Hagihara Industries Inc., headquartered in Kurashiki, Japan, and established in 1962, specializes in manufacturing and distributing flat yarns along with related industrial machinery. Its Plastics Business segment provides a broad array of textile products. These include polyethylene (PE) tarpaulins, blue sheets, and specialized fabrics for insulation, transparency, and flame retardation. The division also offers various mesh products, soundproofing materials, water tank liners, heavy-duty shelter fabrics, and barrier fabrics designed to prevent radon and methane. Additionally, they supply ground barrier textiles, sandbags, adhesive tapes, meltac fabrics, and monofilaments and yarns. The company's Engineering Products division is responsible for a comprehensive range of machinery. This encompasses several types of slitter rewinders, such as duplex, sectional drive, narrow-width, and paper models, including those equipped with laminating units. The division also produces inspection rewinders, various yarn winding machines (including automatic yarn changeover, take-up, traverse, and roving winders), plastic recycling equipment, and water ring-type hot cut pelletizers.
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萩原工業 is a plastics manufacturing company headquartered in Kurashiki, Japan. It is publicly listed (7856) with a market capitalisation of $165M. Xcout tracks 11 named people at 萩原工業, including Kazushi Asano (代表取締役社長 社長執行役員).
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Hosokawa Micron Corporation, founded in 1916 and headquartered in Hirakata, Japan, is a global provider of advanced process solutions specializing in powder and particle technology, blown film production, and confectionery systems. The company engineers, manufactures, and markets sophisticated equipment for various powder and particle processing applications, including grinding, classification, mixing, drying, particle modification, agglomeration, compaction, containment, clean air management, and analytical measurement. These solutions are offered under well-known brand names such as Alpine, Stott, Vitalair, Mikro, Micron, and Vrieco-Nauta. Hosokawa Micron is also actively involved in developing nanoparticle technology for new material innovation and supplies environmental protection equipment, dust and product recovery systems, and precise atmospheric control apparatus. In addition to its equipment offerings, the company provides specialized toll processing and contract manufacturing services to the chemical, ceramics, and mineral sectors. Within the blown film industry, it supplies complete film blowing and orientation lines, as well as critical extrusion components like extruders, dies, winders, and haul-offs. Their product range also includes ancillary equipment such as treaters, blenders, gravimetric systems, air chillers, and steel support structures. Beyond industrial solutions, Hosokawa Micron has diversified into personal care, developing the NanoCrysphere skincare product and the NanoImpact scalp care series.
Ichikawa Co., Ltd. operates both domestically in Japan and across international markets, specializing in the manufacturing and distribution of machinery for papermaking and a wide range of industrial felt materials. Their product portfolio for the paper industry includes press felts, various types of belts, and advanced shoe press and transfer belts. The firm also supplies a diverse array of industrial goods, such as robust, heat-resistant conveyance systems and high-performance cushioning materials. These industrial components are integral to numerous applications, from automotive body fabrication and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to 5th generation (5G) infrastructure, carport construction, consumer electronics, mobile phones, tablets, aluminum sash manufacturing, printed circuit boards (PCBs), flexible circuit boards, and the textile industry. Additionally, Ichikawa produces specialized felts tailored for slate applications. The company, established in 1918, maintains its corporate headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
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