Tsubakimoto Chain Co. (株式会社椿本チエイン,Kabushiki-gaisha Tsubakimoto Chiein) (TYO:6371) is a Japanese manufacturer ofpower transmission androller chain products. It was founded inOsaka in 1917 as a bicycle chain manufacturer. Later it became the first roller chain manufacturer in Japan approved byJapanese Industrial Standards.Tsubakimoto Chain has the world's largest market share for steel chains for general industrial applications and enjoys the world's top market share for timing drive systems for automobiles.[1] The company is headquartered in Osaka, with its main manufacturing base in Kyotanabe,Kyoto.
Tsubakimoto Chain was established in 1917 by Setsuzo Tsubakimoto in Kita-ku, Osaka as a private enterprise known as Tsubakimoto Shoten manufacturing bicycle chains. They soon moved to roller chain and conveyor equipment production, ceasingbicycle chain manufacture in 1928. The following year, they registered as Tsubakimoto Chain Manufacturing Company.
With the completion of theirTsurumi Plant in Osaka in 1940, they launched as ajoint-stock company with capital of three million yen in 1941. Setsuzo Tsubakimoto was appointed the company's first president. They changed their name to Tsubakimoto Chain Co. in 1970.
In 2000, Tsubaki completed work on its new, larger Kyotanabe Plant to meet its increasing production levels. With nearly 100,000 m2 of building floor space, the plant is the world's largest chain manufacturing facility.[2]
^One solution is to use plastic chains. Tsubaki, the Japanese chain company, currently makes low-friction, wear-resistant plastic chains for the beverage industry, among others."For When an Ordinary Chain Just Won't Do …". Bahrns Equipment INC. 8 October 2014. Retrieved9 October 2014.
^Mahindra Conveyor Systems, a leading supplier of material handling equipment and systems, has formed a joint venture with Japan's Tsubakimoto Chain Co, as the partners eye various global markets including Europe and Middle East."Mahindra Conveyor Systems group firm forms joint venture with Japanese Tsubaki".The Times of India. 4 August 2014. Retrieved5 August 2014.
^The patent's assignee for patent number 8783449 is Tsubakimoto Chain Co. (JP)."Patent Issued for Conveyor Chain". 4-traders. 31 July 2014. Retrieved1 August 2014.
¥215,879 million (2021)
