Corporate information
Company Overview
| Company Name | Yoshida Industries Co., Ltd. |
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| Representative | Yasuhiro Yoshida |
| Established | 1965/8/1 |
| Capital | 56 million yen |
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| Number of employees | 254 (as of January 1, 2025) |
| Business description |
Manufacture of important safety parts for automobiles and motorcycles
Manufacture and proposals for construction machinery, environment, medical, and lifestyle fields |
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History
01
Founding period
- 1965/8
- Started business with Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. Started processing brake pistons. Capital 1 million yen
- 1969/8
- Constructed new head office factory at current location. Reorganized as Yoshida Industries Co., Ltd. Capital increased to 3 million yen
- 1970/4
- Constructed new welfare center
- 1970/8
- Established new casting factory
Started aluminum die casting. Capital increased to 5 million yen
- 1977
- Established machine tool division. Started production of dies and tools
- 1982/4
- Expanded processing factory, added lines for polishing, finishing, final inspection and packaging, and
completed full production line system for brake pistons
Capital increased to 8 million yen
- 1987/3
- Started processing caliper pistons for disc brakes
- 1989/12
- Completed Green Hill in Takumi, Mochizuki-cho. “Creative Stage I” constructed
Started integrated production of anti-lock brake pistons. Capital increased to 20 million yen
- 1996
- Started business with Bosch Corporation
02
Growth period
- 2000
- Received an appreciation award from Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- 2001/8
- Constructed a new factory, “Creative Stage II,” in Green Hill, consolidating the foundry. Established a one-stop job line from casting to processing
- 2003/12
- Received environmental ISO14001 certification
- 2004/9
- Received quality ISO9001 certification
- 2005/5
- Completed the welfare and production technology building, “Creative Hall.” Signed a technical assistance contract with Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. Launched a piston processing line at Zhongshan Nissin in China
- 2005/9
- Increased capital to 56 million yen. Completed the ultra-precision factory in the forest, “Creative Stage III”
- 2005/11
- Started processing parts for “regenerative brakes” for hybrid vehicles
- 2005/12
- Founder Yoshiyasu Yoshida passed away. Yasuhiro Yoshida became representative director
- 2006/2
- Received the Cost Improvement Effort Award from Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- 2007/4
- Started production maintenance and TPM activities with full participation
- 2007/8
- Started precision parts processing for the skid prevention device “VSA”
- 2008/2
- Received the Quality Effort Award from Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- 2008/3
- Participated in LLP “Sakusaku Himawari” and started solar power generation
- 2008/4
- Started casting using “Shell” for construction machinery
- 2010/1
- Received the Supplier Award Grand Prize from Bosch Corporation
03
Second growth period
- 2010/3
- Completed the Sakudaira Plant in Nagatoro, Saku City. Started operation of the automatic aluminum casting line for master cylinder bodies
- 2010/7
- Started operation of the cutting processing line at the Sakudaira Plant
- 2012/6
- Established Zhongshan Yoshida Industries Co., Ltd. in Guangdong Province, China
Started business activities for automotive products
- 2013/7
- Introduced a 3D sand mold printer, established a business development group mainly for prototyping business, and started services
- 2015/5
- Established local subsidiary YoshidaNPMThailand in Thailand
- 2016/8
- Integrated head office with Green Hill
- 2017/8
- Restaurant Red Rocks opened in the Sakudaira plant
- 2018/8
- Integrated Kasuga Foundry with the Sakudaira plant
04
Third growth period
- 2020/8
- Registered as a Nagano Prefecture SDGs Promotion Company
Received the “Future Generation Support Company Award” at the Future Generation Support Governor’s Awards
- 2021/10
- Expanded Well-being Promotion Center at the head office Green Hill
Received Advanced Plus certification in the Workplace Ikiiki Advanced Company Certification System
- 2022/2
- Developed the foot-operated disinfection stand “FUMIFUMI SHUSSHU” as an in-house product
- 2022/10
- Received both the Grand Prize and Manufacturing Excellence awards at the NAGANO 2022 Manufacturing Awards
- 2023/3
- Certified as a “2023 Health and Productivity Management Excellent Corporation (Small and Medium-sized Corporations Division)”
