Company Profile 2024

History

1950-The company resumed operations
as, R. Fukuda & Company Ltd.,
Imports of bearings and cutting tools
became an important area of its
business activities.

1950‘ｓWe stopped handling
automobile parts in 1977.
At that time, import parts
business increased to 86%.

Atsugi and Kyushu branch
offices opened.
The company was renamed
Fukuda Corporation.
Our Business shifted from
MRO to OEM.

Atsugi Branch Office and Atsugi
Factory moved to Ebina.
Atsugi Factory renamed as
Technical Center.
We celebrated our 70th
Anniversary in 2019.

1970‘ｓ1990‘ｓ2010‘ｓ1940’ｓ1960‘ｓ1940-Rakuo Fukuda (1904-1981)
founded his trading company in Tokyo.
The Company specialized in imports ofbearings, machine tools, automobileand aircraft parts.
We closed our company in 1941, due toWorld War Ⅱ.

Nagoya and Osaka branch offices opened
to increase precision bearings for machine tool,electrical machinery parts and automobile parts.
At that time, industrial import parts made up
44% of our sales, while automobile parts were56% of our sales.

1980‘ｓHiroshima and Hokuriku branch offices
opened.
Inventory control center was established inUrayasu.
Atsugi factory was opened to manufacture
precision lock nuts. Engineering department
established to start technical services.

2000‘ｓInventory control center moved to Chiba.
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 acquired.

Business Concept
We are an import Firm specializing
in machine Technology
Superior Products from All Parts of the WorldWe are introducing and offering to the Japanese machine industry uniqueand exceptional accessory parts and equipment for machinery - producedin Europe and North America.
Source:WZL

Business Concept
Training Schoolfor Design Engineers

Diagnosing・
Testing・Troubleshooting

Technical Center
Production & Repairof Machine
Tool Spindles

ConsultingSpecialists

Technical Service
We offer more than justproducts…

Technical Seminars& Presentations

Providing Technical
Data and InformationFUKUDA’s Business Fields

MRO
30%

Steel
1％
Paper・Printing
1%
Construction
6%

Sales Volume￥8，243(Jan. 2023～Dec. 2023)

OEM70%（￥=million）

Car Conveyer
7%
Electronics・
Semiconductor
9%

Others19％

MachineTool
Sales Fields

57%

Sales Breakdown
Pumps
Cutting Tools, Working Tools, 3%Material Handlings
8%

Others6%
Bearings
30%

Locknuts
7%

Seals
15%

Spindles31%

Product portfolio for Machine Tool
Products for Machine Tool

SpindleDrive

Table bearing

Linear guideLubrication system

Spindle condition
monitoring

Torque(DD)motor

Cutting processmonitoringTool

Product portfolio for Machine Tool
Products for Machine Spindle

Precision Locknut

High precision
bearing
Lubrication
GreaseAE sensor/Auto balancer
Tool clamping unit

EncoderSeal

HF Built-in motor

Electrolytic corrosion
prevention ring

Main Customers
AISIN Corporation

JFE Steel Corporation

NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Amada Co., Ltd.

JTEKT CORPORATION

Nagase Integrex Co., Ltd.

TAIYO KOKI Co., Ltd.

BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION

Kashiyama Industries, Ltd.

NIDEC MACHINE TOOL CORPORATIONTHK Co., Ltd.

CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

NIDEC OKK CORPORATIOINTOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.

DENSO CORPORATIONKUBOTA Corporation

NIKON CORPORATIONTOYO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES Co., LTD.

DMG Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

TOYO KANETSU K.K.

EBARA CORPORATION

Komatsu NTC Ltd.

Okuma Co., Ltd.

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATIONFANUC LTD

MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.

Okamoto Machine Tool Works, Ltd.

TSUDAKOMA Corp.

FUJI CORPORATION

Mazda Motors Corporation

Panasonic Corporation

TSUGAMI CORPORATION

Hitachi, Ltd.

MICRON MACHINERY CO., LTD.

ROKU-ROKU SMART TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Union Tool Co.

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

MITSUI SEIKI KOGYO CO., LTD.

SCREEN Holding Co., Ltd.

WAIDA MFG. CO., LTD.

HORKOS CORP

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation

SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.

YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATIONIHI Corporation

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

SHIMADZU PRECISION TECHNOLOGY, Ltd.

YASDA PRECISION TOOLS K.K.

ISUZU Motors LIMITED

Mitsubishi Electric CorporationShin Nippon Koki Co., Ltd.

Yanmar Co., Ltd.

JAXAMITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONSUBARU CORPORATION

Zeon Corporation

FKD Precision Lock Nuts

License agreement with Gewinde Ziegler (Switzerland).
We started manufacturing in Japan under our own brand in 1985.
●ZM nut :Simultaneous polishing of end faces and screws●FKN（A）nut :NC turning of end faces and screws

Engineering for Sales Support
Although we are a trading company, we have sales engineers who have received technical training at overseas
manufacturers, whom we call “product specialists.” Over a quarter of our employees are “product specialists.”

Bearing technology calculation using dedicated software.
Bearing inspections

3D CAD simulation
Inverter control system design
Vibration Analysis.
Technical Seminars

Spindle Technical Seminars

Seminars for Machine Tool Design Engineers
FKD Training School・FKD Online Seminar
FKD Spindle Training School Summary:This course is designed for machine tool design engineers
to acquire a wide range of knowledge from the basics of bearings
to their selection. Practical contents that can be applied to design work.
This seminar covers a wide range of spindle-related technologies
and is useful for spindle design and selection of internal components.
 Participants: Machine tool design engineers with about 3 years of experience.

