In 1997, Harada Europe established its Research and Development Centre based at the University of Kent, England and this became the centre of Excellence for the development of antenna systems to meet the exacting requirements of current and future technologies. To accomodate the growing needs of Harada Europe's business, it became necessary to re-locate its Research and Development Centre to a nearby purpose built facility at the Sittingbourne Research Centre in Kent. From this modern building, Harada Europe has a secure antenna testing and measuring facility with covered turntable and secure garaging. This enables the company to provide its customers with total security and confidentiality of vehicles during development programmes and testing.