Corporate
Profile

[Company strength]
Our company has been devoted to maintenance work in various fields for half a century since our establishment. These include the petrochemical, oil refinery, shipbuilding, printing, papermaking, film, and pump industries. We possess the industry’s most advanced R&D capabilities, particularly regarding thermal spraying. We will meet a wide range of customer needs through our extensive experience, track record, and development capabilities. 

[Industry]
Thermal spraying; precision machining; rotary machine maintenance; Al and Mg hard surface treatment

[Strength of products/technologies]
Our company has been engaged in surface treatment (mainly thermal spraying), precision machining, and rotary machine maintenance. We particularly excel at high-mix low-volume production. We can design an appropriate coating for a product’s use environment through thermal spraying and other surface treatment. This is done by adding various properties such as corrosion wear resistance, voltage endurance, and surface properties. Quality is overseen by the quality assurance department, and managed according to international quality management standards (ISO 9001:2000). We also comply with domestic Japanese quality management standards JIS Q 9100:2009 that include unique requirements for the aerospace and defense industries. 

[Representative's message]
Our motto is to add new wonders to surfaces. Our company acquired JIS Q 9100:2009 quality management system standard certification targeting the aerospace parts industry. We will continue to leap forward to advance our development and technological capabilities. Our goal is to be able to materialize and deliver new possibilities in spraying to customers around the world through our original technologies. 

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
Our company participates in exhibitions held in Tokyo, Osaka, and other regions several times a year to participate in many of our customers’ R&D and prototype projects. We work with many customers for a few days or a few years to achieve the required specifications, and to jointly create a new product. We have sales representatives in charge of East Asia and Southeast Asia who pay regular visits to customers in these regions. Korean customers are contacted through an agent, and Indonesian customers are contacted through a trading company. 

[Market share/Ranking]
Our KX ROCK paper machine and press roll coating has acquired the largest share of the Japanese and Korean market. 

[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards]
The 3rd Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Nippon Grand Award, Award of Excellence; 300 of Japan's Vibrant Monozukuri (Manufacturing) SMEs (2008). 

[Media]
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun; Nikkei; Sanyo Shimbun; and so on.


[Authorization/Certification]
ISO 9001:2008; JIS Q 9100:2009; construction machinery installer license (granted by the Governor of Okayama Prefecture).

[Joint research and development]
Joint research on the analysis and control of oxidizing phenomena caused by metal spraying with added active elements: Kyushu Institute of Technology, and other institutions.
Development achievements: Development of highly durable coating suitable to the environment through appropriate alloy design for the spraying process, and laser superimposition hybridization (NIMS, Kyushu Institute of Technology, and other institutions).


[Factory (domestic)]
Okayama

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; Mitsubishi Chemical; Asahi Kasei; JX Nippon Oil & Energy; Kubota; Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding; Nippon Paper Industries; Oji Paper; RYOBI MHI Graphic Technology; and so on.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
S-Oil; Paper Australia; Hansol Paper; Tjiwi Kimia; and so on.