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- Kitagawa Seiki Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells specialized industrial press machines, factory automation equipment, and transfer machines primarily for electronics, automotive, aerospace, and building materials sectors. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Fuchu City, Hiroshima, Japan, the company holds a world-leading market share in laminating presses for printed circuit boards (PCBs) essential to electronic devices such as smartphones, personal computers, televisions, automobiles, and aircraft; its core offerings include multi-opening vacuum hot laminating presses for high-precision sheet material bonding via advanced temperature, pressure, vacuum, and operational controls, press machines for new materials like composites and thermoplastics, laminators for solar panel fabrication, resin molding equipment, substrate presses, hydraulic equipment, and customized factory automation (FA) systems and labor-saving solutions tailored to diverse production sites worldwide. The company operates globally with a subsidiary in Shanghai, China, serving manufacturers in Japan, Asia, and other regions through high-flexibility customization and technical expertise in demanding applications including semiconductors, aviation, and resin forming. In recent developments, Kitagawa Seiki integrated its construction materials machinery business by acquiring all shares of subsidiary Kitagawa Engineering Co., Ltd. in 2019, continues to expand customized product lines such as vacuum presses for thermoplastic resin sheets introduced in 2016, and reported fiscal year 2025 earnings with revenue of JPY 6.23 billion, up 5% year-over-year despite a net income decline amid ongoing investments in industrial machinery segments.