Corporate Profile

Name Sato Industry Co., Ltd.
Address 48 Fukami Kamikayazu, Ama City, Aichi
Contact TEL:052-441-7771     FAX:052-441-7776
Established 1939
Capital ¥28.8 million
President & CEO Tatsushi Uemura
Business Content Manufacture of automatic transmission parts, mainly for use in Toyota Motor Corporation vehicles, EFI parts, carburetors, electronic mechanical cases and other precision parts for automobiles.
Main clients Aisin Seiki, Co., Ltd., Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.
Total sale for FY2012: \7.5 billion

Corporate History

1933 April Genbei Sato starts business at Noritake-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya City
1939 November Sato Kogyosho Limited Partnership established (Capital: JPY 45,000)
1964 August Kariya Plant built
1973 July Jimokuji Factory built
1974 January Kentaro Sato appointed Representative Partner
1975 July Fujiken Kogyo Co., Ltd. established
1976 January Sato Kogyosho Limited Partnership merges with Fujiken Kogyo Co., Ltd. and the company name is changed to Sato Industry Co., Ltd.
1978 January Expansion of Jimokuji Factory completed. Administrative department and production equipment at Nagoya Head Office and Factory transferred to Jimokuji Factory.
  Head office relocated from 5-16 Ibuka-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya to 9-41 Ibuka-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
1992 March The first private placement bond issued (Tokai Bank)
1993 March Received convertible bond investment from Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd.
1997 May Acquired ISO9002 certification
2001 February Yukinobu Sato appointed President & CEO
2002 May Acquired ISO9001 (2000 Standard) certification
2003 December Acquired ISO14001 certification
2005 December Acquired 2004 Standard ISO14000 certification
2006 June The second private placement bond issued (Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ)
2011 June The third private placement bond issued (Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ)
2012 June The fourth private placement bond issued (Bank of Nagoya)