Corporate
Profile

[Company strength]
We are a stamping technologies company that carries out research and development together with customers based on their needs.  We do not regard ourselves as a subcontractor, but rather an OEM partner who performs certain tasks that cannot be done by customers.  Our business model is not customer dependent.  We do not simply perform tasks based on customer instructions, but more proactively offer proposals for customer profits and eventual win-win for them and us.  We have established solid relations with our customers, and secured a sound financial base.   

[Business description]
We are a metal stamping company and deal mainly with automotive engine related components.  In addition to press processing  itself, we handle start-to-finish production, which covers the following: prototyping, die designing, die manufacturing, press processing, post-processing, cleaning, sub-assembly, surface treatment (produced overseas), and inspection,  depending on customer requests. 

[Industry]
Metal stamping business

[Strength of products/technologies]
Our housing injector, which uses a deep drawing technology for mirror finishing inner surfaces, has been adopted by most of the Japanese auto manufacturers as a key part to supply fuel to engines.  It has been designated as an important security part  as well, and we proudly believe that we are the only company who can supply this part at this price and in this quantity.  In recent years, we have been working on stainless steel forging by stamping machines, which is thought to be extremely difficult.  This is to cope with customer demand for replacement of machined parts.  We started mass production of some of these products in 2013, and are planning to further expand in future. 

[Representative's message]
We have kept our domestic production policy and rejected many requests by our major clients to go overseas.  Our basic stance has not changed, but with many of our clients moving overseas, we are no longer able to flatly decline the idea of going overseas ourselves.  We have not made a final decision to set up an overseas base, but we will carefully collect information and make preparations since the success of overseas expansion will certainly and directly affect our future.  

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
With our major clients in the auto industry expanding their overseas production, we have been preparing ourselves to provide them with support even outside Japan.   As part of our effort, we established in February 2013  our Overseas Strategic Planning Office and started the F/S for overseas business expansion.  In this fiscal year, under F/S support by the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN, we conducted a feasibility survey for our business expansion in southeast Asia.

[Market share/Ranking]
We estimate that our housing injectors are used in about 35% of Japanese cars produced worldwide.

[Awards and media coverage]
2011 Tochigi Prefecture Frontier Enterprise

[Authorization/Certification]
ISO 9001 acquired.
ISO 14001 acquired.

[Joint research and development]
A joint project with Sanoh Industrial Co. Ltd  to develop fuel delivery pipes by pressing.  A joint project with Utsunomiya University to develop an inner surface automatic inspection device for injector cups.

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
Our main client used to be Aiwa, and currently is Sanoh Industrial Co. Ld., a Tier1 supplier for many auto manufacturers and a listed company in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.  Our products are adopted in almost all of the auto manufacturers through Sanoh.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
We have a good track record of part supply through Sanoh Industrial and other customers, though we have never supplied directly to overseas customers.