General Affairs 24, No 29
Aug. 8, 2012
To whom it may concern
Japan Die Casting Association
3-5-8 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku Tokyo-to
TEL: 03-3434-1885 FAX: 03-3434-8829
2012 Japan Die Cast Conference/Exhibition
Guide to the Factory Tours
The Japan Die cast Association has planned the following six factory tour courses to be held in conjunction with the 2012 Japan Die Cast Conference/Exhibition. Please participate in these tours.
Sincerely yours
Particulars
1. Schedule and tour course
Dates / Course name / Factories toured / Departure timedeparture / Scheduled tour period / Scheduled
breakup
time / Group
size
Nov. 6
(Tuesday) / [1] Kansai course / Tsuta Metals Machinery Co.,Ltd.
Soritsu Corporation / 9:45 / 10:00-11:30
14:00-15:30 / 16:40 / 30
Nov. 7
(Wednesday) / [2] Nagoya to
Yokohama course / Mino Industry Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Mining Smelting Co., Ltd. / 8:20 / 10:00-11:30
14:20-15:50 / 18:50 / 30
Nov. 7
(Wednesday) / [3] Kanetsu-Tohoku Course / Alcast, Ltd. (Hitachi Metals, Ltd.)
Full-Chu Corporation / 7:30 / 10:00-11:30
14:00-15:30 / 18:30 / 30
Nov. 7
(Wednesday) / [4] Kanetsu-Gunma (1) Course / Tera Dai Co., Ltd.
Sanwa Altech Co., Ltd. / 8:40 / 10:30-12:00
13:30-15:00 / 17:40 / 30
Nov. 8
(Thursday) / [5]Kanetsu-Gunma (2) Course / Alpha Corporation
Tokyo Light Alloy Co, Ltd. / 8:30 / 10:30-12:00
13:00-14:30 / 16:50 / 30
Nov. 8
(Thursday) / [6]Tomei course / Fujitech Co, Ltd. (Eco diecast Co, Ltd.)
Ahresty Corporatiom., Tokai Plant / 7:30 / 9:30-11:30
14:45-16:15 / 20:30 / 30
＊Please understand that we will not return the fee etc. even if we are forced to reduce the number of factories visited because of traffic conditions etc.
＊The participation fee will not change, but please ask us in advance about assembling at or breaking up at a destination.
＊Please understand that a plant which we plan to tour may refuse permission for the tour.
2. Means of transportation: rented busses
3. Assembly/breakup locations
Kansai Course: Assembly: JR Himeji Stn., → Breakup: JR Shin-Osaka
Nagoya to Yokohama Course: Assembly: Near JR Nagoya Stn., → Breakup: near JR Sakuragi-cho Stn.
Kanetsu-Tohoku/Kanetsu-Gunma (1)/(2) courses, Tomei course: Assembly/breakup near →JR Sakuragi-cho Stn.
(Details concerning assembly locations will be provided in your reservation confirmation document.)
4. Assembly: 30 people for each course (Up to 3 people from each company may participate in each course.)
(Note: A course will be cancelled if fewer than 15 people register to participate.)
＊If one of the company’s which you tour requests a tour of or visit to your plant in the future (a counter-visit), please deal with the request appropriately.
5. Application deadline: October 15 (Monday). When 30 people have registered, registration stops.
(Sequence in which applications arrive by fax).
※If 30 people have not applied for a course by the deadline date, applications will be accepted up to noon the previous day, but
you will have to make advance arrangements by telephone (Kinki-Nippon Tourist).
6. Participation fee (includes bus fare, box lunch, consumption tax)
Kansai Course: Association members: ¥15,750, Non-members: ¥26,250
Nagoya to Yokohama Course: Association members: ¥21,000, Non-members: ¥31,500
Kanetsu-Tohoku/Gunma Course: Association members: ¥15,750, Non-members: ¥26,250
Tomei Course: Association members: ¥15,750, Non-members: ¥26,250
7. Application method: Please fill in the attached application form and send it only by FAX.
When reception has been completed, we will send you a reservation confirmation document by FAX. After you receive
the document, please forward the participation fee.
