Greeting
We aim to achieve even higher heights as a company that can be trusted by society.

Since its founding in 1947, Sanwa Manufacturing has been manufacturing industrial machines that are essential to the society. We have been challenging the technological innovation under our motto, "positive attempts should not be called failures," and at the same time, we have been honestly practicing "to be true to the basics" by sticking to sincere manufacturing.
As we move forward with our business in this way, our core business of Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machines has gained a high market share in Japan, and customers around the world have come to choose us. We have continued to grow by expanding our business to manufacture major parts including the heart of machines and developing new machines.
We will be flexible to the changes in society and the market and constantly evolve our products from all aspects such as quality, performance, usability, and durability.
As the name of “Sanwa”=“Triple circle” indicates, we are made of our customers, local residents, and employees.
As a company which is permanence and can be trusted by our stakeholders and the customers from all over the world, we will continue to devote to manufacture better machines.
President Hiroo Kinoshita
The “Circle”of Sanwa
Our thoughts on the Sanwa logo
Circle between the Company and Employees
Circle Among Employees
Circle between the Company and Customers (Regions)
Contributing to Society through these three circles
Management Philosophy/Action Guidelines
Sanwa Production's Employees' Thinking and Code of Conduct
Management Philosophy
Our management philosophy is "harmony" as our corporate motto, and each and every employee should have pride and take responsibility in their work and contribute to society through our business.
Action Guidelines
Behavior and work faithful to the basics
We would like to be a company or person that can take action for what we should do.

Company Profile
Founded | Dec. 8.1947 |
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Incorporated | Sep.13.1961 |
Capital | JPY40,000,000 |
Representative | Hiroo Kinoshita, President |
Employees | 115 |
Stockholders | Osaka Small And Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd., others. |
Description of Business | Design, manufacture and sales of Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machines, Printing Machines, Paper-Converting Machines, Steel Manufacturing Machinery and General Industrial Machinery |
Head Office and Factory | 6-16-2 Imazu-Cho, Fukuyama-City, Hiroshima, 729-0111, Japan. TEL +81-84-934-2022 FAX +81-84-934-7117 |
Tokyo Office | 6-21-6 Shikahama, Adachi-Ku, Tokyo. 123-0864 Japan TEL +81-3-3857-9031 FAX +81-3-5647-9731 |
Osaka Office | Yokoi No.5 Building, 2-8-3 Kyomachibori, Nishi-Ku, Osaka, 550-0003 Japan TEL +81-6-6447-2667 FAX +81-6-6147-3303 |
Banks |
Japan Finance Corporation, Hiroshima Branch. The Shoko Chukin Bank, Fukuyama Branch. MUFG Bank, Ltd. Fukuyama Branch. The Yamaguchi Bank, Ltd. Fukuyama Branch. Momiji Bank, Ltd. Matsunaga Branch. |
Property Size | Head office property
16,161㎡ Building area 8,824㎡ |

Access
Hiroshima Airport | Please take a taxi from Hiroshima airport to our office. It takes about 40 minutes. |
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JR Fukuyama Station | Please take a train “ Sanyo Line “ ( local train ) to get to Matsunaga station from Fukuyama station. It’s 5 minutes from Matsunaga station by taxi. |
Company History
Dec.1947 | Founded Sanwa Manufacturing in Yanaizu-Cho, Fukuyama-City |
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Dec.1951 | Factory relocation to 71-1 Imazu-Cho, Fukuyama-City |
Sep.1961 | Became incorporated organization Sanwa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with initial capital of JPY3,000,000 and Toshimichi Kinoshita was appointed as a president. |
Dec.1961 | Head office and machine factory relocation to 6-16-2 Imazu-Cho, Fukuyama-City. |
Aug.1969 | Built 1st assembly factory & machine factory and enlarged machine equipment |
Mar.1973 | Built 2nd assembly factory |
Dec.1973 | Toshimichi Kinoshita stepped down as a president and Hirosuke Kinoshita was appointed as a president. |
Sep.1975 | Approved as an investment recipient by Osaka Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd. ( SBIC West Japan ) under the small business investment company limited law. |
Sep.1975 | Increased its capital to JPY40,000,000 |
Jul.1981 | Enlarged 2nd assembly factory |
Sep.1983 | Sanwa exhibited “ Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machine “ for the first time at IGAS. |
Aug.1988 | Established Osaka office |
Feb.1989 | Expanded and renovated machine factory and enlarged machine eqipment |
Feb.1989 | Integrated assembly department,integrated into the 1st assembly factory |
May.1989 | Established Tokyo Office |
May.1991 | Sanwa exhibited “ Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machine “ for the first time at PA PRO in Germany. |
Dec.1992 | Expanded and renovated head office building |
Sep.1993 | Sanwa exhibited “ Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machine “ for the first time at IPEX 93 in UK. |
May.1995 | Sanwa exhibited “ Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machine “ for the first time at DRUPA in Germany. |
Sep.1997 | Sanwa exhibited “ Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machine “ for the first time at CHICAGO PRINT in USA. |
Dec.1997 | Sanwa celebrated 50 years since foundation. |
Dec.1999 | Hirosuke Kinoshita was appointed as a chairman and Hiroo Kinoshita was appointed as a president. |
Oct.2000 | Built precision machinery factory |
Apr.2005 | Released Automatic Platen Cutting and Creasing Machine for Corrugated Boards “ MTR-1600 “ ( Joint project machine with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd. ) |
Sep.2011 | Sanwa celebrated 50 years since incorporation. |
Aug.2019 | Built precision assembly factory |
Aug.2020 | Built 2nd assembly factory |