ABOUT US
Our Concept
Our Kitchen Brings You Joy and Excitement
Tailored to Each Customer’s Needs
Comfortable, Functional, and Stylish.
Our stainless steel sinks and counters are the fruits of
our continuous innovation for the ideal kitchen space.
We have Shigeru Pride as a specialized manufacturer of stainless steel sinks and counters
in seeking for more comfortable and more functional kitchen space forever and a day.
Management Policy
Bright, Fun, and easy-to-use
stainless steel kitchen
Convey Joy to the Users
Earn the trust of our customers
Bring Happiness to our Teams
Fair, Transparent and Honest
We are the Company that:
Keep a promise
Value Technology,
Honor Discipline, Teamwork and Enthusiasm
Statistics
We manufacture sinks and counters equivalent to 30,000 kitchen sets per month.
One out of five new homes uses Shigeru Industry’s sink and counter.
Company Profile
- Company Name
- Shigeru Industry Co., Ltd.
- Established
- May 15, 1959
- Representative
- President and Representative Director Shoichi Iyama
- Description of business
- Manufacturing and sales of stainless steel household sink tops (upper plate) Manufacturing and sales of stainless steel housing equipment Pressing of metal products
- Capital fund
- 98.72 million JPY
- Approx. Annual Sale
- 3 billion JPY
- Major Shareholders
- NS Stainless Corporation, NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation
- Number of Employees
- 88
- Office and plants
- Head Office (Joetsu-shi, Niigata), Sales Dep. (Kita-ku, Tokyo), Joetsu Factory (Joetsu-shi, Niigata)
- Main Customers
- Panasonic Housing Equipment Co., Ltd., TOTO HIGH LIVING LTD., Cleanup Corporation, TAKARA STANDARD CO., LTD., Housetec Inc., MYSET Inc., IKEA JAPAN K.K, Other domestic kitchen manufacturers (Listed in random order)
- Main Banks
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, The Hachijuni Bank, Ltd., Daishi Hokuetsu Bank, Ltd.
Offices and Plants
Head Office
401-2 Nishifukushima, Kubiki-ku, Joetsu-shi, Niigata, 942-0147, Japan
TEL: +81-25-545-0050/FAX: +81-25-543-7933
Sales Dep.
Akabane-Minami Building 9F, 1-9-11 Akabaneminami, Kita-ku, Tokyo, 115-0044, Japan
TEL: +81-3-3903-7880/FAX: +81-3-3903-7883
Joetsu Factory
401-2 Nishifukushima, Kubiki-ku, Joetsu-shi, Niigata, 942-0147, Japan
TEL: +81-25-545-0011/FAX: +81-25-543-7933
Company History
- May 1959
- Established as Shigeru Polishing Industry Co., Ltd. in Toda-shi, Saitama. Capital fund 2.5 million JPY
- July 1961
- The company was reorganized and changed its name to Shigeru Industry Co., Ltd.
- October 1961
- Launched the manufacturing and processing of stainless steel sink tops.
- April 1962
- Increased capital fund to 7.5 million JPY
- August 1962
- Established Fujisawa Factory in Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa and started manufacturing and processing tops.
- October 1964
- Capital fund increased to 15 million JPY
- June 1968
- Introduced a 500 ton hydraulic press and other large sized press machines and automated labor-saving equipment related to polishing and transportation at the Toda Factory to increase the production of tops.
- October 1969
- Capital fund increased to 18.72 million JPY
- October 1970
- Capital fund increased to 48.72 million JPY
- May 1971
- Introduced a large hydraulic press and other labor-saving equipment at the Fujisawa Factory to establish a mass-production system.
- April 1974
- Introduced a 2300 ton hydraulic press at the Fujisawa Factory to establish the production system for housing equipment and commercial kitchen utensils.
- July 1974
- Capital fund Increased to 98.72 million JPY
- August 1975
- Strengthened the business foundations with the capital and management participation of Sumitomo Group companies, mainly Nippon Stainless Steel Corporation (currently NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation).
- July 1976
- Established Kyushu Sales Office in Kurume-shi, Fukuoka.
- August 1978
- Established a mass-production system for sinks and upper plates for built-in kitchens.
- November 1981
- Established a mass-production system for extra long sinks.
- July 1991
- Established Joetsu Factory in Kubiki-mura, Nakakubiki-gun, Niigata (currently Kubiki-ku, Joetsu-shi, Niigata).
- June 1992
- Closed Toda Factory and moved the head office to Omiya-shi, Saitama (currently Saitama-shi, Saitama).
- October 1992
- Moved the equipment of Toda Factory to Joetsu Factory and established a comprehensive sink top manufacturing system.
- October 1994
- Established a factory building for finishing line at Joetsu Factory to improve efficiency.
- December 1996
- Introduced a 1200 ton double-action press at Joetsu Factory and established a system to increase the sink top pre-process production.
- March 1999
- Closed Kanto Distribution Center
- October 2003
- Joetsu Factory-ISO 14001 certified
- December 2004
- Fujisawa Factory-ISO 14001 certified
- May 2005
- 800 ton restrike press Introduced at Joetsu Factory.
- February 2006
- Closed the Kyushu Sales Office Warehouse and moved the office to Kurume-shi, Fukuoka.
- August 2006
- Transferred the production of stainless steel counters from Fujisawa Factory to Joetsu Factory and designated Fujisawa Factory as a dedicated sink factory.
- July 2008
- Closed Kyushu Sales Office and opened Osaka sales office.
- March 2010
- Closed Fujisawa Factory.
- July 2010
- Moved the head office to Joetsu-shi (Joetsu Factory), Niigata (the sales office moved to Kita-ku, Tokyo).
- July 2016
- JS15 Sink certified as Made in JOETSU
- March 2018
- Established Building E at Joetsu Factory
- July 2020
- Closed Osaka Sales Office and integrated it to sales division of Akabane Office