Tsubaki Nakashima at a glance

Precision for a changing and sustainable world

Founded in 1934 by Kosaburo Chikamori, Toyo Steel Ball Seisakusho started manufacturing steel balls for bicycles. In 1954 the Company changed name to Tsubakimoto Steel Ball Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and in 1958 began mass production of nylon, stainless, brass, and other special balls such as tungsten carbide balls. In 1961 the Company was listed on the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges and in 1973 it started manufacturing and sale of ceramic balls.

More recently, in 1996 the Company has been merged with Nakashima Seisakusho Co., Ltd., and finally Tsubaki Nakashima Co., Ltd. was established, starting a long process of acquisitions (USA, India, China, Poland, Taiwan, UK, Thailand which ended in 2017 with the acquisition of Precision Bearing Components, Group of NN Inc.).

In the last Medium Term Strategy 2021 - 2023, Tsubaki Nakashima decided to captured the macro recovery and enhanced sales, both in quantity & quality through growth strategies:

Accelerated the growth of Ceramic Business
Expansion of sales in Medical Device Business
Expansion of Asian markets

The acquisition of RISPA Srl goes exactly in the direction defined by the strategy.

Quality means that the products meet and exceed all requirements set by the customer and the industry it serves.

This is the case in Tsubaki-Nakashima business, as we follow the international standards for industrial and automotive manufacturing, medical and aerospace – these standards specify the criteria for quality assurance according to the industry requirements.

Numbers

Headquarter in Osaka, Japan
79.000 MJPY in revenues 2022
21 Plants in 13 Countries
3.500 Employees and 31 different nationalities
Scoring "B" in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)