- Business
- Nippon Crucible Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells refractory products, industrial furnaces, and related engineering services primarily in Japan. Founded in 1885 and headquartered in Tokyo, the company produces graphite crucibles including the Phoenix series carbon bonded silicon carbide graphite crucibles; shaped refractories such as firebricks for blast furnace runners, cupolas, induction furnaces, ladles, non-ferrous melting furnaces, incinerators, and fusion furnaces; unshaped refractories including castables, plastics, ramming mixes, and monolithic materials; and refractories for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, iron and steel making, cast iron, steel, incinerators, and atomic energy applications. It also designs, manufactures, and sells industrial furnaces such as aluminum melting furnaces including Freedom and oxide-suppression aluminum melting furnaces; non-ferrous metal industrial furnaces; incinerators; melting furnace equipment; installation and maintenance services for refractories; ceramics filters; and provides real estate leasing of office buildings, parking lots, and solar power generation operations. The company exports products to Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, the United States, and Europe, with subsidiaries including Chuo Ceramic Co., Ltd., Asia Taika Co., Ltd., and recent additions Nakahashi Ho-on Kogyosho Co., Ltd. in November 2025 and Miyu Tsukuro Co., Ltd. in April 2024; it operates plants in Osaka, Nagoya, and Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. Recent developments include the formulation of Mid-Term Management Plan 2027 in May 2025; receipt of the Toyota Prize from the Japan Foundry Engineering Society for oxide-suppression aluminum melting furnace development in June 2025; introduction of restricted stock system for employees in August 2025; divestment of 5% stake in Shoei Industrial Heating Equipment Shanghai Co., Ltd.; and ongoing sustainability initiatives such as decarbonization efforts under the Fuji Zero Carbon City Support Program.