
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.
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Corporate Outline |
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| Trade Name |
METALART CORPORATION |
| Location |
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Head Office & Plant
3-2-18, Noji, Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture
525-0059 Japan |
| Phone: 81-077-563-2111 |
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Banba Plant
1081, Iwakawahara, Banbatyoaza, Kusatsu City,
Shiga Prefecture 525-0043 Japan |
| Phone: 81-077-569-5214 |
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Exterior of Head Office
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Banba Plant |
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| 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
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| 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)
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| 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 |
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| Established |
December 1967 |
| Location |
1200-30, Iwakawahara,Banbatyoaza,
Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture
525-0043 Japan
Phone:81-077-562-2091 |
| Business |
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Working and assembly of track links for
construction machinery |
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Machining of precise forged auto parts |
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Flow forming and machining of
AT transmission parts |
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Machining of CVT parts |
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■METALFORGE CORPORATION http://www.metalforge.co.jp/
| Capital |
\100,000,000 |
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| Established |
March 1993 |
| Location |
10787-2, Kadokawatyo,Higasiusukigun,
Miyazaki Prefecture 889-0611 Japan
Phone:81-0982-63-7001
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| Business |
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Closed die forging and heat treatment of
various types of metal, and all related operations |
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Officers |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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Major Products |
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Precise forged parts
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Forged parts for construction machinery
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Cold forged parts
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Flow formed parts
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Major Production Equipment |
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Head Office & Plant
●Hot Forging Press / Warm Forging Press |
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2500 ton
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forging press
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1
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1600 ton
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forging press
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2
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3800 ton |
automatic press |
1 |
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3500 ton
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automatic press
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1
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2000t
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automatic press
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2
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1600 ton
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automatic press
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1
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Total
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8
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1000 ton press
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3
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600 ton press
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1
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500 ton press |
1 |
400 ton press |
2 |
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Total
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7
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Banba Plant ●Precise Forging Press and Ancillary Equipment |
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1250 ton-200 ton press line
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1
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800 ton-200 ton press line
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1
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400 ton oil hydraulic press
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1
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Isothermal annealing furnace
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1
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Spheroidizing annealing furnace |
1 |
Bonderizing process equipment |
1 |
Shotblast machine |
3 |
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Total
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2 lines
7
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25 ton
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counter blow hammer
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1
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3 ton
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air drop hammer
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1
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1.5 ton
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air drop hammer
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2
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2500 ton |
wedge press |
1 |
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Total
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5
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800 ton 800 ton cold forging press
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1
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