Corporate
Profile

[Company strength]
Our company has a wide lineup of products that satisfy various user needs. Our lineup ranges from the Chibi-Ske series of small desktop skewering machines for Izakaya pub-style restaurants and yakitori restaurants to large skewering machines for mass production at food processing factories. We propose products suitable for your requests and situation by considering the skewer type, output per unit time, and place of use.

[Business description]
Our company is the pioneer of automatic skewering machines, and we manufacture and sell these machines. Our universal automatic skewering machines and desktop skewering machines are highly regarded in the industry. They can accurately skewer various kinds of food such as meat, fishery products, agricultural produce, and cakes. We contribute to the production of high-quality skewered products. Our products can be utilized overseas for the production of skewered products corresponding to the food culture of each country.

[Industry]
Food processing machine design, manufacturing, and sales 

[Strength of products/technologies]
Our fastest universal automatic skewering machine enables a worker to process about 20,000 skewers per hour. The trays and conveyors are sanitary because they can be washed without being taken apart. Special magnets are used to install the trays, which are easy to mount and remove. Changing trays makes it possible to skewer various kinds of materials. Our machines have self-check functions to make maintenance unnecessary. They feature a user-friendly design that even allows the user to change the conveyor speed. We design and manufacture trays suitable for any kind of food material handled by each customer.

[Representative's message]
Our company has been accumulating research experience every day since its establishment in 1981 as the pioneer manufacturer of skewering machines. We employ a trial-and-error approach to satisfy difficult user requests. We think this is how we have been able to gain the trust of many users and produce our best-selling MY series. We developed the MWA series and MUV series from the MY series and added the reissued Chibi-Ske series of desktop skewering machines to our product lineup. Our company has sufficiently matured to satisfy various user requests. We will contribute to globalizing Japan’s skewer culture, as represented by yakitori and kushikatsu skewered dishes, while working to support skewer cultures around the world. We will also focus on cultivating sales channels because we are assigning our top priority to strengthening our business foundation.

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
Our company has participated in many events. We will exhibit our products at a wide range of events in the various fields we are now involved in. We will construct an in-house system capable of proactively participating in trade fairs by making effective use of prefectural support organizations and local banks with deep roots in our area.

[Market share/Ranking]
We have a domestic Japanese market share of 90% or more.

[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards]
100 Global Niche Top (GNT) Companies selection by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2014); Summit Conference of Nine Prefectures and Cities, Brilliant Industrial Technology Award by Nine Prefectures and Cities (2013).

[Media]
Fuji TV, "Super News" (May 2014); TV Asahi, "Super J Channel" (April 2014); NHK General TV, "Ohayo Nippon" (March 2014), and many others.


[Authorization/Certification]
CE certification for some models.

[Intellectual property]
Mechanism for Position Alignment between Conveyor and Processor (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. 2012-214298); Skewering Machine (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. 2012-213398). 

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
Nippon Ham, Ito Ham, Prima Ham, Marudai Food, Nippon Suisan, Seven & i Holdings, Circle K Sunkus, Aeon, Life, Nichirei, Ajinomoto Frozen Foods, TableMark, Asahi Broiler, COLOWIDE MD, Wellfam Foods, Zensho, Yoronotaki, Ryuho, JA Zen-Noh, Nihonichi, Kanematsu, ITOCHU, Mayekawa Mfg., Nichimo, CP Group (Thailand), Agrosuper (Chile), and so on.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
Direct and indirect exports to the USA, Canada, Central and South America, the EU, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Taiwan, Korea, and China.