Tsubakimoto Chain
Tsubakimoto Chain Co. is a Japanese manufacturer of power transmission and roller chain products. It was founded in Osaka in 1917 as a bicycle chain manufacturer. Later it became the first roller chain manufacturer in Japan approved by Japanese Industrial Standards.
Tsubakimoto Chain has the world's largest market share for steel chains for general industrial applications and enjoys the world's top market share for timing drive systems for automobiles. The company is headquartered in Osaka, with its main manufacturing base in Kyotanabe, Kyoto.
History
Tsubakimoto Chain was established in 1917 by Setsuzo Tsubakimoto in Kita-ku, Osaka as a private enterprise known as Tsubakimoto Shoten manufacturing bicycle chains. They soon moved to roller chain and conveyor equipment production, ceasing bicycle chain manufacture in 1928. The following year, they registered as Tsubakimoto Chain Manufacturing Company.With the completion of their Tsurumi Plant in Osaka in 1940, they launched as a joint-stock company with capital of three million yen in 1941. Setsuzo Tsubakimoto was appointed the company's first president. They changed their name to Tsubakimoto Chain Co. in 1970.
In 2000, Tsubaki completed work on its new, larger Kyotanabe Plant to meet its increasing production levels. With nearly 100,000 m2 of building floor space, the plant is the world's largest chain manufacturing facility.
Products
Roller chain and sprockets, toothed belts and pulleys, hose and cable carrier systems, shaft coupling/locking, reducer/variable speed drives, motion control/clutch, overload protectors, linear actuators, automotive timing belt systems, conveyance, sorting, and storage systems, bulk handling systems, metalworking chips handling and coolant processing systems.Profile
- Corporate name: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
- Headquarters: Nakanoshima Mitsui Building, 6F, 3-3-3, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0005 Japan
- Kyotanabe Plant: 1-1-3, Kannabidai, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0380 Japan
- Saitama Plant: 20, Shinko, Hanno, Saitama 357-8510 Japan
- Kyoto Plant: 1-1, Kotari -Kuresumi, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto 617-0833 Japan
- Hyogo Plant: 1140, Asazuma-cho, Kasai, Hyogo 679-0181 Japan
Principal Group Companies
Japan
- Tsubakimoto Custom Chain Co.
- Tsubakimoto Sprocket Co.
- Tsubaki Yamakyu Chain Co.
- Tsubakimoto Iron Casting Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Machinery Co.
- Tsubakimoto Bulk Systems Corp.
- Tsubakimoto Mayfran Inc.
- Tsubaki Support Center Co.
Overseas
Americas
- U.S. Tsubaki Holdings, Inc.
- U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission, LLC
- U.S. Tsubaki Automotive LLC
- U.S. Tsubaki Industrial LLC
- Tsubaki Kabelschlepp America, Inc.
- Tsubaki Brasil Equipamentos Industriais Ltda.
- Central Conveyor Company, LLC
- Central Process Engineering, LLC
- Electrical Insights, LLC
- KCI, Incorporated
- Tsubaki of Canada Limited
- Mayfran International. Incorporated
- Conergics International LLC
- Press Room Techniques Co.
- Tsubakimoto Automotive Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Europe
- Tsubakimoto Europe B.V.
- Tsubakimoto U.K. Ltd.
- Tsubaki Deutschland GmbH
- Tsubaki Automotive Czech Republic s.r.o.
- Tsubaki Ibérica Power Transmission S.L.
- Tsubaki KabelSchlepp GmbH
- KabelSchlepp GmbH - Hunsborn
- KabelSchlepp Italia S.A.R.L.
- Metool Products Limited
- KabelSchlepp France S.A.R.L.
- Kabelschlepp Systemtechnik spol. s r.o.
- OOO Tsubaki KabelSchlepp
- Schmidberger GmbH
- Mayfran U.K. Limited
- Mayfran GmbH
- Mayfran Limburg B.V.
- Mayfran International B.V.
- Mayfran France S.A.R.L.
- Mayfran CZ s.r.o.
Indian Ocean Rim
- Tsubakimoto Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- PT Tsubaki Indonesia Manufacturing
- PT Tsubaki Indonesia Trading
- Tsubaki Power Transmission (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
- Tsubakimoto (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubaki India Power Transmission Private Limited
- Tsubakimoto Vietnam Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Philippines Corporation
- Tsubaki Australia Pty. Limited
- Tsubakimoto Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubaki Motion Control (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Kabelschlepp India Private Limited
- Tsubaki Conveyor Systems India Private Limited
China
- Tsubakimoto Chain (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubaki Motion Control (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Automotive (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubaki Everbest Gear (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Chain (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Bulk Systems (Shanghai) Corp.
- Kabelschlepp China Co., Ltd.
- Tianjin Tsubakimoto Conveyor Systems Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Mayfran Conveyor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Tsubaki CAPT Power Transmission (Shijiazhuang) Co., Ltd.
Korea and Taiwan
- Taiwan Tsubakimoto Co.
- Taiwan Tsubakimoto Trading Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Automotive Korea Co., Ltd.
- Tsubakimoto Korea Co., Ltd.
News
- U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC Company Profile
2022
- Roller chain upgrade reduces costs for pizza making operation
2019
- U.S. Tsubaki Holdings Inc.’s Conveyor Operations Division and U.S. Automotive LLC open a new manufacturing facility in Portland, TN
2018
- Extracting the benefits of customised chain solutions
- Tsubakimoto Chain Installs PV System at Its New Manufacturing Plant
- New State Capital Sells Central Conveyor to U.S. Tsubaki Holdings, Inc.
2016
- Maintenance-Free Chain Helps Provide Long Term Flood Control
2015
- GM Announces 2014 Supplier of the Year Winners
2014
- For When an Ordinary Chain Just Won’t Do
- Mahindra Conveyor Systems group firm forms joint venture with Japanese Tsubaki
- Patent Issued for Conveyor Chain
- Tsubakimoto Chain Co.: Patent Issued for Silent Chain Having Deformable Guide Plates
- Toyota Supplier Sees China Sales Doubling on Orders From VW, GM
2013
- Toyota supplier considers China capacity boost on VW, GM orders