- CEO
- Kenji Kose
- Full Time Employees
- 12,228
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Address
- Nakanoshima Mitsui Building Osaka OS Japan 530-0005
- IPO Date
- May 16, 1949
- Business
- Tsubakimoto Chain Co. manufactures and sells power transmission products, motion control components, automotive mobility parts, and materials handling systems worldwide. The company produces roller chains, conveyor chains, drive chains, plastic chains, timing chain systems, reducers, variable speed drives, linear actuators, shaft couplings, cam clutches, overload protectors, sorting systems, conveyance systems, storage systems, bulk handling systems, and chip conveyors; it also offers subcontracted design, construction, installation, and maintenance services for handling and electric equipment. Tsubakimoto Chain operates through Chain Operations, Motion Control Operations, Mobility Operations, Materials Handling Operations, and New Businesses segments, serving industries including general manufacturing, automobiles, resources and materials, food and medical, infrastructure and environment, and living and amusement, with primary customers encompassing machine tool makers, automakers, logistics providers, and semiconductor fabricators.
Founded in December 1917 and incorporated in January 1941, Tsubakimoto Chain is headquartered at Nakanoshima Mitsui Building, 6F, 3-3-3 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan, with major manufacturing plants in Japan (Kyotanabe, Saitama, Nagaokakyo, Hyogo, Okayama, Fukui-Mihama), the United States, Taiwan, China, Germany, Thailand, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Indonesia, and India. The company maintains significant global operations, generating most revenue from Japan, North America, and Europe, with overseas sales comprising approximately 65% of total net sales. Subsidiaries include U.S. Tsubaki, Tsubaki Europe, and recent additions such as EUROCATENA in Europe and Tsubaki VegyMove for agribusiness.
In January 2025, Tsubakimoto Chain acquired EUROCATENA, establishing its first chain manufacturing base in Europe for large-size conveyor chains and anticipating over JPY1 billion in annual sales contribution. On May 14, 2025, the company executed a business integration agreement and simplified share exchange with Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd., pending regulatory approval from Japan and Thailand Fair Trade Commissions, to create synergies in chain products, cross-selling, and expansion into Southeast Asia, Brazil, Africa, and the Middle East. Additional recent developments include the establishment of a representative office in South Africa in March 2025 for Global South market entry, knock-down production of large conveyor chains in India, completion of a next-generation vegetable factory at Fukui Mihama Plant in September 2025, entry into the engine-powered drone market with the AZ-250 model slated for 2030 commercialization, and a March 2025 basic agreement with LOGISTEED, Ltd. and Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. for remote forklift operations in logistics.