Corporate
Profile

[Company strength]
We are a dedicated air blasting machine manufacturer. Our company responds to requirements from customers in all kinds of industrial fields, and we have supplied more than 30,000 machines in about 50 countries. In principle we assign an engineer per machine so that we can design and manufacture semi-custom-made machines. We have about 80 engineers, which is largest number in the industry in Japan, and we provide the best in state-of-the-art yet simple, easy-to-operate blasting machines.

[Business description]
We design, manufacture, and sell our Pneuma Blaster air blasting machine. We provide services related to this product including commissioned manufacturing and rentals, repairs, maintenance, and modification. We have been a dedicated manufacturer of air blasting machines for more than 60 years since our foundation. We have supplied more than 30,000 air blasting machines responding to the requirements of several thousand customers, without being limited to certain corporations. The blasting process know-how we have gained over many years has made it possible for us to satisfy customer needs in a wide variety of industries. These include automobiles, aircraft, construction materials, electronic parts, semiconductors, and industrial parts.

[Industry]
Blasting machine manufacturing

[Strength of products/technologies]
Automation: Complete automation for various kinds of blast processing including shot peening, deburring, and surface roughening is realized by combining the loader/unloader and CNC control and/or multi-articulated robots.
Digital blasting units: Our original technology for stable blasting with regular amounts enables control over the blasting amount. This is applicable regardless of the type of abrasive compound such as iron, ceramic, or resin with grain diameters from 5 μm to 10 mm.
Sirius Z: This automated mirror finishing equipment can polish inside grooves or holes to a depth of about 2 mm in addition to flat and irregularly shaped surfaces.


[Representative's message]
We believe that air blasting is still at a stage before the dawn of its business potential. From among our 290 staff members we assign 80 people in the engineering and development departments to develop technology and applications. We have been working to improve the sophistication, functionality, and integration of our machines in our efforts to respond to the age of the IOT (Internet of Things). We have been striving to reinforce functionality in our blasting applications including the base treatment, blast polishing, and the strength, hardness and toughness of the materials. This is in addition to the cleaning and deburring that we have always offered. Blasting with very fine grains of one micrometer in diameter is now available. 

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
We established Fuji Blastech (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Thailand as sales base for Southeast Asian markets. They offer air blasting machines, related products such as abrasive compounds, and after-sales service.
This company has a test room for prototypes where Japanese employees are always present, where you can decide on the machine specifications and select abrasive compounds. We have been trying to promote our technology to expand in the Japanese market by joining business shows.


[Market share/Ranking]
We are one of the biggest manufacturers of air blasting machines, with the largest share in Japan.

[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards]
300 of Japan's Vibrant Monozukuri (Manufacturing) SMEs selection by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2006); Management Innovation Plan certification by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (2007); Tokyo Metropolitan SME Manufacturing Human Resources Development Governor’s Encouragement Prize (2015).

[Media]
TV: NHK General, “Chozetsu Sugowaza! Episode 2: Realizing unprecedented adhesion of two pieces of metal” (July 17, 2014); NHK General, “Chozetsu Sugowaza! Episode 1: Melting metal with reflected light – The ultimate polishing challenge” (July 10, 2014); TBS, “Gacchiri Monday: A company with a flood of inspection visits” (September 22, 2013); Tokyo MX TV, “Latent strength of SMEs – Sandblasting: infinite potential” (September 22, 2012).
Newspapers: The Nikkan Koygyo Shimbun, “Development of aesthetic process technique applied to 3D printer objects” (April 8, 2015); The Nikkan Koygyo Shimbun, “Fuji Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and a University of Tokyo venture business: Development of mirror finishing by blasting fine elastic abrasive compounds” (October 30, 2012); The Nikkan Koygyo Shimbun, “Fuji Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was visited by Emperor Akihito” (October 6, 2011).


[Joint research and development]
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Noritake Company Limited and Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd.: Joint development of a new manufacturing method for polycrystalline silicon solar cells.
Advanced Soft Materials Inc., a venture business from the University of Tokyo: Joint development of a mirror finishing technique by blasting fine elastic abrasive compounds. This technique has been implemented.


[Factory (domestic)]
Tokyo, Ibaragi, Aichi

[Other sites]
Nagoya and Osaka sales offices, Fuji Blastech Co., Ltd, Thailand

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
We have supplied over 30,000 machines to customers in a wide variety of industrial fields such as automobiles, aircraft, construction materials, semiconductors, and electronic parts.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
We have supplied our air blasting machines to customers in about 50 countries in Asia, North America, and Europe.