Hidaka Engineering Co., Ltd. | Corporate Profile

Overview of the Company

Company Name:	Hidaka Engineering Co., Ltd.
Founded:	April 1, 1947
Capital Stock:	250,800,000 yen
President and Representative Director:	Keiji Murayama
Employees:	120
Headquarters/ Plant:	Headquarters/Plant Hidaka Engineering Co., Ltd. Ueda Research Park,812-11 Shimonogo,Ueda City,Nagano 386-1211 Japan Telephone:+81-268-39-2030 (main switchboard)　Facsimile:+81-268-39-2012 Overseas:(China Customer Service Office) Hidaka Engineering (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 1st Floor Part A, Building 15,No.69 Xiya Road,Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone,Shanghai 200131,China Telephone:+86-21-5046-2802 Facsimile:+86-21-5046-2592 　　　　　　　(India Customer Service Office) HIDAKA PRECISION TOOLS INDIA PVT.LTD. Plot No.E-110,RIICO New Industrial Complex,Majrakath Neemrana,Alwar,Rajasthan - 301705 Telephone:+91-96-7204-0666

Corporate History

1947	Founded the Hidaka Engineering Works in Shibuya, Tokyo. Hidaka Engineering’s forerunner.
1961	Founded the Hidaka Engineering Co., Ltd. (Capital Stock of 1 million yen).
1969	Started the fin dies and fin press lines development.
1971	Commercialized the FIX-18 (50 TON) fin press.
1972	Made new capital to 20 million yen by capital increase.
1975	Opened a Plant in Ueda City, Nagano, to receive larger orders and develop new products. Made new capital to 50 million yen by capital increase.
1976	Invented the “H19” Drawless type fin die with the ironing process development. Patent Registration of USA (in 1978)　 Patent Registration of JAPAN (in 1980). Commercialized the FP-36 (60 TON) fin press.
1979	Developed the High-Fin die producing collar height of 12mm for refrigerators.
1981	Delivered the Tube sheet transfer-die for automobiles. Commercialized the FIX-12 (45 Ton), FIX-36 (60 Ton) fin press.
1983	Exported the Casing transfer die for rotary compressor to USSR.
1985	Expanded the Nagano plant to accommodate dedicated facilities for trial run of fin dies as well as welfare service facilities. Expanded the employees’welfare facilities, new plant facility and machining facilities for precision components over two years.
1986	Started the fin lines exportation to produce condenser of automobile air conditioner to a US auto-maker.
1988	Expanded the plant for machining Micro precision parts in the Nagano Plant. Developed the inner fin die for automobiles.
1989	Completed the State-of-the-art MC plant for receiving larger orders. Introduced the Jig Boring Machine, made by SIP company.
1990	Developed the automatic assembly systems including hairpin inserting machines and expanders. Introduced (full scale) the CAD-CAM system to adapt production to the newly implemented CIM system. Made new capital to 72 million yen by capital increase.
1991	Completed the “Technical Center” for high-precision machining, equipped with constant temperature and humidity environment systems in the Nagano Plant. Installed the Large-scale precision machine tools in the Technical Center. Introduced the state-of-the-art machine CAD systems enabling the development of advanced systems. Developed and commercialized the Fully-automatic fin coil assembly system, and delivered to a major electric appliance manufacturer. Commercialized the FIX-36A (80 Ton) fin press.
1992	Developed and commercialized the DOF Type fin die with CFC regulation-compliant. Patent registration of Taper Ironing construction method.
1994	Developed and commercialized the high-speed remote cutoff system.
1996	Developed and commercialized the oval fin production system for automobile radiators. Patent registration of Flare FIX Point construction method.
1997	Completed the “Hidaka Engineering Shioda R&D Center” as the first-phase construction for the entire relocation. Delivered the tube progressive dies for automobile heater cores. Made new capital to 100,800,000 yen by capital increase.
2001	Founded “Hidaka Engineering (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.” in China, which is 100%-owned to mainly offer service and maintenance businesses. Developed the SUS (stainless) fin die. Commercialized the FIX-100 (100 Ton) fin press, correspond to larger fin die.
2002	Developed and commercialized the “Combination (CB-type) fin die” correspond to thinner and harder aluminum materials. Acquired the ISO 9001 certification (in 2000) by the international standard for quality management system. Commercialized the FIX-80 (80 Ton) fin press as a following model of FIX-36A. Commercialized the FIX-60 (60 Ton) fin press as a following model of FIX-36. Made new capital to 250,800,000 yen by capital increase.
2004	Won the “37th National Award of the Medium and Small Business Research Institute”.
2005	Relocated the all functions and facilities of the Nagano Plant, and integrated with the Shioda R&D Center, to be reborn as the new “Headquarters/Plant”. Installed the solar power facility system to save environment. (Total generation 30kW) Made donation to Sumatera Indonesia Earthquake.
2006	Started the Full-scale cultivation of the North American market. Started the service activities with resident technicians in Thailand and Malaysia. Acquired ISO 14001 certification (in 2004) by the international standard for environmental management system. Patent registration of movable taper ironing method.
2007	Developed and commercialized the AT-80H ultra high-speed fin press line to meet demand for higher efficiency. Established the system for sending employees to national universities and graduate schools for training as highly skilled technicians.
2008	Founded the Hidaka Precision Tools & Dies Company in Texas as the North America sales office. Made donation to Sichuan, China Earthquake.
2010	Expanded the solar power facility system to save environment. (Total generation 80kW)
2011	Celebrated the 50th anniversary of foundation. Developed and commercialized the Small-sized fin press line “ES-50”for producing small lot special heat exchanger and installing to Hidaka high-fin-die. Made donation to Great East Japan Earthquake.
2012	Made donation to obstetrics and gynecology hospital establishment. Joined in “Rape Blossom (Nano-hana) Project”, earthquake disaster construction volunteer for Otsuchi-town, Iwate prefecture.
2013	Started the sale of newly-developed fin production line for plated-fin type Microchannel heat exchangers. Won the “Paper Prize of Plastic Working Society of Japan”.
2014	Commercialized the FIX-80N (80 Ton) fin press as a following model of FIX-80.
2015	Expanded the administration building for celebrating of 40th anniversary from opening of Plant in Ueda-city. Concluded the “Mori-no-sato-oya agreement” with Ueda-city, purpose of protecting Higashi-yama nature (Higashi-yama Green Project).
2019	Founded “HIDAKA PRECISION TOOLS INDIA PVT. LTD.” in Neemrana of Rajasthan, India, which is 100%-owned to mainly offer service and maintenance businesses.