Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.npr.co.jp/english/

■Address

5-12-10, Honmachi-Higashi, Chuo-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8503, Japan

Business Overview

-A manufacturer specializing in internal combustion parts, including piston rings, valve seats, and valve train parts.

-Riken Corporation (Riken) and Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd. (NPR) announced that they have established a wholly owning parent company of both companies, NPR-RIKEN Corporation, through a joint share transfer.

-Sales generated by the automotive products business account for 85.2% of the Company’s total consolidated sales.

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Shareholders

-Moved to the Prime Market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (As of Mar. 31, 2023)
Name or Company Name Investment Ratio (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 7.45
Employee stock holdings 3.53
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. 3.33
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 3.28
Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. 3.23
The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (NIPPON PISTON RINGl Employee Stock Purchase Plan Trust Account) 2.82
NIPPON PISTON RING Business Partners Shareholders' Association 2.35
SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited 2.06
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank, Ltd. 1.85
INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC 1.56
Total 31.47

Products

Power train parts
-Piston rings

  • Piston rings for gasoline engine
  • Piston rings for diesel engine
  • Piston rings for rotary engine

-Cylinder liners

Valve train parts
-Valve seats

  • Valve seat inserts

-Camshafts

  • Composite camshafts
  • Alloy cast iron camshafts

-Others

  • Valve rocker arms
  • Valve lifters
  • Valve guides
  • Rocker bridges

Other
-Component parts to strengthen aluminum body (material to strengthen bearing)
-Fuel injector parts
-Synchronizer rings

History

Dec. 1934 Established as Nippon Piston Ring in Shiba-ku, Tokyo. Set up the Kawaguchi Plant.
Apr. 1939 Opened the Yono Plant.
May 1949 Listed on the First Sections of both the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges.
Feb. 1960 Headquarters moved to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
June, 1964 Established Nippon Ring Service.
May, 1998 Headquarters moved to Yono, Saitama.
Oct. 1998 NPR Fukushima and NPR Iwate received the TPM Award.
Jan. 1999 Yono Plant ISO9001 certified.
Nov. 1999 Tochigi Plant received the TPM Award.
Jan. 2000 Automotive piston ring business received QS9000 certification.
Feb. 2000 NPR Fukushima Works Co., Ltd. received ISO9001 certification.
Dec. 2000 Received ISO14001 certification at the headquarters.
Dec. 2000 NPR Fukushima Works Co., Ltd. received QS9000 certification.
Sep. 2001 Tochigi Plant received ISO9001 and QS9000 certifications.
Nov. 2001 NPR Fukushima Works Co., Ltd. received ISO14001 certification.
Dec. 2001 Acquired 100 percent ownership of Siam NPR Co., Ltd. in Thailand.
May 2002 Tochigi Plant received ISO14001 certification.
Sep. 2002 NPR Iwate Co., Ltd.'s Ichinoseki plant started partial operations.
Feb. 2003 The whole domestic operations were ISO14001 certified.
Aug. 2004 Established NPR Manufacturing Michigan Inc. in the U.S.A.
Oct. 2004 The whole domestic operations were ISO/TS16949:2002 certified.
Feb. 2005 Established NPR Auto Parts Manufacturing (Yizheng) Co., Ltd. in China.
Mar. 2006 Established NPR Manufacturing Indonesia Inc. in Indonesia.
Apr. 2006 Established NPR Auto Parts Manufacturing (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. in China.
May 2006 Established NPR Manufacturing Kentucky, LLC in the U.S.A.
Jun. 2006 Established NPR US Holdings in the U.S.A.
Sep. 2007 Signed an agreement forming a global business alliance with KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH based in Germany.
Jan. 2011 Merged operations of NPR of America, LLC; NPR Manufacturing Michigan LLC; and NPR Manufacturing Kentucky, LLC into NPR US Holdings, and established NPR of America, Inc.
Mar. 2011 Acquired 100 percent ownership of NPR Shimane Co., Ltd.
Dec. 2011 Established NPR Auto Parts Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd.
Mar. 2012 Merged the operations of NPR Kawaguchi Works and NPR Logistics Center.
Jul. 2012 Dissolved the operations of NPR Auto Parts Manufacturing (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd. and merged them into NPR Auto Parts Manufacturing (Yizheng) Co., Ltd., which became the surviving company.
Dec. 2012 Established NPR Powdered Materials Manufacturing (Yizheng) Co., Ltd. in China.
July 2013 Dissolved joint venture contract with TPR for PT.NT Piston Ring Indonesia, and acquired a 100 percent ownership in PT.NT Piston Ring Indonesia.
Oct. 2013 Converted NPR Powdered Materials Manufacturing (Yizheng) Co., Ltd. into a joint venture with ASIMCO Shuanghuan Piston Ring Co., Ltd. (Yizheng) (currently called ASIMCO Shuanghuan Piston Ring (Yizheng) Co., Ltd.) Changed the joint venture’s name to Yizheng NPR ASIMCO Powder Metallurgy Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
May 2014 Acquired the powder metallurgic ejection-molding business from Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.
Oct. 2018 Transferred some of the shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, NPR of Europe GmbH (NPR of Europe), to Daido Metal Co., Ltd.

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