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YUKEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.

Yuken Industries is a comprehensive manufacturer focusing on the development of metal surface treatment agents. We have great confidence in our technical know-how regarding stable operation of production lines.

Cleaning

Cleaning is imperative not only in daily life, but also at the manufacturing worksite. The cleaning of industrial components requires particular delicacy, and can affect product accuracy. In addition, there are a wide variety of materials to be cleaned and various types of soiling to be removed. Both cost efficiency and safety are also important.

Yuken Industries Co., Ltd., a specialized manufacturer of cleaning agents for industrial components, also provides contract plating process services. Our pretreatment agents applied before plating and brightening agents have the largest share of the domestic market, making us a leading company in surface treatment agents.

Compatibility between Customer Needs and Environmental Conservation

We deal with a wide variety of cleaning agents. For example, "Pakuna", one of our core products, comes in more than 200 different types, enabling us to satisfy diverse customer demands. We also offer a total service system, including the provision of technical guidance concerning the treatment of wastewater from cleaning equipment. Regarding technical know-how to ensure stable operation of production lines, we have no equal among our competitors.

With the aim of guaranteeing company-wide quality, one of every three employees at our company is qualified in plating. More than 20% of our employees have been involved in research and development, to which more than 10% of our sales revenue is allocated. We are a group of creative technicians, both in name and substance.

As part of our corporate management policies, we also pay special attention to environmental conservation. From a global environmental perspective, we have arduously pursued the potential of the surface treatment business. As part of our effort to develop eco-friendly surface treatment agents, toxic lead has been removed from our plating brightening agents for tin and copper solder plating and acidic galvanizing. Through the use of biotechnology, we have also worked to develop recyclable treatment agents and new technologies.

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Company Profile

Company name
YUKEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Head Office
50 Bawari, Noda-cho, Kariya, Aichi, 448-8511 Japan
Telephone
+81-566-21-7311
Fax
+81-566-23-1966
URL
http://www.yuken-ind.co.jp
E-mail
katgirmh@yuken-ind.co.jp
President
Masao Inuzuka
Established
1937
Capital
96 million yen
Employees
266
Sales
6,200 million yen(FY to January 2005)
Business lines
Manufacture and sales of industrial cleaning agents and metal surface treatment agents; plastic plating process; contract TL process
Unique products, leading technologies, and (domestic) market product share
Pre-plating treatment agents (34%, Rank: 1), brightening agents for acidic zincplating bath (50%, Rank: 1), Leadfree solder plating bath for electronic connectors (95%, Rank: 1)
ISO
ISO14001 certified (2001)

(All information and data are as of May 2005.)