Interview on Manufacturing

Our Message for MEX Kanazawa ����Visitors

The Future of MachineTools: Our Vision
WORK & SOUL

Kamiyama Tekko Co., Ltd.
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Company Initiation Ceremony FY ����／Strolling Through TAKAMAZ
Traveling the Hokuriku Area to Experience CraftsmanshipA wonderful stroll through“the town of soy sauce” by the Kanazawa Port
Cover photo: Kanazawa Port Cruise Terminal
Kanazawa now has a new entrance for people travelingby sea: Kanazawa Port Cruise Terminal. This photo wastaken on its observation deck featuring an eye-catchingroof evocative of the Sea of Japan s white cap waves.

TAKAMATSU MACHINERYPR Magazine Spring 2023

Interview on Manufacturing
Stories of TAKAMAZ Members

Our Message for MEX Kanazawa ���� Visitors

At the same time, this event is also agreat opportunity for exchanging viewson the latest machine tool trends
and the future.

The Future of Machine
Tools: Our Vision

General Manager
Domestic Sales Dept.

Yoshikiyo Yamazaki
Executive Oﬃcer
General Manager
Technical Development Dept.

Makoto Yamano

The Machinery & Electronics Exhibitionin Kanazawa (MEX Kanazawa) ����will be held from May �� to ��, ����.
Find out all about the highlights ofour booth for this exhibition throughthis interview with two members
responsible for planning the booth.
General Manager
Domestic Sales Dept.

Ya m a z a k i
The automotive industry is undergoinga major, once-in-a-century transformation.
In order to survive these times, weneed to take command of how we
respond to the business environment
and what to communicate.
We want to provide future-oriented
opportunities at MEX Kanazawa ����by taking on new challenges, including
the development of products that
contribute to carbon neutrality andSDGs, as well as working on initiatives
for automation outside the automotiveindustry.
E xecutive Oﬃcer
General Manager
Te c h n i c a l D e v e l o p m e n t D e p t .

Ya m a n o
The Technical Development Department

presents new products twice ayear, in the spring and fall. One ofthose settings is MEX Kanazawa,
which is held in our hometown. We
regard this exhibition as a place topromote our company and products
to not only industry members, butalso the local community at large.
Our goals for the exhibition include
making TAK AMAZ more known andhaving local students and children
experience the fun of working withmachines. I’m especially looking
for ward to communicating withpeople without masks for the ﬁrst
time in several years now that theCOVID -�� pandemic has ended.
We have ideas for set ting up apresentation area inside the boothwhere engineers will give talks a
few times a day, and also a demonstration
area where children can operate
robots.
Since many visitors come with theirfamily, MEX Kanazawa is not just abusiness fair. Fathers and mothers
who work in the manufac turingindustry bring their children; it is alsoa casual event that locals can enjoy.

Ya m a z a k i
Our booth at MEX Kanazawa ����will be based on three concepts:
Carbon Neutralit y, Automation,and Digital Transformation (DX).

Ya m a n o
The XTS-� and XWG-� models, themain features of this year’s booth,are truly symbolic of our company.
Small in size, they can largely
contribute to energy conservation,
SDGs, and carbon neutrality.
A s more and more companies
are facing the challenge of labor
shortages, we hope to communicatethat TAKAMAZ can also contributeto saving labor and improving laboreﬃciency.
Ya m a z a k i
The EV wave is bringing changes ata speed far beyond what even people
like us in the automotive industry
can imagine. Competition is expected
to intensify for motors, a structurewith fewer par t s than internal
combustion engines. Under thesecircumstances, our challenge is tocreate new values for tackling themarket.
Ya m a n o
Having said that, while the numberof engines may indeed decrease
with the transition to elec tricvehicles, this doesn’t mean thatthere will be fewer cars. It’s truethat the markets we should beworking on are changing in terms ofdrive systems like transmissions
and brakes, suspension systems,and control and electrical systems.

Ya m a z a k i
Showcasing a product developed incollaboration with a German machine
tool manufacturer at MEX Kanazawa
is part of this shift, and we’re feelingthat it’s attracting a great deal ofattention. Let’s take the example
of proces s division and proces sintegration.
The increase in high-mix, low-volume
production in response to diversifying
needs is leading to European-styleprocess integration. Naturally, theroles and characteristics of machine
tools must also change accordingly.
The EV transition is a tremendous
change for companies and people
involved in the automotive industry.
We need to pay close attention to
how we respond to these changes
and what lies ahead of them.

