- Business
- Howa Machinery, Ltd. manufactures and sells machine tools, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment, electronic machines, sweepers, metal joinery fittings, firearms, construction materials, and construction machinery primarily in Japan. The company's machine tools include machining centers, transfer lines, flexible transfer lines, flexible manufacturing systems, the KIWAMI Series of compact high-speed, high-precision centers, and standard units for transfer lines, serving automotive and electronics sectors; pneumatic and hydraulic equipment comprises power chucks, rotating cylinders, rodless cylinders including slit and magnetic types, clamp cylinders, jig cylinders, rotary actuators, and hydraulic cylinders; electronic machines feature exposure systems for printed circuit boards, ceramic green sheet processing equipment such as the new cera series, and testing systems for mounted circuit boards; sweepers encompass street sweepers, industrial power sweepers, floor scrubbers, and CNG-engine models for cleaning streets, factories, and public facilities; metal joinery fittings include aluminum sound-proof windows, double sliding windows, steel sash doors, and waterproof devices; firearms consist of military rifles such as Type 64, Type 89, sporting rifles, 81mm and 120mm mortars; and construction materials cover vibratory rollers and related products. Founded in 1907 as Toyoda's Loom Works, Ltd. and renamed Howa Machinery, Ltd. in 1945, the company is headquartered in Kiyosu-shi, Aichi, Japan, with subsidiaries including Howa Machinery Singapore Pte. Ltd., Howa (Tianjin) Machinery Co., Ltd., and PT. HowAska Mesin Indonesia for overseas manufacturing, sales, and support in Asia. Recent developments include the 2017 acquisition of an Indonesian company to establish PT. HowAska Mesin Indonesia for machine tool sales and technical services; 2015 launch of the ORB series rodless cylinder; 2013 entry into photovoltaic systems; and ongoing ISO certifications, with the latest encompassing machine tools, pneumatic equipment, firearms, and sweepers departments.