Tefco Aomori Co., Ltd. : Company Profile

Company Profile

Company name：Tefco Aomori Co., Ltd.
President：Hiroo Nakayama
Establishment：October 4th, 1988
Capital：JPY32,400,000
Employee：47(As of Apr.2016)
Address：1-2-2,Fujino,Hirosaki City,Aomori,036-8326,Japan

Company founder Hiroo Nakayama is the inventor of the transfer-type of electroformed metallic watch-dial letter and individual company logo or brand which is mass produced by unique patented technologies, and Tefco Aomori is the worldwide top supplier in the market.

Company History

Nov. 1988	Started research and development for metallic individual-letter by electroforming method
1989	Produced the prototype of metallic individual-letter for watch-dials by electroforming scheme
1990	Started mass production of electroformed individual-letter for watch-dials and brand logos Named the product “Tefco Mirror” and released in the market
1994	Two patents for electroforming technique applied
1997	Patents for electroforming technique registered in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, U.S.A., Switzerland, and Germany. Plant relocated to Fujishiro Industrial zone in Hirosaki-city for expanding the production
Apr. 2002	Developed super-flat-mirror-surfaced separate letter named “Tefco S Mirror” and released in the market
Apr. 2004	Won the Minister’s Prize of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for developing electroformed individual letter with glue
Apr. 2006	Hiroo Nakayma, corporate founder and CEO, awarded Medal with Yellow Ribbon for his longstanding contribution to new inventions and technologies
Apr. 2006	Won the Minister’s Prize of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Tefco selected as one of “excellent 300 small medium enterprises in Japan”
May 2006	ISO9001:2000 and ISO14001:2004 certified
Apr. 2007	Won the Minister's Prize of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as excellent company with technology patents
Jun. 2007	Applied for diamond-cutting aluminum individual letter logo in 5 countries such as Japan, EU, Taiwan, China and Korea
Mar. 2009	Developed damascening technique for micro-sized metallic individual logo (PAT.P). Named this solution "Pittari Zogan" and released in the market.