Company Outline

Name Shikoku Welding Electrode Co., Ltd.
Established April 15, 1947
Capital 90 milion yen
Sales 11.9 billion yen (as of March 2020)
Custmers about 1,250 companies (as of 2014)
Officers
President
Yuichi Murakami
Director(Production, Vietnam Local Subsidiary)
Tsukasa Hirabara
Director(Business Control)
Hiroaki Tamai
Director(Sales)
Tetsuro Tsubouchi
Director(Administration)
Yoshitaka Honda
Director
Shuko Murakami
Auditor
Yasuko Murakami

Timeline

4.15.1947 Shikoku Welding Manufacturing was established
12.1948 Illuminite-type welding stick Shikoku Rode No.8 passed the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Machinery Testing Exam A-2
7.1950 1st automatic coating machine completed: production capacity 60T
8.1951 Shikoku Rode No.8 passed Nippon Kaiji Kyokai A-2
4.1952 2nd automatic coating machine completed: production capacity 130T
8.1954 The plant received authorization to display the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark (JIS Z3211 coated Electrodes for mild steel)
4.1955 Certification by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK) standards
4.1958 Completion of the new plant and relocation
8.23.1963 Shikoku Welding Electrode Co., Ltd. established (Capital: 10 million yen)
12.1963 No. 3 coating machine completed: production capacity 250T
4.1964 Certification by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) standards
8.1964 Certification by Lloyd’s Register (LR) standards
2.1965 Shiroyama Plant acquired for shipbuilding and canning
5.1968 Completion of the new Head Office
7.1968 Capital: 20 million yen
9.1968 Cutting-edge coating machine (currently No. 1) installed: production capacity 450T
4.1969 Spun off the LP Gas Division and inaugurated Shikoku Youzai Shouji Co., Ltd.
5.1969 Opened the Niihama Office (afterwards relocated to Saijo)
4.1970 Opened the Matsuyama Office
5.1970 Certification by Bureau Veritas (BV) standards
8.1970 Fully automated electrode coating machine (currently No. 3) installed: production capacity 650T
10.1971 No. 3 roller hearth continuous vacuum furnace installed (currently connected to No. 3 coating machine): productivity capacity 750T
2.1972 Opened the Marugame Office (now the Marugame Sales Office)
4.1973 Opened the Saijo Office, relocated from Niihama (now the Saijo Sales Office)
3.1974 Computer installed in order to rationalize administration
5.1974 100T universal testing machine installed
9.1974 Developed a delivery system using electrode heated containers
4.1976 Welding Cutting Show held
5.1976 Continuous drying device and fixed high-heat drying furnace (processing capacity 3T/3h) installed
6.1977 Capital: 40 million yen
4.1979 Certification of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) standard
10.1979 Capital: 60 million yen
12.1979 The plant received authorization to display the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark (JIS Z3212 coated Electrodes for high tensile strength steel)
Certification by Norske Veritas (NV) standards
2.1980 Capital: 90 million yen
3.1980 Automatic electrode measuring apparatus / packing machine installed
Automatic electrode loading equipment in operation
5.1980 Certified by Korean Register (KR) standards
6.1980 Upgraded to cutting-edge coating machine (currently No. 2)
10.1980 Relocated the Matsuyama Office to a new building
No. 2 roller hearth continuous vacuum furnace (currently connected to No. 2 automatic coating machine): production capacity: 1200T and fully automatic electrode loading equipment installed
11.1980 Relocated product warehousing to a new building
3.1981 Hot air circulating high temperature furnace (processing capacity: 8T/4h) installed
1.1982 Roller hearth continuous vacuum furnace installed
3.1982 Automatic container filling device installed
4.1983 Founder Toshiaki Murakami received the Science and Technology Minister’s Award
Keiichi Murakami was appointed President
4.1984 Opened the Niihama Office
10.1984 Storage-type continuous wire drawing machine installed
High-speed core wire cutter equipment installed
Certified by Central Research (CR) standards
11.1984 Fluorescent X-ray analysis device installed
Metal carbon content analysis device installed
2.1987 Opened the Mihara Sales Office
10.1987 1st President passed away
2.1989 Completion of the raw materials warehouse
12.1991 Expanded testing and research laboratory
3.1992 Reconstructed drying plant
Metal structure observation device
Soldering flux research device
5.1992 Updated to new computer system
12.1992 Completion of the new Marugame Sales Office
2.1993 Completion of the new Saijo Sales Office
8.1993 The plant received authorization to display the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark(JIS Z3221 Stainless steel coated Electrodes)
Stainless steel coated electrodes certified by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK) standards
7.1995 Relocated the Niihama Sales Office to a new building
4.1997 3rd system upgrade: groupware operation started with client/server system (PH-1)
Selected by the Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation as eligible for SME creation generic technology research and intermetallic coating research began.
4.20.1997 Celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the company
4.1999 New wire drawing cutter process replaced
5.1999 Received ISO 9002 quality system standard certification from LRQA
10.1999 Full transfer of client server network computers completed
2.2000 Information system group set up
5.2000 Received certification of conversion to ISO 9001 quality management system standard certification from LRQA
9.2000 Tosa Youzai became an Affiliated Company
7.2001 Invested in Sanyo Sanso which became an Affiliated Company
8.18.2001 Achieved 200,000 t production volume of coated electrodes
10.2002 HR planning group set up
Sales planning section set up
1.2003 Formulation of corporate philosophy
7.22.2003 President Keiichi Murakami received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Award
11.2003 Started Naka Auto manufacturing
12.2003 Opened the Innoshima Sales Office
2.2.2004 Tosa Youzai relocated from Futaba-cho, Kochi to Niida
4.2004 Installed ink jet printer for the packing process
12.8.2004 Started FCW line operation (1 line)
3.2005 Decided on the name of the SWECO mascot character, ‘Arc Angel’
Started FCW line operation (full line)
6.17.2005 FCW obtained JIS Z 3313
11.21.2005 Expanded the scope of ISO 9001 to cover the whole company including FCW
2.2007 Established a Local Affiliated Company in Dalian, China (Dalian Shikoku Welding Commodities Co., Ltd.)
10.2007 Relocated the Mihara Sales Office to a new building
11.2007 President Keiichi Murakami received the Yellow Medal of Honor
11.2008 Opened the Hikari Office
5.2010 Keiichi Murakami was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors
Yuichi Murakami was appointed President
9.2010 Relocated the Hikari Office
5.2011 Received ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems certification from LRQA
10.19.2011 Established a Local Affiliated Company in Dong Nai, Vietnam (ACROWEL VIETNAM Co., Ltd.)
4.2012 HIKARI Office upgraded to the HIKARI Sales Office
3.2017 Kyoritsu Co., Ltd. became an Affiliated Company