Ya m a z a k i
It’s said that Japan’s labor force has
declined by ��% in the wake of theCOVID -�� pandemic . Eﬀor t s toreduce overtime work as a way toachieve carbon neutrality are also
contributing to labor shor tages.
The realit y that the number ofskilled worker s and engineer s isdecreasing has created needs forautomation and process integration.

Ya m a n oThat’s right. The trend of current
cus tomer needs is shif ting frommachining to control. These days
we receive surprisingly speciﬁcquestions from customers, such as
how much energy per product isrequired when manufacturing witha particular model! If we were to
liken them to cars, the products weplan to display at MEX Kanazawa
have a “s tar t-s top s ys tem” and“eco mode.” At the booth, we will
be able to discuss these features atlength with visitors while viewing
the actual machines.
The Hokuriku region, where ourcompany is headquartered, has athriving manufacturing industry, yet
not many of our users are locatedhere. At times we actually feel a“distance” with local manufacturers.
That’s why we see this exhibition asa good opportunity and look forward
to actively communicating with themanufacturers of the Hokuriku area.

【Total Machine Tool Orders】（Japan Machine Tool Builders Association）
Domestic orders Demand recovered dramatically due
to rapidly accelerating EV capital
Foreign orders

investment, especially overseas.
（100 million）
20,000Record high: 1.8157 trillion yen
1.7596 trillion yen
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6,000
4,000
2,000
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Kamiyama Tekko Co., Ltd.

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Th e s p irit o f “ give i t a tr y ” c r e a te s hi gh-p r e c i si on
fas te ne rs . The s yn e r gy of hi ghly ski lle d sta ﬀ i s thee s s e nce for c r e a ti n g a br i ght futur e .

fearless trial and error bring about
work that challenges your abilities,
accumulates data and know-how
within the company, and leads to thegrowth of the company and its people.
“In the ﬁeld of cutting, we can’t beatlarge companies with long histories.
We don’t compare in experience.”
Because of this view, “give it a try” all themore becomes the company’s maxim.
Apparently the staﬀ sometimes feels
too challenged, but it is also a fact
that, as a corporate culture, the maxim
is fostering a sense of satisfaction andjoy in being able to freely take on
various challenges. Having enabled
the company to enter the ﬁeld of
multi-function machines, the spiritof “give it a try” is the driving force fordeveloping more advanced technologies
and achieving higher precision.
Mission: To connect
For a company that mainly manufactures
automotive fasteners such as screws,pins, and rivets, the recent EV wave
must be something that needs to

These aren’t any ordinary screws or pins. These high-precision fasteners area result of intense trial and error carried out by the experienced and skilled
engineers of Kamiyama Tekko Co., Ltd.

【Kamiyama Tekko Co., Ltd.】
1-1506 Iriba, Minato-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi
TEL.052-382-7218 FAX.052-383-3170
President: Michihiro Kamiyama
Capital: 10,000,000 yen
Establishment: 1971
Business activities: Header machining,cold heading with reheader,
cutting, and rolling

Founded in ����, Kamiyama Tekko
manufactures high-precision pins,
rivets, shafts, bolts, and otherfasteners. The company mainly
produces non-standard parts forlarge automobile manufacturers, aswell as parts for various otherﬁelds including personal computers,electronic devices, machine tools,and construction machinery.
As a group of experts in cold heading
and cutting, the company manufactures
extremely precise unique parts
based on drawings provided by its
customers. Achieving high quality,
short-term delivery, and cost reduction
through end-to-end manufacturing,the company has earned the trust of
its customers. The driving force
behind this success is the president’s
particular emphasis on valuing thestrengths of highly skilled staﬀ andthe wonderful spirit of “give it a try!”

Valuing the strength of experienced,
skilled staﬀ
“People working in the manufacturingindustry can’t do anything alone.
What’s more, there’s no way someonethat just entered the industry
can suddenly do a good job,” says
President Kamiyama. Being that itcomes from a man who leads a teamof experts who have been producing
high-precision fasteners, this seemingly
obvious comment is very convincing.
The president deeply trusts his highly
skilled staﬀ and the company’s spiritof improving skills together throughtrial and error is very inspiring.

