# Sugatsune

Sugatsune Kogyo (スガツネ工業株式会社, Sugatsune Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a manufacturing company based in Tokyo.

## Founding and history

The company name "Sugatsune" is a shortened form of the founder's name, Sugasawara Tsunesaburo. It was founded as Sugatsune Shouten in Kanda, Tokyo in 1930. The store was incorporated and changed its name to Sugatsune Kogyo Co, Ltd., and started manufacturing telecommunication hardware components until the end of World War II. Thereafter, the company started producing architectural and furniture hardware. Sugatsune first hardware was exported to the U.S. in 1949.
Sugatsune is a source for hardware products and component hardware for homes, telecommunication devices, consumer electronics, and marine equipment. Several Sugatsune products have won the Good Design Award (グッドデザイン賞) in Japan, administered by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
Sugatsune is headquartered in Iwamotochō, Tokyo and the company has sales and distribution offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, India, and South Korea.

## Products

Sugatsune's product range includes over 20,000 items. The items range from architectural furniture and hardware to industrial components. This includes hinges, hooks, catches, drawer slides, brackets, handles and more. It produces products for a variety of industries as diverse as cabinets, semiconductor fabrication plants, yachts, doors, and more.
Sugatsune's hinges are used around the world and are recognized in the industry.
MonoFlat Unison (MFU) is a sliding door system that enables doors to move inward and slide sideways without use of door handles in order to close flush with the wall. The external surface of the door can be flush with the wall or surrounding enclosure, giving a monolithic appearance.
Multimo is a multiple-motion door system for cabinets, allowing them be pulled out and slide sideways to allow more work space in front of the cabinet when the door is open. A damper provides smooth closing.

## Brands

Lapcon (Lamp Control) is a damper mechanism for smooth door opening and closing of drawers and doors. Several products featuring the mechanism won Japan's Good Design Award. Lapcon mechanisms can be found in many different products, including cabinetry doors and toilet seats. Both Monoflat FAD (FAD) and LIN-X use Lapcon Mechanisms and are lateral door opening mechanism. FAD enables flaps and doors to open sideways (laterally) without the use of a bottom rail. Doors equipped with FAD have a smaller opening radius compared to ordinary swing doors.
Motion Design Tech, a line of products which focuses on the design of movement has achieved recognition in Japan and has been presented at trade shows around the world.

## Locations

Sugatsune has a total of seven branches in Japan and two distribution facilities in Chiba and Osaka. In addition, there are nine other sales offices in seven countries overseas (USA, Canada, UK, Germany, China, India, and South Korea).

### Sales Offices in Japan

* Headquarters - 2-9-13 Iwamoto-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
* Tokyo Head Office Sales Architectural Division - 2-5-10 Iwamotocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
* Tokyo Head Office Sales Department Industrial Division - 2-17-9 Iwamotocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
* Osaka Branch - 2-2-6 Uchiawaji-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
* Sendai Sales Office - HF Sendai Honmachi Building 8F, 1-11-1 Honmachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
* North Kanto Sales Office - 2F EST900 Building, 51-1 Kaminakai-cho, Takasaki, Gunma
* Kanagawa Sales Office - 6F Wellstone 1, 87-1 Kawakami-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
* Nagoya Sales Office - 3-15-3, Ohsone, Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
* Kyoto Sales Office - 399-27 Kujo-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
* Fukuoka Sales Office - 1-13-8, Hakataeki-Minami, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
* Chiba Plant/Motion Design Tech Lab - 679 Bakke Hongo, Matsuo-cho, Yamato-shi, Chiba

### Distribution Facilities in Japan

* Logistics Centre (SBC) - 208-72 Fujimidai, Matsuo-cho, Yamato-shi, Chiba
* Logistics WEST (SBW) - 4-11-10, Gun, Ibaraki, Osaka

### Overseas Sales Offices, Showrooms and Distribution Centres

Sugatsune America, Inc.
* Los Angeles Main Office - 18101 Savarona Way, Carson, CA 90746 USA
* Midwest Distribution Center - 1790 W Cortland Court, Addison, IL 60101 USA
Sugatsune Canada, Inc.
* Montreal Office - 3775 Boulevard du Tricentenaire Montreal, Quebec H1B-5W3
Sugatsune Kogyo (UK) Limited
* Reading Office - Unit 635 Wharfedale Road Winnersh Triangle Wokingham RG41 5TP UK
Sugatsune Europe GmbH
* Düsseldorf Office & Showroom - Heerdter Lohweg 87-89 D-40549 Düsseldorf Germany
Sugatsune Shanghai Co., Ltd.
* Shanghai Showroom - Building No.3, No.100 Hu lan West Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai 200443, China
* Guangzhou Office - Room206, No.11-13 Jie Jin Zhong Road, Fu Du Building, Shiqiao Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511405, China
Sugatsune Kogyo India Private Limited
* Mumbai Office & Showroom - No. G-002 & B-02, Ground Floor, KANAKIA ATRIUM – 2 Next to Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai-400093, Maharashtra, INDIA
Sugatsune Korea Co., Ltd.
* Incheon Office - 407 Tower2, 495 Parang-ro, Seo-gu, Incheon, KOREA 22770