Fine Sinter Co., Ltd.
Company Profile
■URL
https://www.fine-sinter.com/en/
■Address
Business Overview
-Manufacturer of powder metallurgy products in the Toyota group.
-The Company’s automotive parts line of business accounted for 90% of the Company’s total sales. It mainly delivers engine parts, shock-absorber parts, transmission parts, and auto-body parts.
-In October 2002, the Company merged Tokyo Sintered Metals and Japanese Powder Metallurgy into the Company.
Financial Highlights
-The Company’s financial results for the fiscal year that ended in March 2024 are as follows.
Consolidated sales: JPY 42,390 million (6.8% increase year-over-year)
Operating sales: JPY 413 million
Ordinary sales: JPY 369 million
Current net loss attributable to the parent-company’s shareholders: JPY 593 million
Shareholders
| -Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and on the Main Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. | (As of Mar. 31, 2024) |
| Company Name | Investment Ratio (%) |
| Toyota Motor Corp. | 21.70 |
| Employee stock holdings | 6.64 |
| KYB Corporation | 5.20 |
| Aisin Corporation | 2.49 |
| Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | 2.38 |
| MUFG Bank, Ltd. | 2.02 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd. | 2.00 |
| Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. | 1.88 |
| Individual shareholder | 1.84 |
| Individual shareholder | 1.57 |
| Total | 47.78 |
Products
Powder metal products
Valve train parts
-Titanium valves
-Valve guides
-Valve seats
Variable valve timing parts
-Shaft eccentrics
-Sprockets
-Housings
-Rotors
-Sintered arms
Turbo parts
-Bushes
-Thrust metal
-Plates
-Vane nozzles
Other parts
-Wear resistant ring
-Crank angle sensors
-Holder fuel cap
-Clamp nozzle holders
-Plates
-Cover balances
-Oil pumps
-Sensor bosses
-Exhaust flanges
-Sprockets
Drivetrain Parts
-Levers
-Shift gears
-Shift forks
A/T・CVT parts
-Side plates
-Cam rings
-Rotors
-Sleeve parking locks
-Sprocket drives
-Carriers
M/T
-Spacers
-Control parts
-hubs
-Synchronizer rings
Torque vectoring parts
-Disconnectors
T/F
-Oil-pump gears
-Transfer actuators
Electric Parts
-Reactor cores
-Motor cores
Electric variable valve timing
-Shaft eccentrics
Shock absorber components
-Rod guides
-Valve cases
-Banded Piston
-Special Piston
Steering parts
-Rack guides
-Detection ring
-Coil assemblies
-Tilt gears
-Tilted cams
Electric parking parts
-EPBs
-Gears
Body parts
-Wedges, couplings, bushes, press-fit 2-stage gears
-ABS sensors
-Rotors, cam rings, side plates
History
| Dec. 1950 | Established in Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. Started production of powder metallurgy products. |
| Apr. 1952 | Established and started operations at a new plant in Azukizawa-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. |
| Aug. 1955 | Established the Nagoya Office in Chigusa-ku, Nagoya. |
| Feb. 1958 | Started production of automotive machine parts. |
| Jul. 1958 | Received Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) certification (Approval No. 6073). |
| Nov. 1960 | Established and started operations at the Kasugai Plant in Kasugai, Aichi. |
| Oct. 1995 | Transferred the Nagoya office to the Kasugai plant and the Tokyo office to the Kawagoe plant. |
| May 1996 | Established Thai Fine Sinter Co., Ltd., a joint venture in Thailand (invested 36% of capital). |
| Aug. 1998 | Moved the administrative division to the Kawagoe plant. |
| Jan. 2000 | Established the technology development center at the Kasugai Plant. |
| Apr. 2001 | Constructed an office building at the Kawagoe plant. |
| Jul. 2001 | Established a joint venture, American Finesinter Co., Ltd. (invested 51% of capital). |
| Oct. 2002 | Merge with Japan Powder Metallurgy, and the name of the company changed to Finesinter. |
| Oct. 2002 | Made Sanshin (currently Fine Sinter Sanshin Co., Ltd.) the Company's wholly owned subsidiary through a stock acquisition. |
| Nov. 2002 | Integrated the Osaka office in its relocation to Ibaraki-city, Osaka |
| Dec. 2002 | Integrated the Nagoya office in its relocation to Toyoda-city, Aichi. |
| Dec. 2002 | Integrated the Tokyo office in its relocation to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. |
| Jan. 2003 | The entire company is ISO14001 certified. |
| Jan. 2004 | The entire company is ISO9001 certified. |
| Jun. 2004 | Established a joint venture, Precision Sintered Products (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. in China, investing 51% of the capital. |
| Jul. 2005 | Transferred the Tokyo Sales Office to its Kanagawa Plant site. |
| Jan. 2008 | Constructed a new headquarters building in Kasugai city, Aichi prefecture, and moved its headquarters and technical departments. |
| Apr. 2009 | All Company facilities obtained ISO/TS16949 certification. |
| Aug. 2009 | Consolidated the Nagoya office into the headquarters building. |
| Mar. 2010 | Dissolved Fine Sinter Engineering Co., Ltd., which was the Company’s non-consolidated subsidiary. |
| Mar. 2011 | Acquired the outstanding shares of Fine Sinter Sanshin Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| Sep. 2012 | Establislhed PT. Fine Sinter Indonesia, which is currently a consolidated subsidiary. |
| Apr. 2017 | Listed on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange |
| Apr. 2022 | Moved to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and to the Main Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
Supplemental Information 1
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Note: A figure in brackets ( ) indicates a loss
