Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd. (Formerly Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.)

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.kinugawa-rubber.co.jp/en/

■Address

330, Naganuma-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 263-0005, Japan

Business Overview

- A leading supplier of automotive rubber and synthetic resin products.

- On April 1, 2026, the Company was split into two business entities, namely the headquarters business operations and the Japan-based domestic business operations. The initial Company adopted the trade name Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd. and transitioned into a holding company. The domestic business operations became a newly established company called Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.

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Products

Body Seal Products
Glass runs
Hood seals
Trunk lids/Back door weather strips
Door weather strips
Welt body sides
Parting seals
EV charging port seals
Quarter windows

Hose Products
Radiator hoses
Water hoses
Heater hoses
Blow-by hoses
Inlet hoses
Vacuum hoses
Air hoses
Reserve tank hose
ATF hoses
Breather hoses
Master back hoses

Brake Products
Master cylinder cups
Diaphragm gaskets
Piston seals
Piston boots for brake calipers
Pin boots for brake calipers
Wheel cylinder cups
Piston boots for wheel cylinders

Anti-Vibration Products
Engine mounts
Center bearing insulators
Exhaust mounts
Dynamic dampers
Bushes
Liquid-filled bushing
Strut mounts; Steel, Aluminum
Bound bumpers
Spring sheet rubbers
Stabilizer bushes
Axle dampers
Bumper rubbers
Plug rubbers / Grommet rubbers
Fuel packing
Steering hole covers
Control lever boots
Pad pedals
Wedge back door
Fuel tank covers
Slide door stoppers
Valve drains

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History

Oct. 1939	Established Kinugawa Protection Film Co. Ltd. in Hirai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo as a manufacturer of automotive components and other rubber products with a capital investment of 70,000yen.
Jul. 1961	Changed the trade name to Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
May, 1962	Established Chiba Plant in Chiba City, Chiba and started operations.
Jul. 1962	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Mar. 1971	Established a joint venture, Chung Kwang Rubber Goods Mfg. Co., Ltd. in Taipei with Chungtai Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
Sep. 1978	Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Aug. 1985	Established CKR Industries Inc. in Winchester, Tennessee with Sherdon Rubber Company in USA.
Jul. 1991	Established a subsidiary, Kinugawa Rubber (U.S.A.) Inc. in Winchester, Tennessee
Jan. 1994	Chung Kwang Rubber Goods Mfg. Co., Ltd., the company's subsidiary, established Tianjin Star Light Rubber and Plastic Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China as a joint venture with local investors (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Dec. 1995	Acquired 70% of the stock of Toyo Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd.
Aug. 1996	Chung Kwang Rubber Goods Mfg. Co., Ltd., company's subsidiary established as 100% subsidiary "Fuzhou Fukwang Rubber & Plastic Co., Ltd." in Fuzhou City, China (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Sep. 1997	Closed the Chiba Plant and sold the land.
Sep. 1997	Dissolved Koriyama Kinugawa Co. Ltd. and began operations as Koriyama Plant
Sep. 1998	Closed and sold Fujisawa Logistics Center.
Jan. 1999	Nissan and Toyo Rubber agreed on the transfer of stocks of Kinugawa Rubber.
Apr, 1999	Merged Taiyo Rubber Industry with Narita Gosei Co. Ltd.
Mar. 2000	Established Kinutech, a subsidiary, in Inage-ku, Chiba (currently a consolidated subsidiary)
Jun. 2001	Established Kinugawa (Thailand), a joint subsidiary in Thailand (currently a consolidated subsidiary)
Sep. 2001	Changed three Japanese plants (Koriyama, Kyushu, Moka) into subsidiaries for outsourced production; Kinugawa Koriyama in Koriyama-shi, Fukushima Prefecture, Kinugawa Ooita in Nakatsu-shi, Ooita Prefecture, and Kinugawa Anti-vibration Components and Kinugawa Brake Components (currently a consolidated subsidiary) in Moka-shi, Tochigi Prefecture.
Apr. 2003	Merged Shimada Channel Seisakusho into Sato Gomu Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2004	Established a consolidated subsidiary, SEC Kasei, in Shunan-City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
May, 2004	Acquired additional shares in Teito Rubber, a consolidated subsidiary.
Jul. 2005	Transferred part of the capital held in shares of Tianjin Star Light Rubber and Plastic Co., Ltd. in China. The Chinese company is currently affiliated under the equity method.
Nov. 2006	Established a consolidated subsidiary, Kinugawa Rubber (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., in Guangzhou, China.
Jun. 2007	Acquired shares in CPR Gomu Ind. P.C.L. of Thailand, which is now a consolidated subsidiary.
May 2010	Established Kinugawa Mexico, S.A. de C.V. in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Dec. 2010	Established a new subsidiary Kinugawa Rubber (Wuhu) Co., Ltd. in Wuhu, China.。
Mar. 2012	Established PT Kinugawa Indonesia.
Dec. 2012	Established Kinugawa Rubber India Private Limited in Tamil Nadu.
Dec. 2012	Established a new subsidiary Kinugawa Rubber (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd. in Zhengzhou, China.
Jun. 2013	Established a new Limited Liability company Kinugawa RUS in Izhevsk, Udmurt, Russia.
Nov. 2013	Established a new company KINUGAWA BRASIL Ltda. in Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aug. 2016	VG Holdings No.1, which operates under the Development Bank of Japan Inc., completed TOB and acquired 92.41% of voting rights in Kinugawa Rubber.
Oct. 2016	Kinugawa Rubber was delisted from the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange pursuant to criteria for delisting.
Feb. 2020	Announced the merger of Teito Rubber Co., Ltd., a subsidiary.
Apr. 2026	Spun off the Japan-based domestic business, which became a newly established company called Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd. As a result, the original company was split into two entities, with the surviving original company subsequently changing its corporate name to Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd., and transitioned into a holding company.