- Business
- Nitto Seimo Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells knotless nets for fishery and onshore applications; its fishing industry-related segment produces trap nets, purse seine nets, aquaculture nets, trawl nets, and laver cultivation nets, while its land-related segment offers animal damage protection nets, sports nets, insect screens, and ball protection nets; the company also provides ropes, floats, hardware, antifoulants, hydraulic equipment, labor-saving fishing gear, sherbet ice makers, and imports nylon tire cords, stainless steel wires, and agricultural binding materials. Nitto Seimo exports its products to Asian countries, Chile, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, the United States, and Canada. Founded in August 1910 and headquartered at 2-20-15-701 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, the company operates factories in Fukuyama, Takaoka, Himi, and Doto, Hokkaido, with subsidiaries including Taku Seimo Co., Ltd., Nitto Net Co., Ltd., Redes Nitto (Chile) Ltda., and Thai Nitto Seimo Global Co., Ltd. Recent developments include the April 2025 fiscal year net sales of 17,044 million yen (consolidated: 21,000 million yen) and 942 consolidated employees, alongside a March 2025 trial launch with Kyocera of a smart-sensing research buoy powered by ocean currents for real-time ocean monitoring to support climate change tracking and marine resource management.