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METALART Group

METALART Group, with an integrated manufacturing system from die design and forging (hot and cold forging) to machining, makes an effective use of technologies it developed in its 90-years-or-longer history to manufacture forgings for a wide range of industries including those for automobiles, construction machinery, agricultural machinery and bridges.
It has two subsidiaries, METALTEX CORPORATION and METALFORGE CORPORATION.
The former is mostly engaged in machining and the latter mostly in the deployment of hammer-forged products business.
The Group makes every effort to become a business group to be loved by many people in the society by trying to manufacture products that satisfy customers both at home and abroad.

 Corporate Outline
Trade Name METALART CORPORATION
Location
Head Office & Plant
3-2-18, Noji, Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture
525-0059 Japan
Phone: 81-077-563-2111

Banba Plant
1081, Iwakawahara, Banbatyoaza, Kusatsu City,
Shiga Prefecture 525-0043 Japan
Phone: 81-077-569-5214


Exterior of Head Office

Banba Plant
Core Business

・Manufacture, sales and machining of precise, closed-die-forged products for automobiles,
construction machinery, agricultural machinery, ships and other industrial machinery
・Making of dies for hot forging and warm forging, and precise dies for cold forging

Certification
【ISO】
April 2002: ISO 14001: 2004
June 2003: ISO 9001 : 2008
【Classification Societies】
June 2010: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK )
August 2010: Korea Register of Shipping (KR)
October 2010: CHINA CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY(CCS)
September 2010: Germanischer Lloyd (GL)
November 2010: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
December 2010: Bureau Veritas (BV)
December 2010: China Corporation Register of Shipping (CR)
January 2011: Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (LR)
April 2011:Det Norske Veritas AS(DNV)
Capital \2,143,480,000 (Listed in the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange)
Number of Employees 270 (As of March 2012)
Established 6 August 1943
Founded 5 May 1916
Subsidiaries METALTEX CORPORATION http://www/metaltex.co.jp http://www.metaltex.co.jp/
Capital \99,900,000 メタルテックス
Established December 1967
Location 1200-30, Iwakawahara,Banbatyoaza,
Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture
525-0043 Japan
Phone:81-077-562-2091
Business
Working and assembly of track links for
construction machinery
Machining of precise forged auto parts
Flow forming and machining of
AT transmission parts
Machining of CVT parts

METALFORGE CORPORATION http://www.metalforge.co.jp/
Capital \100,000,000 METALFORGE CORPORATION
Established March 1993
Location 10787-2, Kadokawatyo,Higasiusukigun,
Miyazaki Prefecture 889-0611 Japan
Phone:81-0982-63-7001
Business
Closed die forging and heat treatment of
various types of metal, and all related operations

 Officers
As of June 29, 2011
Position Name Job Assignment
Representative Director, President Yutaro Kuranaga Doubling as President of MTALTEX CORPORATION
Senior Managing Director (Operating Officer) Osamu Tada In Charge of Quality Assurance Dept., Technical Dept., Manufacturing Dept. and Die Dept.
Doubling as President of METALFORGE CORPORATION
Managing Director (Operating Officer) Kazushi Ohno In charge of Corporate Planning Dept., General Affairs Dept., Operation Dept. and Production Control Dept.
Director (Operating Officer) Ryuzo Fujiwara Operation Dept. Manager
Director (Operating Officer) Mitsusi Sugimoto Quality Assurance Dept. Manager & In Charge of Environment Issues
Director Yasutomo Koga President of Metal One Specialty Steel Corporation
Director Miki Ibaragi Operating Officer of Daihatsu Kogyo Motor Co., Ltd.
Full-Time Auditor Shuhei Kimura  
Auditor Atusi Imai Manager of Metal One, Osaka Wire & Specialty Steel Departmen
Auditor Ryoutaro Nakajima Managing Director of Daihatsu Diesel Co., Ltd.
Operating Officer Yasuhiko Sugino Technical Dept. Manager & Die Dept. Manager
Operating Officer Kenji Arakawa Manufacturing Dept. Manager

 Key Customers
Automobile: Toyota Motor Corporation , Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd., JTEKT CORPORATION,
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd., NTN, Mazda Motor Corporation,
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Isuzu Motors Limited
Construction Machinery: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., TOPY Industries Ltd., Komatsu Limited,
Caterpillar Japan Ltd., SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.,
TCM and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.,Ltd.
Agricultural Machinery: Kubota Corporation
Others: KYOKUTO KOGEN CONCRETE SHINKO CO., LTD., Mitsubishi Kakoki, Ltd.,
Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. and OKUBO GEAR CO., LTD.

 Major Products
Precise forged parts
Forged parts for construction machinery
Cold forged parts
Flow formed parts

 Major Production Equipment
METALART CORPORATION
METALFORGE CORPORATION
Head Office & Plant
●Hot Forging Press / Warm Forging Press
2500 ton
forging press
1
1600 ton
forging press
2
3800 ton
automatic press
1
3500 ton
automatic press
1
2000t
automatic press
2
1600 ton
automatic press
1
 
Total
8
●Cold Forging Press
1000 ton press
3
600 ton press
1
500 ton press
1
400 ton press
2
Total
7
Banba Plant
●Precise Forging Press and Ancillary Equipment
1250 ton-200 ton press line
1
800 ton-200 ton press line
1
400 ton oil hydraulic press
1
Isothermal annealing furnace
1
Spheroidizing annealing furnace
1
Bonderizing process equipment
1
Shotblast machine
3
Total
2 lines
7
25 ton
counter blow hammer
1
3 ton
air drop hammer
1
1.5 ton
air drop hammer
2
2500 ton
wedge press
1
 
Total
5
●Cold Forging Press
800 ton 800 ton cold forging press
1

METALTEX CORPORATION
●Flow forming equipment
(FFC 316-2S)
2

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