ABOUT US
| Company Name |
Sakai aluminium Corporation |
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| Established | August 3, 2021 |
| Representative | President and Representative Director, Takahiro Hosoi |
| Capital | 100 million yen (as of August 3, 2021) |
| Employees | 320 (as of August 3, 2021) |
| Business Details |
The development, design, manufacture, and sale of aluminium sheet products, aluminium foil products, and aluminium ingots. |
| Directors |
（as of January 1, 2024） |
| Locations |
Headquarters and Sakai Factory Address 6-224 Kaisan-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-0982 |
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Tokyo Office Address 8-6 Nihonbashi Kobunacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0024 H1O Nihonbashi Kobunacho 6th floor |
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| Chinese Location |
Sakai aluminium (Nan tong) Corporation Address 45 Tongwang Road, National Economic and Technological Development Zone, Nantong, Jiangsu |
| 1933 | JanuaryJan. | Started operation as the Sakai factory of Takada Aluminum Equipment Manufacturing Our company was founded to provide an integrated production system for everything from sheets to containers |
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| 1935 | DecemberDec. | Established Takada Aluminum Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| 1939 | DecemberDec. | Expansion of rolling and melting plants |
| 1954 | July | Completion of melting and continuous casting equipment |
| SeptemberSep. | Began full-scale operation of hot rolling equipment | |
| NovemberNov. | Installation of foil rolling mill (FM1); completion of integrated sheet and foil rolling plant |
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| 1957 | JanuaryJan. | Changed company name to Showa Aluminum Corporation |
| 1958 | MarchMar. | Started production of high purity aluminium foil for electrolytic capacitors |
| AprilApr. | Completion of foil finishing plant | |
| 1961 | July | Began operation of cold rolling mill (RM) |
| NovemberNov. | Began operation of foil rolling mill (FM3) | |
| 1981 | AugustAug. | Developed and announced our proprietary high purity aluminium refining technique, the "Cojunal Method" |
| 1986 | JanuaryJan. | Began operation of undercoating line |
| DecemberDec. | Began operation of Cojunal unit 2 | |
| 1999 | OctoberOct. | Obtained ISO9002 certification (migrated to ISO9001 in November 2003) |
| 2000 | DecemberDec. | Began full-scale sales of high heat conduction, high strength aluminium alloy sheet ST60 for FPD heatsink applications Started introduction of bell-type annealing furnaces |
| 2001 | FebruaryFeb. | Obtained ISO14001 certification |
| MarchMar. | Merged with Showa Denko K.K. | |
| 2005 | DecemberDec. | Received TPM Excellence Award |
| 2008 | JanuaryJan. | Began operation of Cojunal unit 3 |
| 2013 | June | Began operation of foil slitter machine (AH-5) |
| SeptemberSep. | Began operation of foil rolling mill (FM2) | |
| OctoberOct. | Started operation of Showa Denko Aluminum (Nantong) Co., Ltd. (presently Sakai aluminium (Nan tong) Corporation) Achieved local production and sales of aluminium foil for electrolytic capacitors aimed at the Chinese market |
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| 2014 | JanuaryJan. | Began operation of foil slitter machine (S-5) |
| AprilApr. | Began operation of Cojunal unit 4 | |
| 2019 | DecemberDec. | Increased production capacity of Showa Denko Aluminum (Nantong) Co., Ltd. |
| 2021 | AugustAug. | Showa Denko K.K.'s aluminium rolled product business was split off and newly established as "Sakai aluminium Corporation" |
