Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.sawafuji.co.jp/en/home/

■Address

3, Nittahayakawa-cho, Ota-shi, Gunma-ken, 370-0344 Japan

Business Overview

-An electrical products manufacturer affiliated with Hino Motors.

Shareholders

-Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (As of Mar. 31, 2025)
Name or Company Name Investment Ratio (%)
Hino Motors, Ltd. 30.29
Denso Corporation 9.27
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 6.03
Employee shareholding 3.93
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 2.78
MUFG Bank, Ltd. 1.85
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited 1.39
Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. 0.86
Private Shareholder 0.82
Holdings information of MSIP CLIENT SECURITIES (standing proxy: Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.) 0.74
Total 59.97

 

Products

  • Starters
  • Alternators
  • HV motors
  • EV invertor
  • Swing motor
  • H2Harmony
  • Battery packs for heavy-duty HV trucks
  • Transfer controller ECUs
  • AMT-ECUs
  • Body-control ECUs
  • HV-ECUs
  • Battery switches
  • Starting relays
  • Safety relays
  • DC motors

History

May 1919 Established Sawafuji Electric Industries in Zoshigaya, Toshima-ku, Tokyo and started the business of repairing automotive electric starters and alternators.
Jun. 1934 Changed the name of the Company to Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd. with capital of 0.3 million yen and started production and sales of magnets for use in agricultural machinery and small vessels.
May 1936 Moved headquarters and plant to Shimura-Nakadaimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo.
Nov. 1936 Submitted prototypes of automotive starters and alternators to the Japanese Army.  Started manufacturing the assigned parts and selling them to a related automobile company.
Dec. 1945 Reverted to civilian production, re-established plant, and resumed production of magnets for agricultural machinery and small vessels.
Aug. 1946 Started manufacturing and sales of automotive starters and alternators.
May 1949 Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Sep. 1976 Transferred all factory operations to the Nitta Factory.
Apr. 1977 Moved headquarter to Nerima-ku, Tokyo.
Jan. 1979 Started manufacturing and sales of refrigerators for buses.
Jun. 1987 Started manufacturing and sales of built-in refrigerators for passenger cars.
Mar. 1999 Started manufacturing and sales of retarders.
Jul. 2008 Moved its headquarters to Ota City, Gunma pref., Japan.
Jan. 2012 Established Sawafuji Electric Thailand Co., Ltd. in Thailand.
May 2019 Launched the manufacture and sale of HV motors
Apr. 2022 Moved to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange from the First Section due to the TSE's reorganization.
May 2022 Started production and sales EV motors for small BEV trucks.

 

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Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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USA USA
Southfield, Michigan, USA
+1-248-327-6987
MEX Mexico
León Guanajuato, Mexico
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DEU Germany
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
+49-69–904-3870-0
CHN China (Shanghai)
Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
+86-21-6212-6562
CHN China (Shenzhen)
Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
+86-755-2267-1725
THA Thailand
Klongtoey, Bangkok, Thailand
+66-2-665-2840
IND India
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
+91-124-4048779