Try, make, disassemble, and make again“Give it a try!” is the key philosophy at
the heart of Kamiyama Tekko. Thisphrase is frequently heard in the local
Nagoya dialect at the company. Theiractions of trial and error seem to be
driven by the thought that you neverknow unless you try. The fruits ofbe addressed. However, President
Kamiyama believes that it is also
important not to get too caught up in
the EV wave, which is diﬃcult topredict due to political motivations.
He says their mission is to connect. In
other words, their job is to create
fasteners like screws and pins; eachproduct is formed by connecting thedesigners’ thoughts and salespeople’s
ideas with skills and experience.
Building on this thought since he
was appointed Managing Director,
President Kamiyama has concluded
that there will always be work toconnect even as the EV transition
accelerates in the future. This groupof engineers are reading the future
based on technologies and skills.

When asked what he thought ofTAKAMAZ, he replied, “The best thing
about your machines is that they’recompact so you can operate them insmall spaces.”
He added that “We’ve been using yourmachines since the times of X-��� but

the operation method has hardly
changed with new models. It’s a great
advantage to be able to work withnew models without being bewildered.”“We also appreciate your quick response,
including those for troubleshooting
and repair.” I, as the interviewer, couldn’t
help smiling from these comments,
which could only come from a long-time
TAKAMAZ user.
There is a lot to gain from talking withpeople who sincerely work withmachines on a daily basis and have avery good understanding of them.
I had a wonderful time interviewing
him! This kind of free and open
communication with onsite-engineersof a company determines machine
speciﬁcations, resulting in a customized
product. This is what makes TAKAMAZ
unique. We also received a new requestfrom President Kamiyama for a machinewith an “exhilarating exterior design,”
which we look forward to working on.
This interview strengthened our wish
to further deepen our relationship withKamiyama Tekko Co., Ltd.

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CRAFT CONSCIOUS

ChairmanPresident

Human resources and Administrative Dept.
Administrative Division

Planning and Accounting Dept.
Security Trade Control Section

To enable us to more vigorously
promote the machine tool business,
our core business, the Sales
Division and Production Division
will be abolished and the sales
and production departments will
be placed under the direct controlof the Machine Tool Division.
This will increase the speed ofmaking and executing decisions
by strengthening collaboration
between sales and production teamsin the machine tool business,thereby further enhancing our value.

A wonderful stroll through the town of soy sauceby the Kanazawa PortInternal Audit Oﬃce

Tokyo Oﬃce

General Manager

Quality Assurance Dept.

Touhoku Oﬃce

General Manager

Machine Tool Division

Operation Dept.

Atsugi Oﬃce【NEW】Executive Director【NEW】General Manager
Kazumasa Furuya

General Manager

Yutaka Tokuno

Domestic Sales Dept.

【NEW】Director【NEW】General Manager

Toshiya Murata

Yoshikiyo Yamazaki【NEW】Senior Executive Oﬃcer

Hitoshi Sugaya【NEW】General Manager

Kiyonori Izutsu

Hideki Karaki
Deputy General Manager

Overseas Sales Dept.

Masaru Umeda

Hideki Karaki

Takayuki Ikehata

Masatoshi Shimizu【NEW】ManagerTomohisa Aigami
Kazuya Yoshimura

Vice PresidentAkinobu HondaPresident

Masahumi Kinouchi【NEW】Vice President

ＰＴ.ＴＩ

Takahiro Komatsu【NEW】Vice President

ＴＭＶＮ

Yoshihiro Uchikoshi

With its machiya townhouses and soy sauce breweries
associated with traditional shipping and soy sauce
manufacturing businesses, and also potato warehouses
and ﬁshing net storehouses of agriculture and ﬁshingbusinesses, the townscape of Ono has been designatedas a Cultural Landscape Area by Kanazawa City. The
town is also listed as a Japan Heritage site.

Eiji Yamashita

TMHManager

Old-fashioned Townscape along the Canal

A gallery and café run by Konichi Shoyu, asoy sauce producer established in 1892. It s
truly special to savor the rich and creamy soft
serve soy sauce ice cream in this renovatedsoy sauce brewery with a nostalgic feel.

