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[Company strength]
Our company has provided as many as about 1,100 systems of surface treatment equipment, mainly to the automobile and semiconductor industries. We have our own surface treatment equipment in our factory for in-house surface treatment. We can provide high-quality, high-productivity equipment that meets customer needs. This is because we have an environment where we can evaluate equipment specifications and process conditions at the stage of planning and design. We also provide consultation about plating methods and chemicals technologies based on the technologies we have accumulated so far. This will make even new customers feel safe about using our products. We have 71 industrial property rights, including device patents and utility models. We also prioritize intellectual property management. We are working to secure superiority to our competitors in the market while avoiding the risk that our products and processing technologies are imitated.

[Business description]
Our mainline business is to manufacture and sell plants for surface treatment facilities and conduct surface treatment. We have delivered our manufactured surface treatment facilities to over 500 companies. These companies mainly include manufacturers of automotive parts, semiconductors, and light electrical appliances as well as plating companies. We develop dedicated machines according to the processing objects for manufacturers who are considering surface treatment as part of their in-house manufacturing efforts. Our surface treatment is mainly steel plating for great corrosion resistance with high added value. We propose cost reductions in various industrial fields. We have implemented analysis equipment for chemical control and non-contact fluorescent X-ray film thickness meters for plating thickness measurement. We are always committed to high quality control.

[Industry]
Surface treatment equipment and surface treatment

[Strength of products/technologies]
Equipment that we have manufactured has received the backing of many manufacturers for over 40 years since our foundation. We can provide integrated services from design and manufacturing to field installation and adjustments, and we handle various kinds of surface treatment. We are now devoted to developing and selling drainage-free surface treatment equipment because of the recent strengthening of environmental regulations. We have been accumulating know-how in manufacturing surface treatment equipment and surface treatment technologies for many years. We are thinking of utilizing our know-how and technologies to supply alternatives for stainless steel by promoting stainless plating (nickel-zinc alloy plating). Stainless plating several microns thick on an iron material exhibits ultra-high corrosion resistance. Our stainless plating is the first of its kind in the world. It is a combination of four metals in total, including nickel and zinc. This film exhibits characteristics that are not available from single-metal films. These include fine crystals, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, non-magnetization, and an appearance close to stainless steel.

[Representative's message]
We initiated our history at a 100-square-meter rental workshop in Higashi-Osaka. We first started repairing plating systems and then produced automatic plating systems from our second year. We transferred and extended our head office in Yao City and Habikino City, then returned our head office to Higashi-Osaka City, our company origin, in 2007. We are emphasizing the sale of plating systems for semiconductors and automotive parts. In 2013 we developed our stainless plating for surface treatment. This is a technology combining iron and nickel. This combination shows an appearance close to stainless steel and exhibits characteristics that are not available from single-metal films. Trust us for plating.

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
Our overseas customers have been expanding since about 20 years ago. At the same time we have been selling surface treatment systems to their production sites outside Japan (USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Korea, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Mexico, etc.). In 2010 we established Indo Kida Plating (IKP) jointly with Garuda Metalindo, which is a local enterprise in Indonesia. We recently started making preparations for advancing into Mexico, and secured a lot in Guanajuato State, Mexico, where there are many automotive manufacturers. We are proactively strengthening our sales system outside Japan.

[Market share/Ranking]
Zn plating machines: 35% share of the domestic Japanese market.

[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards] 
The 16th Higashi-Osaka City Monozukuri Grand Award, Silver Award. 
Osaka Monozukuri Excellent Enterprise Award 2014, Osaka Prefecture Intellectual Property Category Award. 
Higashin Business Award 2012, Special Award. 
Higashin Business Award 2013, Special Award. 

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[Authorization/Certification]
ISO 9001.

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
Rohm (1990–2014), Aoyama Seisakusho (2004–2014), and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (1995–2014).

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
PT. Garuda Metalindo (2011–2014).