- CEO
- Kiyoshi Takemura
- Full Time Employees
- 484
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Auto parts: OEM
- Address
- 959 Hirookanomura Shiojiri NA Japan 399-0782
- IPO Date
- Dec 20, 1999
- Business
- Sanko Co., Ltd. (6964.T) manufactures and sells pressed products, mechatronic parts, and plastic products primarily for automobiles, business machines, and digital home appliances. The company produces press-related items including deep draw processing for automotive safety parts, airbag components for front passenger and driver seats, and in-vehicle DC-DC converter mounting parts; plastic-related products such as battery terminals, junction boxes, fuse modules, and inverter terminal blocks; as well as slide mechanical units for on-vehicle meters, various hinges for center consoles and in-vehicle monitors featuring impact locks, orthogonal and parallel 2-axis designs, and high-torque ceiling suspension mechanisms; precision shears, insulators, assembly products, high-precision molding gears, and control panels for car navigation systems. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan, Sanko operates factories including Horigane, Mita, Azusawa, and Fukuoka Minou, with sales offices in Anjo and Kurume; it maintains a subsidiary, Thai Sanko Co., Ltd., in Ayutthaya, Thailand, and serves major customers such as DENSO Corporation, Toyota Industries Corporation, Yazaki Corporation, and Sony Group Corporation. Recent developments include the resumption of production activities with a new assembly area at Azusawa Factory in April 2024 and acquisition of IATF 16949 certifications across key facilities in September 2021; the company reported group sales of ¥16.8 billion and operating income of ¥815 million for the fiscal year ended March 2025.