- Business
- Zuiko Corporation (TSE: 6279), founded in 1963 and headquartered in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, develops, designs, manufactures, sells, and maintains converting machinery for disposable hygiene products, including baby diapers, sanitary napkins, and feminine hygiene items; consulting and maintenance services for machine operation, production efficiency, spare parts, unit overhauls, and training; medical products such as PlusMoist wet wound dressings and surgical masks through subsidiary ZUIKO Medical Co. Ltd.; recycling systems for production waste materials and used diaper-to-energy conversion; and nursing care solutions like diapers compatible with automated robot cleaning systems. The company operates globally through eight overseas bases in China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, the United States, Brazil, Turkey, and Germany, serving hygiene product manufacturers with customized, high-speed, high-precision machines backed by over 800 worldwide patents and holding 90% market share in Japan. Recent developments include the 2024 acquisition of Italy-based Delta S.r.l., a sanitary products machinery maker with sales in the United States, Europe, South America, and Africa, to complement its product lineup and expand market reach; the completion of a 90% stake purchase in Delta formalized in May 2024 followed by capital contribution and integration; and the September 2025 acquisition of Unitika's spunlace fabrics business directly by Zuiko to sustain domestic Japanese operations while expanding cotton spunlace nonwovens production overseas.