BEL Inc.
BEL Inc.
BEL (Bio Engineering Laboratory) is a research-driven company that works across the full spectrum from scientific understanding to engineering design and social implementation, with a core focus on materials surface science and engineering.
Our activities are driven by the following core strengths, developed in collaboration with both industrial and academic partners.
Rather than merely providing products, BEL aims to deliver value through the design philosophy of materials surfaces itself—how surfaces should be conceived, evaluated, and implemented to function effectively in real environments.
BEL Charter (Philosophy)
The following text summarizes BEL’s philosophy and approach to its work.
It does not directly describe specific products or business activities.
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BEL (Bio Engineering Laboratory) does not exist for profit or scale.
We exist to confront problems that have yet to be solved,through materials and surfaces, evaluation and design,and to honestly determine whether something truly works.
BEL does not chase trends.
BEL does not rely on authority.
BEL does not compete in numbers.
What BEL values is:
Verifying things in real settings
Learning from failure
Being able to explain work in one’s own words
We choose not the path of “making what sells,” but the path of “making what we can stand behind.”
BEL’s work does not need to be conspicuous.
It does not need to be immediately understood.
However, when looked back upon,
it must be something we can say truly mattered.
BEL is a laboratory before it is a company,
and a philosophy before it is a laboratory.
As long as there are those who uphold this philosophy,
the name BEL, the products it handles, and its form may change.
BEL is a vessel for those who continue to think.
Company name: BEL Inc.
Head office: 2-4-31, Shinonome Nishi-machi, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Phone/FAX(Administration Department & R&D Headquarters): +81-72-233-1717
Email: info@bioenglab.org
Date of establishment: June 6, 2024
President & CEO: Hideyuki Kanematsu
Capital: 1 million yen
BEL Inc. (Full-time) President
Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering (Part-time)
Professor, Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science (Specially Appointed Professor)
Tokai National Higher Education and Research System / Nagoya University (Part-time)
Professor, Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (Visiting Professor)
INTI International University (Malaysia) (Part-time)
Research Fellow (Specially Appointed Researcher)
Woxsen University (India) (Part-time)
Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (External Expert Committee Member)
Professional Societies (Part-time)
Executive Board Member and Reviewer for various academic societies
Fellow of ASM International (FASM)
Fellow of the Institute of Materials Finishing (UK) (FIMF)
Suzuka National College of Technology (Honorary Position, No Active Duty)
Honorary Professor, Department of Materials Engineering
Ph.D. (Engineering), Nagoya University — February 1989
M.S. (Engineering), Nagoya University — March 1983
B.S. (Engineering), Nagoya University — March 1981
First Fiscal Year
2-4-31, Shinonome Nishi-machi, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan