Outline, History & Access - Sanmei Works Co., Ltd.

Outline

Corporate name	Sanmei Works Co., Ltd.
Address	Head office / Factory 146-8, OKUTE, KUROHOKO-CHO, KASUGAI-CITY, AICHI-PREF., JAPAN 486-0907 TEL : +81-568-34-8818 FAX : +81-568-34-3558
Foundation	June 1952
Establishment	May 1964
Capital	10,000,000 yen
President	Mitsuo Taniguchi

History

June	1952	Sanmei Works was established in Nagoya City by our predecessor, Hideo Taniguchi. The manufacture and sales of screw manufacturing related machines, including rolling panels and splitters were started.
July	1963	Manufacture and sales of the flat die type rolling machine was started in addition to the conventional production machines such as the 2D processing machine.
May	1964	Company was renamed Sanmei Works, Co., Ltd.
June	1967	Due to space limitations at Nagoya Factory, built new manufacturing factory at Rokkenya-cho, Kasugai City. Expanded facilities to include large tool machines, etc.
January	1971	Designed washer combination machine, our long-seller machine.
December	1975	Relocated headquarters from Nagoya City to Kasugai City.
December	1979	Completed first stage of factory expansion, and introduced first machining center.
February	1981	Completely remodeled the high-speed rolling machine (THI-6R, 10R), our key sales machine.
January	1984	Completely remodeled the small high-speed rolling machine (THI-4R).
August	1984	Completed second stage of factory expansion, increasing size to two factory buildings.
October	1985	Made improvements to the large powerful rolling machine (THI-18R, 20R) and started exports and sales within Japan.
December	1985	The small screw high-speed type model was added to our conventional washer assemble machine lineup.
June	1986	Established Tokyo Sales Office in Kanagawa Prefecture as our sales base in the Kanto District.
June	1989	Completed third stage of factory expansion. With a total of three production factories, including one new factory building, increased facilities to include CNC lathe and advanced NC processing machine. Production factories equipped with air-conditioning.
August	1989	Completed construction of new headquarters offices. Management system reinforced with advanced OA and CAD facilities, and full-scale operations started to increase production volume and reduce costs.
April	1992	Completely remolded the lubrication oil circulation type high-speed rolling machine (THI-R875).
October	1996	Entered into dealership agreement with TRUFORM Tool & Equipment, Inc. (USA)
March	1998	Entered into dealership agreement with NEDSCHROEF HERENTALS N.V. (Belgium).
October	1999	Started sales of high-speed, high-performance machine (THI-R2000).
April	2001	Jointly established NEDSCHROEF JAPAN.
April	2003	Incorporated large 5-face processing machine.
July	2008	Started sales of large rolling machine THI-16R
February	2010	Entered into dealership agreement with JANAKSONS, a local company in India.
April	2010	Mitsuo Taniguchi assumed position of president.
April	2011	Started sales of rolling die DIOS for high-tension bolt
July	2011	Started sales of THI-10R EVOLUTION, a completely remodeled version of our high-speed rolling machine THI-10R
September	2012	Celebrated 60th anniversary.
February	2014	Started sales of THI-12R EVOLUTION, a completely remodeled version of our large rolling machine THI-12R
April	2014	Entered into a dealership agreement with Jiashan MDS Engineering Hardware Co., Ltd., a local trading house in China.
August	2016	Patent for 2STEP FORM, a thread rolling die forming shape, was approved.
July	2017	Developed and started sales of curve correcting machine THI-PS20.
July	2019	Started sales of THI-8R EVOLUTION, a complete model change of the high-speed rolling machine THI-R875.
June	2021	Developed and started sales of THI-ALEX, a form rolling machine with servomotor.
August	2022	Completely relocated head office and factory.
September	2022	Celebrated our 70th anniversary.

アクセス

146-8, OKUTE, KUROHOKO-CHO, KASUGAI-CITY, AICHI-PREF., JAPAN 486-0907 TEL : +81-568-34-8818 FAX : +81-568-34-3558