Seminars for Machine Tool Design Engineers

YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION

Mazda Motors Corporation

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATIONYASUNAGA CORPORATIONNISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. CO., LTD.

Shin Nippon Koki Co., LTD.

MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.

Komatsu NTC Ltd.

TAIYO KOKI Co., Ltd.

NIDEC OKK CORPORATION

Howa Machinery, Ltd.

TOYO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES Co., LTD.

THK Co., Ltd.

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Amada Co., Ltd.

AISIN CorporationBIG DAISHOWA SEIKI CO., LTD.

SHIGIYA MACHINERY WORKS LTD.

YASDA PRECISION TOOLS K.K.

Started: 1992

Organized: 137 seminars (as of Dec. 2023)

Grand Total: 2296 Engineers, 450 companies

Damaged Bearing / Spindle Analysis For Customer Satisfaction
Customer service =●Quicker response●More precise advise⇒New Demands

Technical Center
In July 2019, our new Technical Center was opened in Ebina, Kanagawa.
It has an expanded working area for spindle overhauls, trial runs and machine shop.
It is fully equipped with temperature-controlled inspection rooms for bearings, spindle components
and spindle performance in dynamic behavior, and a soundproof room for acoustics noise measurement of spindles.

Site area： 3,000 m2 Building area： 1,150 m2 Total floor area： 1,660 m2

FKD Spindle
 Customized design for user requirements
 Using our supplier’s products to follow European trends
 Using Cutting edge solutions for high performanceIndustry-University Collaboration
 Joint research with Aachen University of Technology WZL Technical exchanges with Darmstadt University of Technology PTW, andFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, andFraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
 We participate in The Japanese Society for Abrasive Technology, and the European
Society for Precision Engineering, and also other associations and groups Joint research and study meetings with many Engineering Departments of several
prominent Japanese Universities
 We host “FKD Innovation Days”, an international cutting-edge technology
symposium for Machine Tool Technologies (see right picture below)

Source：WZL Aachen

Source：WZL Aachen

FKD Innovation Days

2nd FKD INNOVATION DAYS
 Date・Location：
 Guests：
 Main contents：

November 2019, 2 days. Shinagawa Prince Hotel Main Tower, Tokyo, Japan
About 100 participants from leading Japanese and foreign machine tool manufacturers
1) WZL keynote speeches and lectures by manufacturers2) Poster session
Topics & Speakers「Improving Productivity in the Era of Industry 4.0」
Schaeffler / Dr. Martin Voll
「Turning data into Productivity」- keynote speechProf. Dr. Christian Brecher / WZL RWTH Aachen「Fit for IoT-Machine Tool Spindles evolving from Mechanical Component to Mechatronic System」
Dr. Bernd Moeller / GMN「Condition Monitoring With RUCOLA」
Dr. Stefan Bonerz / OTT- JAKOB「Active control of Unbalance and Acoustic Emissions for Touch Control in Grinding Spindles」
Dr. Andrea Guidotti / Balance Systems「 The challenges and opportunities of sensor based machining today and tomorrow」
Mr. Hubertus von Zastrow / pro-micron

Sources of Information We are Providing

JIMTOF2022

WebsiteWe participate in trade shows such as JIMTOF
We conduct on site demonstrations at your company
Our web-site provides our full company profile alongwith seven categories of products - with full technical data.

Surpassing Competency in Purchasing●Suppliers：●Number of countries：●Breakdown：More than 200 suppliers
15
Germany, U.S.A., Italy, U.K., Sweden, Norway, Israel, etc.

EUROPE
ABL

CooperJAKOB

Balance Systems

Fey

Lenord+Bauer

GMN

LUBCONGRW

MWM Schmieranlagen

HUTCHINSONPPE

INA／FAGPRECISE France

ATE

Barden UK
BEHA
BIAX

BILSING AUTOMATIONCEROBEAR
Colibri

COMPOTECH
Conoptica

Dierickx-Tools

Lecureux

GAMET

LEVICRON

GOETZEMARCEL

Hofmann

OTT-JAKOB

HyprostatikPEJO

AMERICA
pro-micron

Barden USA

McGillSIEB&MEYER

EST

Parker/Trilogy

Protect Air
SKF

SWC

COPLEY

Fenner Drives
Haydon kerk / PITTMAN

SycoTec

INPRO/SEAL

WEN

MCT

Trelleborg
WEH
WSE

ZillerKAYDON

NEWWAYREGALRIMTECSKFSLADE

TIMKEN

TIMKEN/FAFNIRInventory Control

In August 2007, our New Inventory Control Center. Its aim is to improve the distribution
service we provide to our customers.
Location: Inage, Chiba city
Very close to the North Chiba Interchangeof the Higashi Kanto Expressway
Lot area 3,640m2, Floor space 3,880m2

The Inventory Control Center is state of the art including
an earthquake absorbing structure.
Our large and wide ranging inventory is stored in atemperature and humidity controlled center-24/7.

Head office & Branches
昭和15年

昭和16年

昭和25年

Hiroshima Office

Hokuriku officeTokyo, Head office
Kyushu Office

Nagoya officeOsaka office

Chiba Inventory
Control Center
Atsugi office
Technical Center

Organization
Administration

Computer Systems

East Sales

West Sales

General Affairs

Central Sales

Corporate Advertising &Promotion

Industrial Machinery

Inventory Control Center

Motion Drive

Technical Center

Mechanical Components
Jan. 2024

Marketing

Quality Control

www.fukudaco.co.jp