Last updated : 04/01/2020
KUBOTA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
- President
- Takashi KUBOTA (Mr.)
- Year established
- 1935
- Capital
- 30,000,000 yen
- Sales
- 9,830,000,000 yen
- Employees
- 310
- Postal (zip) code
- 739-0321
- Company address
- 1-6-1 Nakano, Aki-ku, Hiroshima-shi
- Phone
- 082-893-1121
- Fax
- 082-893-1214
- E-Mail
- h.ishii@kubota-iron-works.co.jp
- URL
- http://www.kubota-iron-works.com/
Company PR
Our company belief is “To aim the company which can contribute to the society with creativity and harmony”. In addition to the basic technology like plastic forming, machining, heat treatment & assembling, we contribute to the fuel efficiency and cost reduction for all vehicles, by challenging the new technology such as electrification or using new material.
Water pumps developed and produced in Kubota are adopted in all Mazda vehicles and also contribute to the fuel efficiency.
For drive shafts, MT parts, & drive plates, we can totally implement in Kubota from plastic forming, machining to assembling.
We manufacture precision processing MT parts such as shift fork and clutch lever, and can handle the needs at the headquarters factory and Thailand factory.
Major Products
- Water pump for cooling engine.
- Drive plates for AT vehicles.
- Drive shafts.
- MT Parts (Shift fork and etc.)
Major Customers
- Mazda Motor Corporation
- NTN Corporation
- Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
- GKN Driveline Japan
Major Facilities/Equipment
- Machining Center 125
- NC lathe 120
- 6 Axis robot 37
- Heat treatment equipment 3
- Electric injection molding machine 5
- Oil hydraulic pressing machine 1 (1600t)
Technology Employed
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Water pumps developed and produced in Kubota Iron Works contribute to the fuel efficiency.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- One-piece drive plates contribute to weight reduction, low noise and cost reduction.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- We can produce various automobile parts such as drive shaft or MT parts with high-quality & low cost.
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Plastic forming technology (We can totally implement in Kubota from design & production of die, plastic forming to machining.)
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Hollow-cast cold forging MT shafts using solid material contribute to weight reduction and cost reduction.
Primary Area of Technical Expertise
In addition to the basic technology like plastic forming, machining, heat treatment & assembling, we contribute to the fuel efficiency and cost reduction for all vehicles, by challenging the new technology such as electrification or using new material.
Future Business Challenges
- Reducing weight and cost of auto parts by introducing new processing technology and new material.
- Realizing the fuel efficiency of vehicles by electrification of auxiliary machinery.
- Find the new market except automobile parts industry.
Future Technical Challenges
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Weight reduction of vehicle parts by utilizing our analytical software/ Development of electric parts
- Transportation machinery/equipment manufacturing industry
- Cost reduction of plastic forming parts by introducing new plastic forming technology
Other
24 patents obtained in Japan
*Drive plates 4 (Patented in the U.S. and Europe)
*Hollow-cast cold forging technology 5
*Plastic forming technology and others 1
*Water pump 3 and others
*Yoshiki Kubota, an advisor of Kubota Iron Works, received the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays in May ,2019.
