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Trade name | Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. |
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Establishment | January 1961 (Showa 36) |
capital | 10,311 million yen |
president | Tetsuya Tsurumaru |
employee | Consolidated: 1,701 people Non-consolidated: 1,312 people *As of March 31, 2025 |
Shareholders | Sumitomo Corporation 100% |
Fiscal year end | March 31 |
Factory site area | 136,844 m² |
Head office location | 1-10 Fuso-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Prefecture, 660-0891Map here |
Main business |
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History
1961年 | Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (currently Nippon Steel Corporation) inherited the aircraft equipment division. Established as Precision Co., Ltd. |
1963年 | Started manufacturing large-scale heat exchangers for low-temperature industrial use |
1967年 | Started manufacturing large propellers for patrol aircraft |
1969年 | Started manufacturing liquefied natural gas vaporizers |
1970年 | Shares listed on both the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges |
1974年 | Started manufacturing ozone generators |
1975年 | Obtained US ASME standard for heat exchanger manufacturing |
1977年 | Shiga (hydraulic equipment) factory completed |
1982年 | Shiga (aircraft equipment) factory completed |
1986年 | Entering the vacuum equipment field and opening up new business areas for semiconductor manufacturing equipment |
1988年 | Developed an ultra-high concentration ozonizer that achieves the world's highest level of ozone generation concentration Started development and manufacturing of space equipment |
1989年 | New head office building completed |
1990年 | Started manufacturing stainless steel heat exchangers for high-temperature applications |
1993年 | Wakayama (heat exchanger) factory completed |
1994年 | Obtained ISO9001 certification for low-temperature industrial heat exchangers |
1995年 | Acquired UK-based Surface Technology Systems plc (STS) |
1996年 | Hydraulic Engineering Center opened |
1997年 | Obtained ISO9001 certification for commercial aircraft equipment |
1999年 | Established a joint venture with BAe in the UK for the manufacture and sale of motion sensors Head office and factory obtain ISO14001 certification |
2000年 | Established Sumitomo Precision USA, Inc. (US subsidiary, Texas) |
2001年 | Started manufacturing plasma processing equipment at the head office factory |
2004年 | Established Ningbo Seismic Pressure Industrial Co., Ltd. in China through joint investment with Ningbo the Haitian Group Co., Ltd. |
2009年 | Acquired some assets and business of Aviza Technology Inc. in the US, established SPP Process Technology Systems Ltd. (SPTS) in the UK, and merged with STS |
2010年 | Precision Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established. |
2011年 | Transferred UK SPTS and established a joint venture, SPP Technologies Co., Ltd. Ltd. with SPTS |
2014年 | SPP Nagasaki Engineering Co., Ltd. established |
2019年 | Established SPP Aerospace Service Inc. |
2023年 | Delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange |