Univance Corporation

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.uvc.co.jp/en

■Address

2418 Washizu Kosai-city, Shizuoka-pref, 431-0494, Japan

Business Overview

-A major supplier manufacturing automotive drive-system units and parts. In addition to supplying products to the automotive market, the company supplies transmissions for construction equipment and agricultural machinery.

-The Company is developing compact, lightweight and highly efficient electric vehicle products centered on e-Axles, while conducting R&D on optimal systems that leverage control technologies.

Shareholders

-Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

(As of Mar. 31, 2026)

Name or Company name	Investment Ratio (%)
Individual Shareholder	10.60
Suzuki Motor Corp.	9.28
Daido Steel Co., Ltd.	9.10
DBS BANK LTD 700170	5.32
ESG Investment Partnership	5.09
Shizuoka Bank, Ltd.	4.58
Individual Shareholder	2.49
INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC	2.39
Individual Shareholder	2.32
Individual Shareholder	2.08
Total	53.26

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Products

EV/HV Gearboxes
-Motor/Generator Gearboxes for Commercial Trucks
-Plug-in Hybrid Bus Gearbox
-Gearboxes with Integrated Parking Lock Systems

Dual Motor Multi Driving Mode e-Axle

All Wheel Drive Transfer Cases and PTUs
Transfer Cases for Longitudinal Engine Layouts
-Part-time 4WD transfer cases

Part-time 4WD transfer cases for SUVs and pickups

-Full-time 4WD transfer cases

SUV and Passenger Car full-time 4WD transfer case

PTUs for transversely engine layouts
-PTUs for 4WD vehicles

Manual Transmissions
-Transmissions for Longitudinal Engine Layouts

Manual Transmissions for SUVs, Minivans and Light Trucks

Automotive Functional Components
-Steering parts

Steering gearboxes
Intermediate gearboxes

-CVT Components

Primary pulleys
Secondary pulleys
Planetary carriers and sub-assemblies
Input shafts
Sun gears

-AT Components

Turbine hubs
Input shafts
Planetary carriers
Stator assemblies
One-way clutch components

-Transmission Components

Transmission gears

-Engine Components

Engine gears

-Differential Components

Side shafts
Companion flanges
Pinion shafts

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History

Mar. 1937	Fuji Tekko Co., Ltd. was established as a manufacturer of parts for aircraft as well as for machine tools, focusing primarily on the fields of machine and heat treatment technology.
Apr. 1944	Plant evacuated to Kosai City in Shizuoka Prefecture and engaged in producing parts for engines as a cooperative factory of Nakajima Aircraft.
Aug. 1945	Temporarily closed the plant at the end of World War II. Reopened it again in October of same year. Collected bicycles damaged during the war to remake the frames, and sold them to the National Bicycle-Drawn Cart Association.
Mar. 1947	Fuji Tekko-Sho Inc. was established and Ichiro Suzuki was named the first president. Switched to manufacturing of sewing machine parts, a thriving business at the time. Specialized in producing shuttle hooks, a component that was designed in-house using a special machine, and supplied to both Toyota Machine and Rhythm Machine. At the same time, exported as service parts to India and Pakistan.
Mar. 1952	Started business with Nissan Automotive Co., Ltd. At a joint cooperative factory, began to produce transmission and steering parts for various cars.
Sep. 1955	Changed the Company name from Fuji Tekko-Sho Inc. to Fuji Tekko-Sho Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1959	Built a new plant at the current site of the headquarters to be prepared for any situation involving Nissan's increased production volumes. Significantly expanded personnel, machinery and equipment.
Jul. 1960	Spun off the second plant and founded Suzuki Tekko-Sho Co., Ltd. (currently IS Seiki Co., Ltd.), an affiliated company primarily processing parts for Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. (currently Suzuki Co., Ltd.), and built a new plant in Ozawado Town, Hamamatsu City.
Aug. 1963	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Nov. 1970	Completed transmission plant.
Jan. 1973	Completed plant for assembling large-sized transmissions.
Jul. 1974	Completed testing facility (for transmissions).
Jun. 1977	Added more facilities to produce transmissions.
Oct. 1988	Awarded the Deming Prize.
Jul. 1991	Acquired stock in Enshu Kuromu Ltd.
Oct. 1991	Renamed to Fuji Univance Corporation.
Oct. 1993	Awarded PM Excellence Award.
Jul. 1995	Established its subsidiary, UNIVANCE INC., in the U.S.A.
Mar. 1996	Established PT. UNIVANCE INDONESIA (subsidiary).
Jul. 1996	ISO 9001 certified.
Oct. 1997	Awarded prize for continuous TPM.
Sep. 1998	Completed a special plant for production of drive force distribution systems.
Nov. 2002	QS9000 Certified.
Dec. 2003	Obtained ISO14001 certification.
Dec. 2003	Concluded a comprehensive business partnership agreement with I.S. Precision Machinery Inc.
Oct. 2005	Merged with I.S. Precision Machinery Inc. and changed the company name to Univance Corporation.
Nov. 2006	Obtained ISO/TS16949 certification.
Dec. 2006	Produced an accumulated total of six million transfer cases for four-wheel vehicles.
Apr. 2011	Established UNIVANCE (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary in Thailand.
Sep. 2012	Expanded plant of UNIVANCE INC.
Jan. 2013	Completed second plant of PT. UNIVANCE INDONESIA.
Jun. 2014	Completed forging plant of PT. UNIVANCE INDONESIA.
Jul. 2017	Acquired the stock shares in Fujibuhin Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Dec. 2018	Established UNIVANCE AMERICA, INC. in the U.S.A. (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Mar. 2019	Launched production of reduction-gears for e-Axles mounted on electric vehicles
Apr. 2022	Changed to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange from the Second Section, as a result of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s recategorization of markets.
Apr. 2025	Westlake Co., Ltd. and Fuji Kyodo Transport Co., Ltd., both consolidated subsidiaries, merged, and the merged company was renamed K SERVICE CO., LTD. (currently a consolidated subsidiary).