Applications and inquiries: Kinki-Nippon Tourist, Dai-ichi Eigyo Shiten (No. 1 Sales Branch Office)
Die Cast Desk: Kobayashi, Omori
Tel: 03-6891-9301, FAX: 03-6891-9401
Recipient of participation fee: Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Hibiya Branch, Futsu 7806186, Name: sha)
Japan Die casting Association (シャ）ニホンダイカストキョウカイ)
※We request that your company pay the forwarding fee.
＊If you require an invoice, please enter a “○” in the corresponding space on the application form.
＊We will prepare a list of participants, so if there is any change of participants after you have made your application, please notify us in advance.
＊Please understand that we cannot accept a cancellation after your application.
8. Outline of the factory tours
[1] Kansai Course November 6, (Tuesday)
Company name, factory nameand address / Soritsu Corporation
655 Tai, Mihara-ku, Sakai-City, Osaka Prefecture
Osaka,Japan
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12, ADC3,ADC1, DMS1, AC4C
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 800t, Total 18 machines, No hot machines
Characteristics of the factory
A total of 18 special casting, PF, and GF machines are installed, producing products using various casting processes. And its overseas factory, Soritsu Technology Malaysia SDN.BHD. (S.T.M), has been operating for 20 years. Last year it opened for business in Thailand where its sales office is now conducting sales activities. In its Japanese plant, it is working to train technologists, and about 50% have passed Die Cast Competency Exam Class 1 or Class 2.
Company name, factory name
and address / Tsuta Metals and Machinery, Co., Ltd. Headquarters Plant
1-4-8 Tsuchiyama, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 650t, Total 20 machines. No hot machines.
Characteristics of the factory
This company has been producing large quantities of aluminum die cast electrical components since 1968. Since then it has expanded its die cast business until its die cast related sales account for about 85% of its total sales (including dies). It performs production and quality assurance linked from dies to casting and processing. Its headquarters factory operates 20 machines ranging from 350 to 650 tons, its major products are automobile use alternators and starter brackets, and it ships approximately 10,000 tons of aluminum die cast products each year. It features a totally automated integrated production line from a melting and holding furnace to presses and shot-blasting.
[2] Nagoya to Yokohama course, November 7 (Wednesday)
Company name, factory nameand address / Mino Industry Co., Ltd.
1646-51, Nasukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12, ADC3, ADC1, DM2, DM4
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max 850t, Total 54 machines. No hot machines
Characteristics of the factory
It designs, develops, and manufactures die cast products such as automobile electronic instrument casings, in which it has the world’s top share, plus electric motors, IT equipment, industrial machines, lighting, etc. With its thin and light weight die cast technology and its down-sizing technology it can use to produce large products with small die cast machines, it satisfies the quality and cost its customers demand, and based on the concepts, automation and JIT, it works to integrate and rectify every step from due casting to processing, achieves greater efficiency, and at the same time expands globally.
Company name, factory name
and address / Mitsui Mining Smelting Co., Ltd. Die cast division
1200, Shimojonishiwari, Okusamachi, Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12, ADC3, HT1, MD1D
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 1,250t, total 28 machines, Hot 800t, total 8 machines
Characteristics of the factory
Its big feature is its integrated in-plant production system for aluminum/magnesium die cast products encompassing casting, shot blast, machining, various surface finishing (Cr plating, electrostatic coating, alumite, vapor deposition), and assembly. Since its founding, it has promptly provided the quality its customers demand, meeting their expectations and earning their trust. It has a product design division that supports its production line, so that it manufactures and maintains top quality die cast products.
[3] Kanetsu-Tohoku Course November 7 (Wednesday)
Company name, factoryname and address / Alcast, Ltd. (located in the Kumagaya factory of Hitachi Metals)
5200 Mikajiri, Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12, ADC3(revised), AC4CH
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 2,500t, total 9 machines. No hot machines
Characteristics of the factory
It stably produces highly dependable parts based on vacuum die casting (HIVAC process), high vacuum die casting (HIVAC-V), and semi-solid die casting (SSM method). The company’s major parts are automobile and truck use engine parts, underbody components, and building construction use double-structure materials (free access floors), etc.
