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[Company strength]
Our company’s strength is based on the technical power that we have been accumulating for many years. This has been achieved through FPC trial manufacturing and manufacturing with short delivery times, and our customer network including more than a thousand customers. We have established an integrated order reception system covering from trial manufacturing to mass production of electronic substrates. This is done by making use of the mass-production capabilities we have jointly achieved with our cooperating companies in Japan and abroad. We are taking advantage of the technology power we have accumulated through FPC trial manufacturing to manufacture medical equipment and healthcare products. We also supply high-level FPCs for scientific instrument fields in which market growth is expected. At the same time we have become capable of developing substrate inspecting equipment. This is done with the concept of usability from the user’s viewpoint, which is a familiar perspective for a printed substrate manufacturer like our company.

[Business description]
(1) Electronic substrate business: We conduct integrated processing from design to manufacturing and processing of flexible printed circuit boards. We have constructed a comprehensive system for receiving orders from trial manufacturing to mass production, assembly, and other processing.
(2) Substrate inspection equipment business: We develop, design, and manufacture various kinds of inspection equipment, including energization inspection equipment and appearance testers. We can propose other peripheral equipment as a system, including various kinds of marking equipment.
(3) Trading company business: This business involves investigating, finding, and selling high-value-added trading materials. These include promising products and materials from Japan and overseas, chemicals, and related materials (such as machines, equipment, raw materials, chemicals, and various consumables).


[Industry]
Electronic parts and electric equipment manufacturing

[Strength of products/technologies]
High-precision quality and shortening the development period are required in FPC trial manufacturing. We take advantage of our wealth of accumulated know-how in FPC manufacturing processing, and employ our original control system for manufacturing high-mix low-volume prototypes in a short delivery time. This is how we have realized deliveries of ordinary articles in a single day at the earliest. Our technology supports a minimum pitch of 30 μm (for reference) and minimum line width of 12 μm (for reference) on a single side, while advancing further refinement and densification. We take pride in our history of about 30 years of performance in development and manufacturing in the field of substrate inspection equipment. We supply production management systems including various kinds of marking equipment and peripheral equipment with the main focus on final appearance inspection equipment and energization inspection equipment.

[Representative's message]
We have been developing our business with a focus on highly-difficult technology in recent years, and we have sensed an especially strong response in the medical equipment field. Our products have been conventionally used for digital appliances. They have come to be adopted more and more for medical equipment and space technology applications, for which higher technology and higher quality control systems are required. We hope to further advance the development of high-value-added products, in addition to thin, lightweight, flexible features. We have also been receiving an increasing number of orders in the substrate inspection equipment field for energization inspection equipment and appearance inspection equipment. This is a result of our receiving orders for products compatible with in-vehicle substrates, and aggressive expansion to European countries. We are now promoting development in order to supply new products with further market competitiveness as soon as possible.

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
Our staff have a high level of knowledge regarding technology and products, and they have a wealth of sales experience. They engage in smooth information exchange with major companies and overseas companies. We have also assigned staff who can provide support in Chinese, as well as English, in order to arrange a follow-up system for overseas customers.
Overseas affiliates: China and Thailand.
Liaison Office: Taiwan.
Agents: Austria, Korea, Singapore, Germany, and the Philippines.


[Market share/Ranking]
Our company ranked fifth in Japan in 2013 in the amount of sales of flexible printed circuit boards. (Cited from “Densan Shimpo” published by Denshi Sangyo Shimposha on April 28, 2014.)

[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards]
Kinki District Invention Commendation, Patent Office Commissioner’s Encouragement Prize (2002); 300 of Japan’s Vibrant Monozukuri (manufacturing) SMEs selection by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (2008); Equal Promotion Enterprise Prize, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2013); Equality and Coexistence Promotion Enterprise commendation by Wakayama Labor Office (2013); Wakayama Prefecture Excellent Innovation and Device Prize (2013); New Kansai Monozukuri Enterprise in 2016 selection by the Kinki Economy and Industry Bureau, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2016).

[Media]
Nihon Keizai Shimbun; Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun; Yomiuri Shimbun; Wakayama Shimpo; Electronic Device Industry News (formerly Handotai Sangyo Shimbun); Kabushiki Shijo Shimbun; Fiji-Sankei Business Eye; 100 Leading Medium-Sized Enterprises in Nara and Wakayama; Energetic and Attractive Leading Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Kinki Region, issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; 100 Excellent Kansai Enterprises in Electric Appliances; Electronica and Information/Communication; Excellent Electro Mounting Technology; and Special Issue of Electronic Journal on Electronic Circuit Board Technology.


[Authorization/Certification]
ISO 9001, ISO 14001.

[Joint research and development]
One patented invention (Japanese Patent No. 3817338).
Three patent applications (Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2012-023931, 013-116729, 013-167429).


[Factory (domestic)]
Wakayama

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
FPCs: Canon, Japan Display, Olympus, Kyocera, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp, Mitsubishi Electric, Ricoh, Pioneer, Fujifilm, and so on.Substrate inspection equipment: Kyocera, Mektec, Panasonic, Sumitomo Electric Industries, CMK, MEIKO, Asahi Chemical Industry, Hitachi Metals, Mitsubishi Electric, and so on.Note: Group enterprises of the above companies are also included.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
Suzhou JDI Devices, Suzhou JDI Electronics, Nanox Philippines, Shanghai Suoguang, Samsung group, LG group, AT&S, and so on.