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[Company strength]
Japan's Antarctic Research Expedition also uses our snow tractors, and we have even dispatched our staff to the Expedition’s wintering party. Vehicle reliability is vitally important because a problem in the land of severe cold would be fatal to the crew. A vehicle running on snow must be lightweight because snow readily subsides. Lower energy consumption and gas exhaust are also important factors for environmental performance. We think it is our duty as a unique manufacturer to develop and manufacture snow tractors that achieve these elements on a high level and satisfy customers with meticulous service.


[Business description]
We are Japan’s only manufacturer of snow tractors. Our snow tractors are used for personnel and goods transport as well as ski slope maintenance, and by the Self Defense Force and Antarctic Research Expedition. We also manufacture environment-related machinery and equipment for waste disposal, recycling, water treatment, and sewage treatment, including sludge dehydrators and biomass power generators. Our products for energy development include excavators for oil, gas, and geothermal energy and excavators for hot springs and wells. We also develop, manufacture, sell, install, and maintain water gates, dust collectors, water pipe bridges, and penstocks. Our water gates are used for rivers, agricultural irrigation, civil engineering, and hydraulic power generation.


[Industry]
Machinery and vehicle manufacturing


[Representative's message]
Our company has been contributing to flood control and farmland development by manufacturing water gates for rivers, agricultural irrigation, and power generation. This is why our main business fields are now plant construction, energy development, and the environment. We construct plants for water treatment and waste disposal and support biomass and geothermal power generation as well as recycling. Our main businesses have been changing with society’s needs of the times.


[Company structure for market development/overseas expansion]
We will cover services from design and manufacturing to sales, installation, and after-sales service under an integrated system. We aim to be a development-type company that is close to customers by directly ascertaining customer needs and providing optimal products. We developed our small, high-efficiency biogas power generators by making use of the engine technology we accumulated through snow tractor production. We possess biomass pretreatment technology that stabilizes the operation of methane fermentation equipment and increases biogas production to contribute to reducing initial and running costs. We also possess sewage treatment technology based on the plant engineering experience we have been accumulating for many years. We want to publicize these technologies.


[Awards and media coverage]
[Awards]
NAZE GOUGI 2017, for our small biogas power generation system; New Technology and Excellent Technology in Niigata Prefecture "Made in Niigata" certification for our small digestive gas power generation system; Ministry of International Trade and Industry Good Design Award and Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Agency Director-General's Award for our DL270 ski slope maintenance  concept machine.


[Authorization/Certification]
ISO 9001/JIS Q 9001 
ISO Q 14001/ISO 14001


[Intellectual property]
Hydraulic power generator (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. 2015-224559); snow compaction device (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. 2014-037686); crusher (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. 2006-026538); door opening and closing device (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. 2004-339821); and many other laid open patent applications.