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Company

Company
name:
SAMTECH Corporation
Founded:
1913
Incorporated:
1949
Capital:
95 million yen
Yearly
turnover:
Total 34.1 billion yen (domestic plants: 23.4 billion yen, overseas plants: 10.7 billion yen)
*Actual results for 2023
Main
products:
Forged and flowformed products for automobiles; high-pressure gas vessels
Locations:

Head Office & Main Plant
1000-18 Enmyo-cho, Kashiwara City, Osaka-fu, Japan 582-0027
Phone: +81-72-977-8851 
Fax: +81-72-977-8854
Site area: 3,324 m² 
Building area: 2,569 m²

Habikino Plant
1452-3 Komagatani, Habikino City, Osaka-fu, Japan 583-0841
Phone: +81-72-977-8852 
Fax: +81-72-956-4061
Site area: 32,530m² 
Building area: 19,377m²

Tooling Center
1000-95 Enmyo-cho, Kashiwara City, Osaka-fu, Japan 582-0027
Phone: +81-72-927-9011 
Fax: +81-72-927-9013


SAMTECH International Inc.
Head Office & Main Plant
1130 East Dominguez Street
Carson, California 90745 USA
Tel.+1 310-638-9955 
Fax.+1 310-638-6593


SAMTECH (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
219/2 Moo 6, Tambol Bowin,
Amphur Sriracha, Chonburi
20230 Thailand
Tel.+66 (0)38 110512 
Fax.+66 (0)38 110516


SAMTECH AUTOMOTIVE
MEXICO S.A.de C.V.
Calle William Thomson
NO.102,104, PILBA,
Carr.Santa Ana del Conde Km 4
C.P.37680, Leon,
Guanajuato,Mexico
TEL.+52 477-689-1277

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https://www.samtech.co.jp/
Executive
Officers
President:

Yoshiki Sakaguchi
Representative Director
Executive Vice President:
Naoki Sakaguchi
Executive Managing
Director:
Tatsuya Sakaguchi
Director:

Yoshiyuki Yamashina
Employees:
459 (as of Dec 2023)
Main Clients
(in no particular order)

JTEKT Corporation

NSK-Warner K.K.

NTN Corp.

Ondo Corp.

Atsumitec Co., Ltd.

Iwatani Corp.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.




Main Banking
Relationships

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd.

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Corporate History

Establishment

1913
Kyujiro Sakaguchi establishes a private iron-plate punching plant in Sakaigawa-cho, in Osaka's Nishi Ward.
Begins production of bicycle part materials, washer rings, etc.
1949
Kyujiro’s son Tetsuo Sakaguchi establishes the Osaka Iron & Steel Company, Ltd., capitalized at 500,000 yen.
1957
The company changes its name to Sakaguchi Ironworks Co., Ltd.
and shifts from iron-plate manufacturing to hot-forge manufacturing.
1969
Capitalization increased to 8 million yen.
Added forging presses and other equipment to become a manufacturer specializing in press forging.
1970
With an Osaka Prefecture R&D grant for automatization, Sakaguchi Ironworks develops its patented “Automatic-feed mechanism employing a transfer beam system” for hot forging presses, thereby becoming a forging automatization pioneer.

Transition

1979
Sakaguchi Ironworks moves production from Osaka’s Nishi Ward to its present location in Kashiwara City.
1983
METI’s Small and Medium Enterprise Agency designates Sakaguchi Ironworks as a “small-to-medium-sized enterprise model rationalized factory.”
1986
Sakaguchi Ironworks receives the Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprise Agency Director General Award for its progress in business rationalization and excellent business achievements.
An 1,800-ton automated hot-forging line is added.
1989
Receives Osaka Prefecture’s Quality Control Award.
The company changes its name to SAMTECH Corporation. Construction of the Habikino Plant finishes.
1991
A 2,500-ton hot-forging line and a 630-ton cold-forging line are added to the Habikino Plant, making it a fully automated, three-line facility.
1995
The company’s R&D Center (currently Habikino Plant Building No. 2) is established. SAMTECH develops flowforming process technologies for the production of single-piece and lighter products, allowing it to enter new business areas.

Further growth

1996
SAMTECH International, Inc. is established in Carson, California as a fully owned subsidiary, capitalized at US$4.5 million. Start of development and manufacture of lightweight liners for high-pressure gas vessels, and establishment of a U.S. base of operations.
2000
A new 700-ton, fully automated forging line begins operations.
2002
Addition of a new 3,000-ton, five-process, fully automated hot-forging line at Habikino Plant Building No. 1.
2005
Completed construction of Habikino Plant Building No. 3.
Start of the development and manufacture of high-pressure gas vessels and hub-unit machining.
2006
New 1,600-ton hot-forging line and 1,000- and 250-ton cold-forging lines added.
Two new flowforming machines added.
2007
Completed construction of Habikino Plant Building No. 4. Addition of 3,000- and 1,600-ton hot-forging lines.
The 1600-ton press is an industry-first, proprietary closed-forging machine.
SAMTECH is awarded top prizes in the “Attractive Manufacturing” and “Innovation Encouragement” categories of the “Takumi by Prosperity” Osaka Frontier Award, a project to honor small- and medium-sized enterprises in Osaka.
2009
Completed construction of Habikino Plant Building No. 5.
Began development of liners for press-formed high-pressure gas vessels

A new era

2011
Re-appointment of directors: Teppei Sakaguchi becomes Board Chair,
Yoshiki Sakaguchi becomes President.
Received the 2010 Excellence in Technology Award from JTEKT Corporation for the successful closed-forge mass production of hub-unit outer rings without external burrs, a significant contribution to resource conservation and cost reductions. タイにサムテック(タイランド)株式会社を設⽴。資本⾦1億8千万タイバーツ(約5億円。サムテックの全額出資)事業内容はタイにおける⽇系企業向け熱間鍛造品の製造販売。
Mass production started in 2013.
2013
The Die Set Plant (die set repair facility) is completed in the Kashiwabara Habikino Industrial Park.
SAMTECH celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding.
2014
Start of mass production of high-pressure gas vessels (high-pressure composite accumulators) for hydrogen stations.
2015
Supply of high-pressure composite accumulators to 69 stationary and mobile hydrogen stations throughout Japan.
Chairman Teppei Sakaguchi is awarded a Medal with Yellow Ribbon for his many years contributing to the development and diffusion of forging technologies. He is also designated an Osaka Prefecture Person of Industrial Merit. 
2016
A new high-speed, 3,000-ton hot-forging line is added to the Habikino Plant.
Chairman Teppei Sakaguchi receives a letter of appreciation from the Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs.
Establishment of SAMTECH Mexico in Leon, Mexico to manufacture hub bearings.
2017
A 1,200-ton closed hot-forging line is installed at the main plant.
2020
Completed construction of Habikino Plant Building No. 7. 3000- and 2500-ton lines are added.
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