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Outline
Company name
Nippon Foil Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Establishment Date
November 17th, 1933
Capital
490,000K yen
Scope of Business
1. Manufacturing and sales of rolled products in aluminium, copper, tin, lead and the other metals.
2. Manufacturing, processing and sales of products derived from the above listed rolled materials.
3. Processing and sales of paper, cellophane and other film products
4. All businesses related to the above
Message from the President
Suketoki Oya, President, Managing Director
Welcome to
Nippon Foil Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Nippaku) web site.


Since the foundation in 1933, Nippon Foil Mfg Co. Ltd. has fulfilled the various needs of our customers as a general metal foil manufacturer. We have supplied a variety of metal foils; aluminium foil, copper foil, tin foil and also their applied products.
It is our great pleasure that our customers have placed full credit in our products for our state of the art quality and precision. We have a diverse array of products ranging from food and pharmaceutical packaging to items for electronics and construction, all indispensable to our daily lives.

In addition to food and pharmaceutical packaging business, which has been and will remain our core in the future, we see a big potential in the industrial field. Especially, the demand for lithium ion battery material is expected to grow significantly with the application of battery to hybrid, electric cars and other products. Our position in this new market is extremely unique because we have advanced technologies not only with aluminium foil but also with copper foil. As the only manufacturer who has expertise for those two, we are striving to hold a dominant position in the market.

We hold Customer Satisfaction as the basics of our company, and we make a pledge that we will continue to serve our customers with our high quality, value-added products. Through our business and activities, we positively engage in preserving environment and making contributions for the benefit of our society.
History
Foundation
 
 
Toyo Tin Paper Co. (1930)
*Suita Plant
 
 
November 1933
Fukuda Heavy Tin and Aluminium Foil Co. (Kyoto) and Toyo Tin Paper Co.(Suita), Amano Foil Mfg. Co. (Fujiidera) merged together to establish Nippon Tin Paper Co., specialized in tin rolled products.
December 1934
Acquired Kawauchi Tin Paper Mfg. Co. (Fujiidera)
January 1937
Company name changed to Nippon Foil Mfg. Co., Ltd and launched aluminium foil production.
September 1939
With the decree to restrict aluminium use, business goes reverted to tin and lead rolled products for a short period. Launched production of paraffin papers for tobacco wrapping.
April 1949
Resumed the production of aluminium foil in line with the lift of restriction regulations.
Breakthrough
Former Suita Plant annex
(1955)
The first high speed
four-stage roller (1956)
Nogi plant (1968)
December 1951
Opened Tokyo sales office.
November 1953
Suita plant was granted the first Osaka Bureau Trade and Industry Award in foil industry.
August 1959
Introduced the high speed four-stage roller in Suita plant to boost production efficiency and quality.
August 1959
Established an affiliate company in Tokyo; Nippon Laminate Industry Co., to cope with the growing demand for aluminium foil processing in the Kanto area.
September 1964
Suita plant was granted the first National Research Institutes award in the foil industry.
September 1968
Established Nogi plant, it introduced high speed four-stage roller.
March 1973
Granted the Minister of International Trade and Industry award in packaging exhibition.
December 1974
Nogi plant introduced another high speed four-stage roller, production capacity reached 1,500t. per month.
November 1976
Established GMP plant to cope with the growing demand for pharmaceutical packaging materials.
June 1978
Established Nippaku Foil Processing Co. to increase the production capacity of daily products.
June 1978
Established an affiliate company, Nippon Metal Foil Co., Ltd.
Technology, Quality and heading for the new century
 
ISO9001 Certificate (1998)
ISO14001 Certificate (1999)
 
