Univance Corporation
Company Profile
Business Overview
-The Company's operations are based on two operating sectors, namely the Control-unit Business and the Parts Business.
- The Control-unit Business produces manual transmissions, all wheel drives, and devices for industrial machinery and equipment.
- The Parts Business produces parts for transport machinery and equipment.
Shareholders
-Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | (As of Mar. 31, 2018) |
Name or Company name | Investment Ratio (%) |
Individual Shareholder | 11.88 |
Suzuki Motor Corp. | 9.30 |
Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | 9.12 |
Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. | 4.59 |
Mitsuba Corporation | 2.94 |
Individual Shareholder | 2.43 |
Individual Shareholder | 2.34 |
Individual Shareholder | 1.62 |
Individual Shareholder | 1.62 |
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | 1.58 |
Total | 47.42 |
Products
Units for Hybrid Systems & EVs
-Gearboxes for hybrid trucks
-Gearboxes for capacitor hybrid trucks
Torque Management Systems
-Full-time AWD transfer cases
- All-mode AWD transfer cases for large SUVs, designed to withstand high torque
- Electronic-control torque splitting transfer cases for CUV and passenger vehicles
- All-mode AWD transfer cases for vans
-Part-time AWD transfer cases
- Part-time AWD transfer cases for pickups designed to withstand high torque levels
- Part-time AWD transfer cases for SUVs designed to withstand high torque levels
- Part-time AWD transfer cases for SUVs and pickups
-AWD components
- Hydraulic torque splitters for full-time AWD "AXC"
Manual Transmissions
-Manual transmissions capable of high torque for SUV and vans
-Manual transmissions for medium size trucks
-Multi-purpose manual transmissions
-Manual transmissions for SUVs
Automotive Parts
-Disc brakes parts
-Steering parts
-Automatic Transmissions and CVT parts
- Primary pulleys
- Secondary pulleys
- Oil pump housings
- Inner races
- Input shafts
- Output shafts
- Sun gears
- Turbine hubs
- Carrier plates
- Overrunning clutches; one-way clutches
-Transmission and engine parts
- Transmission gears
- Engine gears
-Differential parts
- Side shafts
- Companion flanges
-Axle parts
- Drive shafts
- CVJ shafts
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 tranmissions. |
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 P.T. 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 P.T. Univance Indonesia. |
Jun. 2014 | Completed forging plant of P.T. Univance Indonesia. |
Jul. 2017 | Acquired the stock shares in Fujibuhin Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
Supplemental Information 1
Joint Venture Agreement |
(As of Mar. 31, 2017) |
Partner | Country | Name of JV company | Investment ratio (%) | Contract date |
P.T. Indomobil Sukses International Tbk | Indonesia | P.T. Univance Indonesia | 94.4 | Feb. 1, 1996 |
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Archives of Past Exhibits
Note: A figure in brackets ( ) indicates a loss