Company name, factory
name and address / Full-Chu Corporation
129-2 Inuzuka, Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 3,500t, Total of 10 machines, no hot machines
Characteristics of the factory
As an aluminum die cast product manufacturer, it provides products to customers in a wide range of fields. Its company name, Full-Chu, means it is a company which satisfies its customers desires with products cast (Japanese “Chu-zo”) by the “full” line-up method, which includes die casting, sand casting, and mold casting. Its factory operates a total of 10 machines including 3 super high speed die cast machines ranging from 800 to 3,550 tons. It produces from 500 to 600 tons of products per month; mainly large die casts.
[4] Kanetsu-Gunma (1) Course, November 7 (Wednesday)
Company name, factoryname and address / TeraDai Co., Ltd. Tsurugashima Factory
2-8-32, Mitsugishinmachi, Tsurugashima, Saitama Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 650t, 5 machines. No hot machines.
Characteristics of the factory
It is a die cast maker established 35 years ago with its headquarters in Irima City in Saitama Prefecture. It now has factories, but originally its specialty was planning and design and it continues to operate as a fabless manufacturer which orders manufacture and assembly work from affiliated companies and takes responsibility for the final products. It opened its own factory in 1997. At this time, it has factories at four locations—in Irima and Tsurugashima in Saitama Prefecture and in Dalian and Shanghai in China—where it has built one-stop systems handling planning and design through casting to processing and assembly.
Company name, factory
name and address / Sanwa Altech Co., Ltd.
224-1, Naganuma-machi, Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12, R14, (high silicon material)
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 650t, total of 12 machines. No hot machines.
Characteristics of the factory
It was founded in 1999, when its parent company, Sanden Corporation, separated the aluminum casting division of the Sanden Yattajima Business Center which produced car air-conditioner use compressors, to form the new company. Its big feature is its fully automatic production system: melted aluminum from the aluminum melting furnace in the east side of the factory is supplied to the Furnace of each die cast machine by an automatic distribution system, and products which have been cast and then runner cut are automatically conveyed to workers.
[5] Kanetsu-Gunma (2) Course, November 8 (Thursday)
Company name, factoryname and address / Alpha Corporation
648 Kondo-cho, Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ZDC2
Die cast machines / No cold machines. Hot machines, Max. 800t total of 23 machines
Characteristics of the factory
At its Gunma Factory, it performs integrated production including processing, surface finishing, and assembly, mainly zinc die cast automobile components. It produces die cast products, mainly automobile parts ranging from small precision parts to larger exterior parts, and a wide variety of other parts including exterior finishing parts such as key sets and door handles.
Company name, factory
name and address / Tokyo Light Alloy Co, Ltd.
1-21-1 Fujimi-cho, Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC12
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 2,500t, total of 10 machines. No hot machines.
Characteristics of the factory
It is the member of the Ryobi Group which specializes in manufacturing and selling aluminum cast and die cast products. As worldwide concern with environmental conservation, resources conservation, and energy conservation rises, it manufactures and sells aluminum cast parts and die cast products to help reduce the weight of automobiles.
[6] Tomei Course, November 8 (Thursday)
Company name, factoryname and address / Fujitech Co., Ltd. (Eco diecast Co., Ltd.)
660 Jinba, Gotenba City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / AZ91D, ZDC2
Die cast machines / Its own machines. Max. 450t, total of 12 machines
Characteristics of the factory
It has produced die cast products on a business base, because it has built its own die cast machines and improved its machines. It manufactures products, mainly precision products, by absolutely minimizing burr-free secondary processing and without using any mold release agents. Because it has achieved more than five years of success, it is now focusing on building and marketing its new system, the ECO-Diecast Machine. It performs test processing, mainly of manufacturing processing.
Company name, factory
name and address / Ahresty Corporation, Tokai Plant (Toyohashi)
80 Higashi-mukaiyama, Futagawa-cho, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture
Alloys used (most to least) / ADC2
Die cast machines / Cold machines, Max. 3,500t, total 39 machines. No hot machines.
Characteristics of the factory
The Tokai Factory of Ahresty Corp. is a factory with die cast machines ranging from 3,500 tons to 500 tons, which it uses mainly to manufacture power train parts for automobiles, motorcycles and outboard motors. All machines operate using the GF method (vacuum method) to manufacture large products which require high quality; engine blocks and machine cases. It aims to build higher level products through joint development with its customers.