Vice President

ＴＭＥ

FA Solution Section

Gallery & Salon Moromigura【NEW】Vice President

ＴＭＴ

Atsushi Inami

Yuji Yoshimoto

General Manager

ＴＭＵ【NEW】Deputy Director

General Manager【NEW】【NEW】General Manager

Overseas Sales

Deputy General Manager

JR Kanazawa station

Shinichi Tokuno
Tadaaki Aoji

Hamamatsu Oﬃce

Hiroshima Oﬃce【NEW】Senior Executive Oﬃcer

General Manager

Hokuriku
ExpresswayGeneral Manager

Nagoya Oﬃce

Osaka Oﬃce

Deputy General Manager

One of Japan s largest soy sauce producers along with Choshi, Ono is just a stone s
throw away from the Kanazawa Port Cruise Terminal.
With a history of roughly 400 years, there are still several soy sauce producers in Ono.
In this old-fashioned town with wood board walls and black roof tiles, the faint aroma
of soy sauce wafts through the air. Discover a diﬀerent side of Kanazawa here at Ono.

Mitsuharu Okabe

Hokushinetsu Oﬃce

OnoKanazawa Port
Cruise Terminal

50-m WideRoad

Organizational
ReformTraveling the Hokuriku Area to Experience Craftsmanship

Board of Directors

Jun Nakagawa【NEW】Vice President

ＴＭＭＸ

Tatsuo Yachi

Technical Development Dept.
Production Control Dept.
Manufacturing Dept.
New Business Dept.
Parts Business Dept.

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Company Initiation
Ceremony FY ����Soccer games are
so exciting!

The company initiation ceremony for FY ���� was held at
our headquarters on April �. Joined by nine new
employees, we will push forward for further growth.
Though the participants were slightly tense, theyreceived warm words from the Chairman and President
and the ceremony closed in a relaxed atmosphere.

Making coffee startingfrom grinding beans

I love baseballGourmet trips

I like wind orchestra.

I enjoy skiing.

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Soft serv

Iʼm into Kiyo.

Strolling Through TAKAMAZ
Nagoya Oﬃce

I love the sauna ofpublic baths.

cce“Do your best work while following TAKAMAZ rules,accumulate experience, and make it an asset in yourlife. Let's achieve our goals together as a team!”(excerpt from the Chairman’s speech)“I appreciate that you chose TAKAMAZ. Your growthpotential is the company’s growth potential. This year
we’re celebrating our ��th anniversary. I hope all of you
will be playing leading roles by the time we celebrate our���th anniversary.” (excerpt from the President’s speech)

Taking a sauna

Ono is one of Japan s ﬁve major soy sauce
producers. The ﬂavor of soy sauce varies dependingon where it is produced. Characterized by its richness
and mildness, Ono s soy sauce is light and sweet. Fromcenturies ago, Ono s soy sauce has been indispensable for the local
Kaga cuisine.
Soy sauce barrels and chimneys welcome you when you cross thebridge over the canal and enter Ono, a town dotted with soy sauce

Yuki Kinoshita

TAKAMATSU MACHINERY CO., LTD.
■HEAD OFFICE & PLANT

A TAKAMAZ member for ﬁve years, his main responsibilities
are to repair and maintain machines at customers
worksites. He mainly visits customers in Aichi, Gifu, andMie though he also goes to Hokkaido and Kyushu.
His phone is ﬁlled with all sorts of records related to his

1 work, including customer requests, detailed daily to-dolists, and preliminary notes on assignments.

23Exchanging views and sharing information with colleagues,
he ﬁnds the oﬃce a relaxing place. Despite being
surrounded by a group of buildings, the corner where theoﬃce building is located has a quiet atmosphere.

Having the right tools for every situation is an importantpart of his job. He enjoys going to professional tool shops
and selecting the best tools.

breweries with highlights like Kouji Park, the main manufacturing plantof Yamato Soysauce & Miso, Hoshozushi, a sushi restaurant in astately building, and the white earthen breweries of Naogen
Soysauce, a producer founded in 1825. Enjoy the old-fashioned
townscape to your heart s content! Of course, a must is the soft
serve soy sauce ice cream from Moromigura, the ever-popular treat
to have on a stroll through Ono. With new lovely cafés opening one
after another, Ono has become an even more attractive place to visit.

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