Corporate
Profile

[Company strength]
We are conducting mainly plating and chemical conversion processing. 
On the other hand, our company has developed 'functional thin film processing' such as TRI System and TIER Coat, and also carried out the development of the 'new plating process'.
Our company's advantage is the spirit to challenge the new technology.
We will work on the development of new surface treatment process, by using the accumulated technology and know-how, in the industry, academia and government collaborative research.

[Business description]
We conduct consignment surface treatment processing with a focus on various kinds of plating and chemical processing. We conduct surface treatment of parts for customers in various fields. These include Alumite treatment and Alodine treatment for housing-related parts such as doorknobs. We also conduct exterior plating for semiconductor lead frames (Sn-Bi plating; pure Sn plating), and various kinds of plating for in-vehicle parts. We provide functional thin film treatment, which was developed in industry-university-government joint research. Our TRI System is a technology for joining metal and resin, and our TIER Coat is a technology for preventing the adhesion of resin onto metallic dies during plastic molding.

[Industry]
Surface treatment industry

[Strength of products / technologies]
TRI System: Our TRI System is a technology for joining metal and resin without having to use an adhesive. The joining power is strong enough to destroy the resin portion when force is applied to peel off the joined portion, and the sealing properties are also excellent. 
TIER Coat: Our TIER Coat is a release film for resin moldings dies. The thickness of TIER Coat is as small as 30 nm. It has excellent releasability with respect to silicon resin, epoxy resin as an adhesive agent, thermosetting resin such as urethane resin, and thermoplastic resin such as acryl resin. This is how we can achieve resin moldings without having to use a release agent.

[Representative's message]
We have been actively participating in various exhibitions in various fields and at various locations (in Japan) since 2009. 
Our purpose is to cultivate markets with a focus on functional thin film processing. 
We established our sales engineering department in 2015, and started work on expanding sales including conventional plating and chemical conversion processing. We are steadily extending our overseas expansion in the form of technology transfer of our TRI System to South Korea in 2014, Vietnam in 2015, and China in 2016. 
We established our TRI Business Project in January 2016 in order to strengthen our support system. In the future we aim to expand our business, and we are considering the possibility of expansion to the United States and European countries.

[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
We established a sales engineering department in 2015, and started work on cultivating markets. 
We also established the TRI Business Project in 2016 to strengthen our support system in order to advance technology transfer of our TRI System for overseas expansion.

[Market share/Ranking]
We do not have detailed information or data on our market share. 
Joining metal and resin using our TRI System provides sealing properties as well as simple joining. We take pride in this unique technology.

[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards]
Companies Excelling in Patent Utilization Award, by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (2011); 9th (1998) and 14th (2003) Japan Society of Polymer Processing, and Aoki Technology Award, Award for Technology Progress (second time) (2014).

[Media]
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, 'Toa Denka Initiates a Service to Create Release Film for Resin Moldings and Services for High-Precision Dies' (June 23, 2015); Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 'The Next Step of Tohoku Enterprises: Joining and Separation Technologies Further Refined' (March 26, 2013); and so on.


[Authorization/Certification]
ISO 14001.
Strategic Core Technology Advancement Program approval (in FY 2008, supplementary budget in 2009, and FY 2011).


[Joint research and development]
Iwate Industrial Research Institute: Practical development of organic solid phase release type separation film using high-speed particle collision (Strategic Core Technology Advancement Program, 2011-2013). Development of highly airtight joining and sealing technology for the sealing plates of in-vehicle lithium ion batteries (Strategic Core Technology Advancement Program, 2010-2011, under the supplementary budget). Development of thin film creation technology that imparts high release properties to micro-shaped dies for plastics molding (Strategic Core Technology Advancement Program, 2009-2011).
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Iwate Industrial Research Institute: Development of a thin film oxygen sensor (Community Regeneration Consortium 2002-2003).
Many other projects.


[Intellectual property]
Registered patents: Resin-Metal Joiner and Production Technique (Japanese Patent No. 5391459), and 12 other patents.
Unexamined Patent Applications: Two patent applications.

[Main Clients / Business History (domestic)]
Miwa Lock (consignment plating and chemical conversion treatment processing; ongoing), Shibaura Electronics (consignment plating processing; ongoing), Mikuni (consignment plating processing; ongoing), Osaki Electric (consignment plating processing; ongoing), Nidec Copal Electronics (consignment plating processing; ongoing), and so on.

[Main Clients / Business History (overseas)]
Sales of TRI processing solvent accompanied by technology transfer of the TRI System (Korea: since 2014; Vietnam: since 2015; and China: since 2015).Consignment TIER Coat processing (Taiwan: 2011 to 2013; Korea: 2013; and China: since 2015).