Kato Screw Co., Ltd. Shirakawa Factory

We started business in 1939 in the Koto ward of Tokyo, incorporated the business in 1947 and started operation of our Shirakawa Factory in 1969. We always focus on improving the strength, heat-resistance and shape specialty of our products, thorough quality control and environmental consciousness, and obtained ISO9001 certification in 1999 and ISO14000 in 2005. 90% of our 210 employees is composed of locals, greatly contributing to local employment. To improve our employees’ technical skills, we are focusing more energy on their education, including technical acquisition using skill training tables, off-site skilled worker training sessions and qualification acquisition. Seventy years have passed since the start of business and now we are supplying our parts to all the automobile manufacturers in Japan. We will venture into new areas based on the technology we have accumulated and aim at manufacturing a variety of parts.