We are perforaming production activity by consistency work at in-house. It is all processes that are cutting of material, hot forging, cold forging and machining.We are always promoting the business management by basicaly creative manufacturing.And we are trying our best technology improvement of manufacuturing and improvemint of know-how.From now on, we will improve our technology by adding the latest technology to the technique that it cultivated for long years. And we aim at management that is not affected by ther factors.
Presient & CEO Hirotoshi Kato
- Overview
| Name | KATO IRON WORKS CO.,LTD. |
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| CEO | Hirotoshi Kato, President & CEO |
| Founded | October 1924 |
| Establish | April 1962 |
| Location | Headquarter and 1st plant 1-18-3 Taga-Cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 316-0003 Japan Phone +81-294-36-1200 FAX +81-294-36-0757 2nd plant 196 Haguro Okubo-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 316-0014 Japan Phone +81-294-36-1202 |
| URL | http://www.katoiron.com/ |
| Capital | 30million Yen |
| Emplpoyees | 65people |
| Business | Manufacture and sales of forming parts. Main product---Pole piece of altermator and pole core of starter motorfor for automobile, merine engine, tractor,construcyion machine, light airplane and golf cart. |
| Custmers | Japanese companies Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd Sawafuji Electric Co.,Ltd. Nikko Electric Industry Co., Ltd DENSO COOPORATION. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation---Himuji Works K&S Trading Co.,Ltd. USA Companies Prestolite Electric Inc. Hatzell Engine Technolodies. Telegyne Continental Motors, Inc. Peer Inc |
- Hisory
| 1924 Oct. | Matsujiro Kato founded private company that is blacksmith for the business of bladed farm implements |
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| 1939 Oct． | Became a subcontracting company of Hitachi Ltd---Taga Works Received the orader for material of various die. |
| 1955 Apr． | Masa Kato was inaugurated as representative of company |
| 1956 Apr. | Became a subcontracting company of Hitachi Ltd---Kokubu Works Received the order for parts of parts of the Switchboard, parts of the Elevater and Foraging processing of the die material. |
| 1957 Apr. | Became a subcontracting company of Hitachi Ltd---Hitachi Works. Received the order for the foginng processing of the parts of the train motor and the part of the general motor. |
| 1962 Apr. | Established Kato Iron Works Limited by the increase in production and employee
ad expansion of the business scale. Capital 3Million Yen. Representative Director Masa Kato. |
| 1962 Jul. | Delivered the sample of Rotor cire for Alternator to Hitachi Ltd---Taga Works |
| 1962 Dec. | Started the mass production of the Pole oiese for Alternator. |
| 1965 Oct. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from Sawafuhi Electric Co.,Ltd.and started trading. |
| 1966 Oct. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from Nikko Electric Industry Co.,Ltd.and started trading. |
| 1967 Sep. | Received a special prize for hot forging technology to Pole piece of altermator from Hitachi Taga Works. |
| 1969 Jun. | Cintractedabout 250,000 oieces Pole piece for alternator with I.P.M that is company of Chicago in USA. |
| 1970 Sep. | Built the Forging Press Plant newly. |
| 1971 Mar. | Increased the Capital to 12million Yen. |
| 1971 Apr. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from Ford Motor Company in USA and started mass productuon. |
| 1973 Nov. | Increased Foging Plant. |
| 1974 Jun. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from Motorola,Inc. in USA and started mass production. |
| 1974 Dec. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from Prestlite Electric Inc-Leecein Neville in USA and started mass production. |
| 1977 Jul. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from DENSO COOPORATION-Anjo Plant and started trading. |
| 1984 Jan. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from General Motors Corporation-Delco Remy division in USA and started mass production. |
| 1987 Feb. | Established more Forging press Plant. |
| 1989 Mar. |
Increased the Capital to 30 million Yen. |
| 1989 Dec. | Acquired a qualification of Q-1 that is Preferential supplier for quality from Foad Motor of USA. |
| 1996 Jun. | Canged the name of company and organization. New company is Kato Iron Works Co.,Ltd. Chairman of the Board Masa Kato, President & CEO Hirotoshi Kato. |
| 1997 Jul. | Received the order for Pole piece of Alternator from Mitsubishi Electric Coraporation-Himeji Works and started trading. |
| 1997 Dec. | Acquired a qualification of QS-9000 for quality assurance. Started the delivery of Pole piece of alternator to Delphi Mexico Plant. Started the delivery of Pole piece of alternator to Delphi France-Paris Plant. |
| 1998 Nov. | Started the delivery of Pole piece of alternator to Robert Bosch Ltd. Cardiff Plant. |
| 2006 Dec. | Acquired a qualification of ISO-9000 for quality assurance. |
| 2008 Mar. | Acquired "KES" certification of the environmantal management system. |
