Company Profile

**THE HISTORY**

1887	Established Tokyo Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd. and started production of the ropes made of Manila hemp; we are the first rope manufacturer in Japan.
1897	Started to produce steel wire ropes, also as the first manufacturer in Japan.
1942	Founded the integrated fiber rope plant in Gamagori City, Japan.
1952	Started pruduction of the first synthetic fiber ropes in the rope industry.
1963	Started to make eight-strand plaited ropes through own development of unique plaiting machines named TOSCO.
1968	Fiber Rope Department of Tokyo Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd. was separated and newly established the TOKYO SEIKO ROPE MFG. Co., Ltd.
1976	Started to make double braided ropes named TOUGH-LAY through the development of unique machines that featured in large and sharp braiding.
1981	Started to produce Kevlar ropes first in Japan, through which the new ropes, such as Technora, Vectran, Techmiron, etc., are being developed by today.
1991	Introduced an universal tensile testing machine(500 metric ton capacity) firstly in Japan.
1997	ISO 9002 (NO, JSAQ190) registered by J.S.A. (Japan Standard Association).
2000	ISO 9001 (NO, JSAQ190) registered by J.S.A. (Japan Standard Association).

**COMPANY PROFILE**

Firm name;	Tokyo Seiko Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Reorganization;	25th July 1968
Location of the head office;	1-1, Nakamura, Toyooka-cho, Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 443-0011
President:	Gisuke Oshima
Paid-up capital;	\200 million
Business;	*Manufacturing, processing and finishing of various ropes and nets made of all kinds of natural fibers, synthetic fibers and metallic materials.
	*Design and manufacturing of fiber rope making machines
	*Spinning of synthetic fiber yarns
Number of employees; 100 persons
Details of Plant, sales department, branch offices
Plant;	1-1,Nakamura, Toyooka-cho, Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 443-0011
Sales department;	Nihonnbashi Okamoto Bldg. 3F 1-13 Nihonnbashi Kakigara-cho Chuou-ku Tokyo Japan 103-0014
Branch offices; Tokyo, Osaka and Sapporo in Japan

**SALES ITEMS**
"Ropes"
*For ship and marine use
Hawser, tug-line, SPM-hawser, seaboard construction applications
*For fishery use
Trawl Line, trap net, surrounding net, fishery farm, long-line, Nylon mono-filament
*For civil engineering and construction use
Life line for the main and branches, earth foundation work, sling ropes
*For electric power, communications
Life line, extensin lead-lines, swith cord, safety line laying out
*For machinery use
Paper carrier rope, engine starter rope, flexible container rope, tire-chain fastening rope, winch rope, etc.
*Sports use
Climbing rope, sailing yacht ropes, tug-rope for war, applications in playing center
*Public use
Ropes for a ranger trainee, hawser applications

"Nets"

*Fishery use

Trawl net, trap net, fish culture net

*Civil engineering use

Safety net, slope-protection net, TAS-net, snowstorm-protection net

*Sports applications

Ball-protection net, golf net, ski net

*Public use

Safety net for a rangers, floating lumber protection net

"The products through own development"

TOSCO (eight-strand plaited ropes), Braided-grip
(For the replacement of power wire), Ace line (ultra hi-tensile fiber rope)

"Design and construction work"

Design and construction of fishery nets, work of fish culture facility,
work of Dust stopper consruction, etc.