Nachi-Fujikoshi

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.

Native name	株式会社不二越
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 6474
Industry	Electric machinery / Robotics / Hydraulic machinery / Advanced materials
Founded	Toyama, Japan (December 21, 1928)
Founder	Kohki Imura
Headquarters	1-1-1 Fujikoshi-Honmachi, Toyama 930-8511, Japan
Key people	Hiroo Honma (President and CEO)
Products	Cutting tools Machine tools Precision machinery Industrial robots Bearings Hydraulic equipment
Revenue	US$ 1.71 billion (FY 2013) (¥ 175.69 billion) (FY 2013)
Profit	US$ 65.47 million (FY 2013) (¥ 6.7 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	6,072 (consolidated as of January 16, 2014)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references [1][2]

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. (株式会社不二越 Kabushiki-gaisha Fujikoshi) (known also by its trademark Nachi) is a Japanese corporation known by its industrial robots, machining tools and systems and machine components.^[3]

Nachi-Fujikoshi is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange^[4] and as of January 2014, comprises 50 companies (22 domestic and 28 overseas).^[1]

Origin of the Nachi trademark

The Nachi brand name comes from "Kumano Nachi Taisha", the Grand Shrine. It expresses strong entrepreneurial will.

In 1929, the Emperor Showa made a tour of the Kansai district to inspect industries as part of the encouragement of domestic production, and personally inspected a Fujikoshi hacksaw blade that was on display as an example of an outstanding domestic product at the Osaka Prefectural Office. Overjoyed at the honor of entertaining the Emperor's special attention, Kohki Imura decided to name his product "NACHI" after the name of the latest naval cruiser to be made in Japan, the very same vessel that the Emperor was sailing on for his tour.^[5]

Business segments and products

Machining Cutting tools Drills End mills Gear cutters Broaches Machine tools Broaching machines Precision roll forming machines Power finishers Robots Spot welding Handling Arc welding Controller

Components Bearings Excel series radial ball bearings Radial roller bearings Thrust ball bearings Thrust roller bearings Hydraulic equipment Valves Motors Pumps Unit Materials Special steels Industrial furnaces Ion plating equipment for mass production processing

See also

• Industrial robot

References

1. "Corporate Info". Nachi-Fujikoshi. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
2. "Company Profile 2014" (PDF). Nachi-Fujikoshi. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
3. "Nachi-Fujikoshi Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
4. "Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. Share Price - 6474". ADVFN. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
5. "Origins of NACHI". Nachi Europe GmbH. Retrieved August 27, 2014.

External links

• Main Corporate Site (English)