Tokyo in 2013, the year Scandinavia Service Co., Ltd. was established

From the House

A new house in Tokyo, Scandinavia Service Co., Ltd.

May 2013. Design, manufacture, marketing and distribution under one roof.

In May 2013 the house was reborn as Scandinavia Service Co., Ltd., bringing design, manufacture, marketing and distribution together under one roof in Japan.

By Peter Höljö and the Dr·Medic team1 May 20131 min readUpdated 17 October 2026

Event date, 1 May 2013

Lead image, From the Dr·Medic image library.

In May 2013 we began again, on purpose. Scandinavia Corporation became Scandinavia Service Co., Ltd., the company that stands behind Dr·Medic today.

The change was about control of the craft. Design, manufacture, marketing and distribution came together under one roof, so that every decision about a device could be made by the people who build it.

Made in Japan, made to last

From then on, every device has been developed in-house and built, assembled and inspected in Japan. One hundred percent domestic manufacture, made to be used for years, not seasons.

It was also the year Peter made his first journey into Japanese physiotherapy and micro-current science, a story he tells in his own words on the founder page.

What came next

One year later, the first Dr-PRO left our workshop. You can read about that in the launch of the original.

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