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[Company strength]
Our company has been dedicated to all kinds of work involving cranes at customer factories on consignment from major companies. This is why we can integrate crane-related work from planning, design, and manufacturing to installation, inspection, and maintenance within the company. Our advantage is that we possess sufficient corporate power based on our experience to manage cranes from planning to disposal throughout their lifecycle. We also attend cooperative meetings on safety sponsored by customers to voluntarily improve safety in crane work and operations. Our company is a crane professional and we provide crane safety and security to our customers.

[Business description]
Our company provides comprehensive services regarding heavy-duty transport machines for factory use, with a focus on factory crane manufacturing and inspection.
(1) We manufacture various factory cranes (up to about the 100-ton class).
(2) We manufacture heavy-duty transport machines for factory use (inversion carriages, etc.).
(3) We manufacture crane accessory parts (parts for safety, protection from accidents, high operability, etc.).
(4) We offer crane inspection and maintenance services (legal inspections, special inspections, deterioration diagnosis, repairs, etc.).
(5) We provide various kinds of crane work (crane installation, demolition and alteration, rail renewal, etc.).


[Industry]
General machinery manufacturing

[Strength of products/technologies]
We have been meeting severe requests from major companies. We possess the following advantages with regard to our products and services.
Advantages about crane manufacturing and installation: We can reliably secure quality and carry out design, manufacturing, and installation processes within the company. We have established safe work based on our wealth of experience in working under severe working conditions and safety rules.
Advantages about inspection and maintenance services: We observe an entire crane by using an aerial lift truck for inspections. We can conduct high-level fault and deterioration diagnoses by integrating design, manufacturing, and quality assurance. We consider the results of fault and deterioration diagnoses so we can propose improvement measures for preventive maintenance. We can also inspect cranes and hoists made by other manufacturers, and we also reinforce cranes and overhaul hoists.


[Representative's message]
Industrial cranes that move heavy items have a long history. Their structures and mechanisms do not improve or evolve significantly because of their long product lifecycles. Companies that manufacture and inspect cranes have also become more specialized due to many years of cost competition. This is why a decreasing number of companies are capable of managing cranes throughout their lifecycles. We have secured total technologies by meeting customer requests from major companies. Our company is a manufacturer capable of total crane management even at domestic Japanese production sites that feature ageing cranes that were installed in the era of high economic growth. We believe we are also leading other companies in safety management, thanks to customer guidance from major companies. We manage these techniques with the support of four kinds of corporate power: technical power, manufacturing power, maintenance power, and safety power. We aim to extend our sales channels by means of sales activities.

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
Sales channel development: Nine crane sales staff members are in charge of receiving inquiries. These include inquiries about crane and running rail renewal or installation, repair and alteration, consultation about heavy-duty transport machines for factory use, and deterioration and risk diagnoses. We have eight people from the technical department and 11 people from the production department assigned to work and technical matters. Our inspection team of about 30 people is in charge of crane inspection and maintenance (small work). A four-member team is working on safety matters both within and outside the company. Our areas of activity comprise the Tokai and northern Kyushu regions, but we can cover many areas if they are in Japan.

[Market share/Ranking]
Crane manufacturing and installation data: 30 cranes below 3 tons and 20 cranes from 3 to 50 tons in 2012; 50 cranes below 3 tons and 20 cranes from 3 to 50 tons in 2013.
Crane inspection data: (1) crane inspections for 180 companies; (2) inspected a total of 3,420 cranes; (3) inspected a total of 1,049 cranes at Toyota Motor.


[Awards and media coverage]
Awards in the past decade: Eihokai Effort Award for safety and health improvement activities by top management (June 2004); letter of appreciation from Toyota Motor Corporation "Quality management activities: Cost reduction activities" (March 2005); letter of appreciation from Toyota Motor Corporation PE Department, "Safety management zero-incident record" (December 2005); Excellence in Quality Award from Toyota Motor Corporation (February 2006); Safety and Health Promotion Award (to Masao Sugiyama) from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (July 2006); Safety Effort Award from Toyota Motor Corporation Safety and Health Operating Association (July 2008); Letter of appreciation from Toyota Motor Corporation, "Company supporting restoration from the East Japan Great Earthquake" (July 2011); Excellence in Quality Award from Toyota Motor Corporation (February 2012); Zero Incident Award from NGK Insulators, Ltd. (April 2012); Toyota Monozukuri Brand accreditation (October 2014); Eihokai Chairman's Award for safety and health improvement activities by top management (May 2015).

[Media]
Toyota Monozukuri Brand accreditation in 2014 introduced in Chunichi Shimbun, Chubu Keizai Shimbun, and Yomiuri Shimbun and by Himawari Network. Also introduced in Chubu Keizai Shimbun in 2014.


[Authorization/Certification]
(1) Ordinary construction business license from the Governor of Aichi Prefecture (General 24) No. 8135.
(2) Crane manufacturing license pursuant to Article 37 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act, Aichi Labour Bureau No. 1334-1, etc.


[Joint research and development]
Development:
(1) Development of crane-related safety devices (such as the Hook Tomaru-kun crane hook rotation suppressor).
(2) Smart Maintenance System under development with a subsidy for small and medium-sized enterprises from Toyota City in 2014 and 2015. 


[Factory (domestic)]
Headquarters & Main factory: 3-31, Koromogahara, Toyota-City, Aichi 471-0856

[Other sites]
Kyusyu sales office

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
Toyota Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Toyota Boshoku Corporation, Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., NGK Insulators, Ltd., Toyota T&S Construction Co., Ltd., Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd., Kojima Industries Corporation, Toyota L&F Chubu Inc., Toyota Housing Corporation, Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc., Aichi Steel Corporation, Okuma Corporation, Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., JTEKT Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd., Toho Gas Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Kobe Steel, Ltd., etc.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
We have provided about 20 cranes to Toyota and Toyota-affiliated companies in Tianjin, China through a tie-up with a Chinese crane manufacturer. Our company has participated in overseas factory launch projects by Toyota Motor and other domestic Japanese companies as a crane installation supervisor. We have also given guidance about crane inspection to production sites in Tianjin, China, and the Philippines.

[Exhibition History/Information]
Exhibition at MECT 2015. Period: 4 days from October 21 (Thursday) to 24 (Saturday), 2015, at Port Messe Nagoya (Nagoya International Exhibition Hall).