July 1984
Nippaku Sangyo established a new plant in Kyoto, and the production of tin and lead foils were transferred.
October 1984
Established Shiga plant
December 1984
Head office and Osaka branch office moved to Shin Osaka Mori Bldg.
November 1985
Processing Division (Kyoto) was integrated to Shiga Plant.
December 1987
Affiliate company; Nippon Metal Foil Co. merged with Nippon Laminate Co.
April 1988
Extended Fukuoka branch sales office.
December 1994
Organized Processing Sales Dept.
November 1995
Opened Tokyo Branch office. Sales Branch Offices in Tokyo and Osaka were reorganized as Tokyo Foil Dept. and Osaka Foil Dept.
May 1996
Introduced the third Copper foil roller
July 1996
Opened logistics center in Nogi
June 1998
The entire company excluding Daily Product Division was granted ISO9001 certificate.
October 1999
Shiga plant was granted ISO14001 certificate.
February 2000
Formulation of two head offices in Osaka and Tokyo
May 2000
Osaka head office moved to the Nisshin Bldg.
Nogi plant was granted ISO14001
May 2005
Tokyo head office moved to Homat Horizon Bldg.
June 2008
Registration of head office moved to Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
September 2008
Delisted from Osaka stock exchange second section
October 2009
Established as the wholly owned subsidiary of Furukawa-Sky Aluminium Corporation, accordingly, delisted company shares from the Tokyo Stock Exchange second section and moved head office to Akihabara UDX.
March 2010
Reduced the capital by 1,434 million yen to 490 million yen
May 2010
Transferred the Daily Products Division to Mitsubishi Aluminium Co., Ltd. and MA Packaging Co.
Offices and Plants
Head Office
Address
Akihabara UDX 14-1, Soto Kanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0021 Japan
Administration
Department
Tel: +81-3-6831-6315 Facsimile: +81-3-5296-8884
Sales
Department 1
Tel: +81-3-6831-6311
Sales
Department 2
Tel: +81-3-6831-6312
Access
2 minutes’ walk from Akihabara Station, JR Yamanote Line, Keihin Tohoku Line and Sobu Line
3 minutes’ walk from Suehiro Station, Tokyo Metro Ginza Subway Line
4 minutes’ walk from Akihabara Station, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Subway Line
6 minutes’ walk from Iwamotocho Station, Toei Subway Shinjuku Line
3 minutes’ walk from Akihabara Station, Tsukuba Express
Osaka Office
Address
Shin Osaka Prime Tower, 1-1, Nishi Nakajima 6-chome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-8589 Japan
Sales
Department 1
Tel: +81-6-6309-1171 facsimile: +81-6-6306-4670
Access
5 minutes’ walk from Shin Osaka Station, Midosuji Subway Line
3 minutes’ walk from Nishinakajima Minamigata Station, Midosuji Subway Line
7 minutes’ walk from Shin Osaka Station, JR Tokaido Line
5 minutes’ walk from Minamigata Station, Hankyu Kyoto Line
Shiga Plant
Address
61-8, Sasatani, Yamadera-cho, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga Pref., 525-0042 Japan
Tel
+81-77-565-3331
Facsimile
+81-77-564-5599
Access
15 minutes by car from Kusatsu Station, JR Tokaido Line
Nogi Plant
Address
55, Wakabayashi, Nogi-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi pref. 329-0103, Japan
Tel
+81-280-56-2315
Facsimile
+81-280-56-0367
Access
10 minutes by car from Nogi station, JR Tohoku Line
Affiliate companies
Nippon Metal Foil Co., Ltd. (click here to visit their website)
Head office
Address
Akihabara UDX 14-1, Soto Kanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0021 Japan
Tel
+81-3-6831-5711
West Japan sales Department in Osaka
Address
Shin Osaka Prime Tower, 1-1, Nishi Nakajima 6-chome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-8589 Japan
Tel
+81-6-4805-6551
West Japan sales department in Hiroshima
Address
Sumitomo Seimei Bldg, Hikarimachi, Higashi-Ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima pref. 732-0052 Japan
Tel
+81-82-261-4589
Saitama Plant
Address
Kiyoku kogyo danchi, 6-1, Kiyoku-cho, Kuki-shi, Saitama pref. 346-0035 Japan
Tel
+81-480-23-1191
Nippaku Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Head Office and Shiga Plant
Address
61-8 Sasatani, Yamadera-cho, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga pref., 525-0042 Japan
Tel
+81-77-565-2800
Kyoto Plant
Address
32-1, Touzumitoshiro, Yawata-shi, Kyoto, 614-8214 Japan
Tel
+81-75-971-1921
Nippaku Processing Service Co., Ltd.
Head Office and Shiga Plant
Address
61-8 Sasatani, Yamadera-cho, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga pref., 525-0042 Japan
Tel
+81-77-563-0289