Corporate
Profile

[Company strength]
We have been performing business activities through the Internet based on our credibility and performance for 119 years as a wire mesh and perforated metal company. We now have more than ten thousand trading companies, and customers are further expanding across Japan. We opened a Japan's first showroom specializing in wire meshes and perforated metal at our Kobe Head Office in 2008. We have also trademarked a poster child and a catch phrase as our branding strategy in order to make a big difference from other companies. We have recently worked on the exportation of our products overseas and already established Chicago Sales Office last year.

[Business description]
We manufacture and sell industrial wire meshes, perforated metals, various filters, etc. We have delivered these products to tens of thousands of companies in Japan. We have four domestic offices (Kobe Head Office, Himeji Branch Office, Akashi Plant, and Sakai Plant) and one overseas office (Chicago Sales Office). Our company is a company that delivers products to people so as to contribute to earth environment preservation through the manufacture and sales of our products such as mesh, perforated metal, filters, etc. We also provide three services; security, reliability, and trust so that customers and suppliers will choose us. 

[Industry]
Wire mesh and perforated metal manufacturer

[Strength of products/technologies]
Our perforated metal (punching wire mesh), a high-end product called "Super Punching", achieves a new punching press process in which holes and spacings smaller than the plate thickness are processed. This process technology has not been developed and therefore it is evaluated as a top level technology of  the industry across the world. It also receives high commendations from delivered companies or in exhibitions held in Japan and overseas. This kind of processing reduces more costs compared to machining, laser processing, electron beam processing, or the like. We also have been working on "Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Resin (CFRTP) Punching" since last year. 

[Representative's message]
We are establishing our marketing system to export and sell our "Super Punching" worldwide, which is one of the highest process technologies in the world. We aim to grow by responding flexibly to even the decrease of population and prospective demands in the future in Japan. It is our goal to be a reliable and promising perforated metal manufacturer not only in Japan but also worldwide.

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
Kobe Head Office and Himeji Branch Office are the contact points for inquiries from major companies in Japan. Our engineering and production department staff will respond to your technical questions, and if necessary, visit your workplace directly to solve your problems. We are preparing for a support system for overseas sales and exports.

[Market share/Ranking]
Super Punching: 70% or more in domestic share

[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards] "KANSAI Monozukuri Genki Companies 100" (2011) / "KOBE Shop Design Net Award "of Kobe Head Office showroom. 
[Media] Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Nikkan Sangyo Shimbun / Kobe Shimbun / many other industrial papers (See our website).

[Authorization/Certification]
ISO 9001; SME Regional Resources Utilization Program; JETRO with Global Potential Market Development Program; New Partnerships, "Sakai Wazashu"; Excellent technologies made in Kobe; Management Innovation Program.  

[Joint research and development]
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. "Exhaust gas filter" US Patent joint application (2009); TORAY GROUP/Toray Plastics Precision Co., Ltd. "Manufacturing method of punching parts made from thermoplastic carbon fiber resin based material" domestic patent joint application, punching work quantified by Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology (2011-2012) 

[Factory (domestic)]
Akashi plant (Hyogo prefecture), Sakai plant (Osaka)

[Other sites]
Kobe Head Office & Showroom (Hyogo prefecture), Himeji Branch (Hyogo prefecture), Chicago Sales Contact (U.S.)

[Transaction form]
Sales of products and orders for development of prototypes

[Transaction terms]
Based on our terms and conditions, and paid immediately after delivery and inspection.

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
Currently negotiating with a U.S. perforated metal manufacturer toward an agreement with reference to the sales of "Super Punching" in North America.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. "Exhaust gas filter" US Patent joint application (2009); TORAY GROUP/Toray Plastics Precision Co., Ltd. "Manufacturing method of punching parts made from thermoplastic carbon fiber resin based material" domestic patent joint application; Punching work digitized by Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology (2011-2012).

[Exhibition History/Information]
Mechanical Components & Materials Technology EXPO Tokyo (2012, 2013) and Osaka (2011, 2012) / Deutsche Hannover Messe 2012, 2013 / U.S. Chicago IMTS 2012 / FABTECH 2013/Mechanical Components & Materials Technology EXPO Tokyo 2014 (scheduled) / EUROBLECH Hannover 2014 (scheduled)