About Us
History
HISTORY

1958

Shandong University began the research on crystal material.

1978

Institute of Crystal Materials (ICM) Shandong University was founded.

1984

The State Key Laboratory on Crystal Material (SKLCM) that based on ICM was founded. It is one of the 5 earliest State Key Labs and the only one that study on functional crystal material in China.

1986

Large sized KTP crystal had been successfully developed by ICM.

1987

The research and development on growth of KTP crystal had won the second prize of the State Natural Science Award and the first Scientific Development Award from the State Educational Committee.

1989

CORETECH crystal company was founded by ICM.

1994

“Self-Pumped Phase Conjugator Mdulator (SPPCM) by KNSBN:Cu crystal” won certificate of National Science and Technology Achievements.

1998

The development of doped YVO4/GdVO4 crystal was started.

1999

“The research for structure and properties of NLO crystal” won the Advanced Science and Technology Award of State Education Commission.

2000

CORETECH led in the development of high-quality Super KTP (S-KTP).

2000

CORETECH was merged into Shanda Luneng Information Technology Co., Ltd. which was founded by Shandong University and Shandong Electricity Group.

2001

FUJING crystal research center was founded by ICM.

2002

“High resistance to laser damage KTP” won the second prize of Shandong Technology Invention Award.

2002

“The growth of Nd:YVO4 single crystal” won the second prize of Shandong Science and Technology Advancement Award.

2002

FUJING crystal research center was merged into Shandong Shanda Wit Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Stock listed 000915).

2003

“The research for scattering particles in KDP(DKDP) crystal” won the third prize of Natural Science Award of Provincial Education Department .

2003

COREECH grew high-quality KTA crystal for OPO application successfully.

2004

We passed ISO9000 quality system certification.

2005

“The research for growth and NLO performance of BIBO crystal” won the third prize of Natural Science Award of Provincial Education Department.

2005

“The research for growth and performance of LGS crystal” won the second prize of Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research Award.

2007

WITCORE CO., LTD. was founded by CORETECH and Crystal Branch of Shanda Wit Technology Co., Ltd.

2008

WITCORE expanded the production scale of KTP crystal and became one of the largest KTP manufacturers in China.

2009

WITCORE upgraded its coating equipment and we can provide quality service for the coating of crystal and optics.

2010

WITCORE updated the growth method of KTA crystal and expanded its production capability. Witcore is now the largest manufacturer of KTA crystal in China.