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About

Message

We have been making industrial brushes for half a century. We delivered brushes to the steel industry when the company was first established, and since then we have delivered to various industries, such as civil engineering, liquid crystal, and medical care. We have neither read the times nor considered the future potential of the business. All we have done was to respond to requests of those who need brushes.

I believe that it is because we have continued to respond to the requests that we are now able to make all kinds of brushes and offer proposals that transcend industry barriers.

Brushes are less well researched than other industrial products, which is why they have great potential. I believe that we can make proposals that go one step further by asking ourselves, “What are brushes? What effect do they have?” and returning to the basics of brushes and reviewing them.

SHOWA INDUSTRIES will continue to make contributions to society based on the principle of “Responding to requests of those who need brushes.”

Yutaro Arai, President and Representative Director

Company Profile

Company name
SHOWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Location
1-1-58, Deguchi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0065, Japan
Tel: +81-72-861-7781 (Main number)
Fax: +81-72-861-7782
Establishment
November 1, 1971
Incorporation
June 8, 1972
Capital
12 million yen
Officers
Chairman and Representative Director Tomoyuki Arai
President and Representative Director Yutaro Arai
Auditor Daichi Mita
Number of employees
46 (as of April 2023)
Banking relationship
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Akagawacho Branch
Resona Bank, Suminodo Branch
Hiroshima Bank, Fukuyamanogami Branch

Offices and Access

Head Office

1-1-58, Deguchi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0065, Japan
Tel: +81-72-861-7781 (Main number)
Fax: +81-72-861-7782

Hirakata Plant

1-1-58, Deguchi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0065, Japan
Tel: +81-72-861-7783
Fax: +81-72-861-7784

Access

Shin-Osaka Station - [Midosuji subway line / about 11 min.] - Yodoyabashi Station (transfer) - [Keihan Railway / about 23 min.] - Kozenji Station - about a 10- min. walk
* It takes about 1 hour from Shin-Osaka Station to SHOWA INDUSTRIES, including transfer time.

Kyoto Station - [Kintetsu Kyoto Line / about 8 min.] - Kintetsu-Tambabashi Station - [walk / about 5 min.] - Keihan Railway Tambabashi Station - [Keihan Railway Limited Express / about 19 min.] - Hirakatashi Station (transfer) - [Keihan Railway Local train / about 4 min.] - Kozenji Station - about a 10-min. walk
* It takes about 1 hour from Kyoto Station to SHOWA INDUSTRIES, including transfer time.

Tokyo Sales Office

1-1-1, Yako, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 230-0001, Japan
Tel: +81-45-575-4501 (Main number)
Fax: +81-45-574-1573

Access

By train (Shinkansen)
Shin-Yokohama Station (Tokaido Shinkansen Line) - [walk] - Shin-Yokohama Station (JR Yokohama Line) - Higashi-Kanagawa Station (JR Keihin Tohoku Line) - Kawasaki Station - [walk] - Kawasaki Nishiguchi Bus Terminal - [Rinko Bus (Kawa 51 Route, Kawa 53 Route, Kawa 56 Route or Kawa 57 Route)] - Ushioda General Hospital-mae - about a 5-min. walk

By car
Get off the expressway at Tomei Kawasaki IC, turn right on Route 14 (Shitte Kurokawa Line), go straight toward Kawazaki (about 10 km), turn right at the traffic light in front of Ushioda General Hospital, and drive 3 min.

Fukuyama Plant

6564, Minoshima-cho, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima 721-0957, Japan
Tel: +81-84-954-1310
Fax: +81-84-953-7364

Access

By train (Sanyo Shinkansen, JR Sanyo Line)
From the south exit of Fukuyama Station, take a taxi (7.6 km) for about 15 min.

By car
Get off the Sanyo Expressway at Fukuyama Higashi IC, go south toward Route 2, cross Route 2, turn left toward Minooki at Shingaicho, and follow the road. It is located 9.0 km from the interchange (about a 20-min. drive).

Group Companies

SHOWA INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.

