- CEO
- Toshiya Yamaguchi
- Full Time Employees
- 1,958
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Metal fabrication
- Address
- 1189-11, Nishinohora Kasugai AI Japan 480-0303
- IPO Date
- Jun 1, 1962
- Business
- Fine Sinter Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells powder metallurgy products and hydraulic units primarily for the automotive, railway vehicle, and industrial machinery industries worldwide. The company produces sintered metal parts including engine components such as valve seats, transmission hubs, and sprockets; drivetrain parts like synchronizer rings and disconnect mechanisms; motor-related components encompassing ABS motor cores, reactor cores for hybrid vehicle inverters, and EPS torque sensors; shock absorber pistons and related resin-wrapped parts; power steering oil pump rotors and cam rings; as well as other automotive elements for steering systems, sensors, turbocharger nozzle vanes, reclining seat cams, and variable valve timing parts; it also supplies railway contact strips, brake linings and pads for Shinkansen bullet trains and conventional lines, and compact hydraulic units such as motor pumps with cumulative production exceeding 7 million TSM Series units. Fine Sinter operates through subsidiaries including Fine Sinter Tohoku Co., Ltd., Fine Sinter Sanshin Co., Ltd., Thai Fine Sinter Co., Ltd., American Fine Sinter Co., Ltd., Precision Sintered Products (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., and PT. Fine Sinter Indonesia, serving major customers like Toyota Motor Corporation with production facilities in Japan, Thailand, the United States, China, and Indonesia.
Established December 14, 1950, through the merger of predecessor companies Tokyo Sintered Metal Co., Ltd. and Japan Powder Alloy Co., Ltd., Fine Sinter maintains headquarters at 1189-11 Nishinohora, Akechi-cho, Kasugai City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, with consolidated employees numbering 2,063 as of March 31, 2025.
Recent developments include the June 2017 listing on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange; mass production launches of reactor cores for new hybrid vehicles in November 2021, DAT carriers at American Fine Sinter in June 2018, and disconnect parts in October 2018; recognition as a 2020 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization for three consecutive years; expansion into the insect food business in June 2021; and ongoing exhibitions at Tokyo Motor Shows, with the latest in October 2019, alongside awards such as the 2019 JPMA Grand Prix and Toyota Suppliers Convention Technology & Development Award for disconnect parts.