho co. ltd. in may 1937 as an industrial abrasive wheel manufacturer . in december 1968 it developed and released an ultra thin resinoid cutting wheel micron cut . as the cutting equipment at the time often caused damage to the abrasive wheels the corporation moved into the market releasing an automatic scriber and dicing saw in april 1975 . citation needed the company adopted the name of disco corporation in may 1977 was listed with the japan securities dealers association in october 1989 and entered the first section of the tokyo stock exchange in december 1999 . disco corporation makes dicing saws and laser saws to cut semiconductor silicon wafers and other materials ; grinders to process silicon and compound semiconductor wafers to ultra thin levels ; polishing machines to remove the grinding damage layer from the wafer back side and to increase chip strength . external links edit disco corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title disco corporation & oldid 571739505 categories manufacturing companies of japancompanies established in 1937equipment semiconductor companieshidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing japanese language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2013 at 05 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view