The Head Office and foundry of Sato Machinery & Foundry performs manufacturing and machining of gray, ductile, and Meehanite cast iron.

Company Overview

Sato Machinery & Foundry Co., Ltd.

Representative

Akizou Sato

Head Office/Foundry

〒721-0966
3-25-25 Teshiro-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Pref.
TEL. +81-84-922-3811
FAX. +81-84-925-3362

Capital

15 million yen

Founded

Feb. 1, 1937

Established

June 30, 1948

Number of Employees

81 (As of Jan. 2017)

Main Customers

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plant and Transportation Systems Engineering & Construction Center
Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology Ltd.
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Hokoku Kogyo
Teral Inc.
Shigiya Machinery Works Ltd.
Yanmar Co., Ltd.
Yasda Precision Tools K.K.
Yamasaki Giken Co., Ltd.
Mitsui High-tec, Inc.
Seibu Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd.
Kitagawa Iron Works Co., Ltd.
Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Yamamoto Co., Ltd.
Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.
Cosmic Industry Co.,Ltd.
Tomoe Valve Co., Ltd.
Ishigaki Company, Ltd.
Kikusui Seisakusho Ltd.

Affiliated Trade Associations

Hiroshima Iron Casting Industry Association
Fukuyama Region Foundry Industry Cooperative Union
Hiroshima Eastern Machinery & Metals Industrial Cooperative
Hiroshima Prefecture Federation of Small Business Associations
Japan Foundry Society, Inc.
Japan Foundry Engineering Society
Sokeizai Center

Affiliated Banks

Hiroshima Bank, Chugoku Bank, Mizuho Bank,
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

History

Feb. 1937

Sato Iron Works is established in Tera-machi, Fukuyama City by Kenichi Sato.
Machining business is started.

April 1943

Due to the control of materials because of WWII, the company manufactures parts for military vehicles as a subcontracted plant of the current Mihara Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Aug. 1945

The plant is completely burned down due to a massive air raid of Fukuyama.

Oct. 1945

A provisional plant is newly established in Teshiro-cho.
Manufacture and sales of straw processing machinery such as rope production and finishing machines, and straw beaters is started.

March 1946

Operations are moved from the provisional plant to the newly constructed plant and office in Tera-machi, Fukuyama City.

1947

A foundry is newly constructed in Minato-machi, Fukuyama City (current location of Agricultural Machinery Office).

July 1948

The company becomes incorporated in order to expand business operations.

1952

A plant and office are newly constructed in Minato-machi, Fukuyama City for plant expansion and all operations are transferred there.

May 1961

A foundry is newly constructed in Teshiro-cho and operations are transferred there due to expanded business operations.
Efforts are made to develop new products outside of straw processing machinery.

April 1970

The foundry division is split off to establish Sato Machinery & Foundry Co., Ltd.

March 1974

A 3.5-ton low-frequency induction furnace manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric is introduced.

Sept. 1983

A 2MM automatic molding line by Kanamori Systems is introduced.

Dec. 1988

A 1.5-ton high-frequency induction furnace manufactured by Fuji Electric is introduced.

May 1999

An RDM-4 automatic molding line by Kanamori Systems is introduced.

Sept. 2000

New plant is constructed within grounds of foundry due to expanded mass production.

July 2002

A Meehanite metal licensee is acquired.

Oct. 2003

Sato Farm Machinery Co., Ltd. and Sato Foundry Co., Ltd. are merged.

May 2006

A KDM-8 automatic molding machine by Kanamori Systems is introduced.

Sept. 2007

An emission spectrophotometer manufactured by Shimadzu is introduced.

2013

75th anniversary of the company.

2018

80th anniversary of the company.