Location
1-1-58, Deguchi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0065, Japan
Incorporation
October 27, 2015
Representative
Representative Director Tomoyuki Arai

SHOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

Location
1-1-58, Deguchi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0065, Japan
Incorporation
September 11, 2015
Representative
Representative Director Tomoyuki Arai
HISTORY

History

History of SHOWA INDUSTRIES, which has been supporting manufacturing sites in various fields, including steelmaking, civil engineering and construction and manufacturing of precision instruments, medical devices and semiconductors

By sincerely addressing the needs of customers, SHOWA INDUSTRIES has been refining and diversifying its manufacturing methods and technologies. The history of SHOWA INDUSTRIES shows the achievements of brush making over half a century. We will continue to deliver unique features of brushes to various manufacturing sites.

Main Clients

Domestic

  • Ministry of Defense
  • National Printing Bureau
  • Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  • JR West Maintech Co., Ltd.
  • Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
  • The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated
  • Nippon Steel Corporation
  • JFE Steel Corporation
  • Kobe Steel, Ltd.
  • Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.
  • Nippon Steel Coated Sheet Corporation
  • JFE Galvanizing & Coating Co., Ltd.
  • Nakayama Steel Works, Ltd.
  • Yodogawa Steel Works, Ltd.
  • Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.
  • Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
  • Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation
  • Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
  • Proterial, Ltd. (Former Hitachi Metals, Ltd.)
  • Proterial Metals, Ltd. (Former Hitachi Metals Neomaterial, Ltd.)
  • NEOMAX Kinki Co., Ltd.
  • UACJ Corporation
  • Resonac Corporation (Former Showa Denko K.K.)
  • Sakai Aluminum Corporation
  • Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
  • Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Metal Mining Brass & Copper Co., Ltd.
  • AGC Inc.
  • Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
  • AGC Glass Products Co., Ltd.
  • LIXIL Corporation
  • YKK AP Inc.
  • Toray Industries, Inc.
  • Teijin Limited
  • Asahi Kasei Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • Hitachi, Ltd.
  • Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • Hitachi Zosen Corporation
  • Underground Infrastructure Technologies Corporation
  • Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd.
  • IHI Corporation
  • JIM Technology Corporation
  • JP Steel Plantech Co.
  • JFE Engineering Corporation
  • Sekigahara Seisakusho, Ltd.
  • Mitsui Miike Machinery Co., Ltd.
  • Rasa Industries, Ltd.
  • Komatsu Ltd.
  • Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
  • Kajima Mechatro Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Obayashi Corporation
  • Toyota Motor Corporation
  • Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Toppan Inc.
  • Sharp Corporation
  • Panasonic SPT Co., Ltd.
  • Yokogawa Electric Corporation
  • Minoru Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • The Yamazaki Corporation
  • Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
  • Olympus Medical Systems Corporation
  • Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
  • Kobelco Research Institute, Inc.
  • TDK Corporation
  • HOYA Corporation
  • Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
  • DISCO Corporation
  • Nippon Steel Trading Corporation
  • JFE Shoji Corporation
  • Harada Industries Co., Ltd.
  • Terada Sangyo Co., Ltd.
  • Chiyoda Shoji Co., Ltd.
  • Honda Co., Ltd.
  • TKX Corporation
  • Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd.
  • Toyota Tsusho Corporation
  • Nippon Resibon Corporation (Former Noritake Coated Abrasive Co., Ltd.)
  • Nihon Kizai Co., Ltd.

Overseas

  • Baosteel Group (China)
  • Anben Iron & Steel Group (China)
  • POSCO (Korea)
  • China Steel Corporation (Taiwan)
  • Thai Coated Steel Sheet Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
  • Thai Cold Rolled Steel Sheet. Pcl. (Thailand)
  • NS-Siam United Steel Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
  • CREG (China)
  • Robbins (U.S.A.)
  • Gomez International Inc. (U.S.A.)
  • Jiangxi LDK Solar High-Tech Co., Ltd. (China)
  • Samsung Electronics (Korea)
  • AUO Corporation (Taiwan)
  • Innolux Corporation (Taiwan)
  • Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

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