About KURAKI
Nagaoka Quality
We work tirelessly to stay at the top of the field. Challenging ourselves, diligently.
Our engineers are enthusiastic about manufacturing machine tools, and their passion contributes to global engineers manufacturing other products.
Message from the President
We have been supplying innovative,
high quality products from the city of Nagaoka to our customers worldwide.
KURAKI Co., Ltd. was founded in 1938 in Nagaoka — located in Niigata Prefecture of Japan — and it has been growing as a company to support the foundation of manufacturing ever since. Nagaoka is a city filled with traditional crafts and cultures. Inheriting the history and culture of Nagaoka, we have continuously strived to improve our technologies.
KURAKI’S technologies and machines are called “Mother Machines (machines that manufacture machines),” and they generally do not get much attention.
However, it is exactly because they aren’t widely recognized that they must be carefully evaluated for progress.
For 80 years, we have been doing just that, and continuously evolving with our customers.
We have expanded our business not only in Japan but globally. Our products are used in the manufacturing of your electric appliances, automobiles, aircrafts, ships, and smartphones, supporting the development of a wide array of technologies. We believe this is all because we have listened to and made full use of feedback from our customers when developing our technologies.
KURAKI will continue to take pride in supplying innovative products of the highest quality — what we call “Nagaoka Quality” — from our here in Japan to our customers worldwide.
Hiroshi Yasukawa, President
Business Areas
The core businesses of our company focuses on the development, manufacturing and sale of “machine tools”. Our product portfolio comprises Horizontal Boring & Milling Machines especially designed for heavy duty machining in large-sized and heavy workpieces. This flagship of our company is offered in various models tailored to the specific customer’s requirements. The technologies developed and refined in the course of the design of these boring mills enabled us to also engage in the manufacture of “special machinery” for high-precision machining and mass production in a wide variety of applications such as automotive engineering, ship building and medical equipment. These technologies combined from perfect synergies to continuously increase our know-how and experience enabling us to provide manufacturers with highly efficient and high-value machines which frequently lead to the development of innovative products.
Corporate Slogan
“Technology for the World”
Our consistent development to improve our products and our 100% commitment to state-of-the-art technology puts us on par with other global companies – now and in the future. The achievements of customers using KURAKI machine tools can be seen from the history of KURAKI Co., Ltd. In a world of “globalization” and ever-increasing competition, we feel it is our responsibility to continue supplying manufacturers around the world with our efficient ‘deep cutting’ machines and define our corporate slogan anew. We accept the challenge, with courage and dedication.
Our vision
- Development for the future
- We will advance along with global trends and our customers needs through active business development.
- Creating reliable values
- We will create reliable values that meet our customers’ needs and share them for the future.
- Contribution to society
- We will contribute to the society through respecting the local network and developing a company
friendly to people and the environment. - Leaping ahead by willingly taking on challenges
- We will enthusiastically take on the challenges of the 21st century to continue advancing to
new technologies and new fields.
Company Profile
| Company Name | KURAKI Co.,Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Head Office and Plant | 1-2-1 Jooka, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-8603 Japan |
| Phone | +81-258-35-3040 |
| Facsimile | +81-258-35-6249 |
| URL | https://www.kuraki.co.jp/en/ |
| Business | Manufactures machine tools and provides after-sales service. |
| Capital | 954 Million Japanese Yen |
| President | Hiroshi Yasukawa |
| Shareholder | KURABO INDUSTRIES LTD. (100%) |
| Employees | 262 persons(As of April 1,2023) |
Corporate History
| 2017 | Development of the KBM-11EM/11SX/11S CNC Horizontal Boring & Milling Machine |
|---|---|
| 2011 | KURAKI TAIWAN Co.,Ltd. Assembly plant was completed |
| 2010 | Development of the KBT-13T. A CNC Horizontal Boring & Milling Machine, Establishment of KURAKI TAIWAN Co., Ltd. |
| 2008 | Establishment of the Kitakyushu office |
| 2007 | Expansion of the large-scale assembly plant (Factory No.8) |
| 2005 | Establishment of the Fukuyama office, Establishment of KURAKI SHANGHAI Co.,Ltd. |
| 2001 | Development of the KBT-15MAX large-scale CNC Horizontal Boring & Milling Machine |
| 2000 | Development of the KIP series (KIP-25/50, 300） |
| 1999 | Quality Management pursuant to ISO9001 |
| 1998 | Development of the 3D MYPAC CAD/CAM system |
| 1997 | Development of the KGD-20BCDX Gun Drill Machine |
| 1996 | Development of the KBT-11W.A/13.A CNC Horizontal Boring & Milling Machine |
| 1994 | Development of the KBM-11.A CNC Horizontal Boring & Milling Machine |
| 1992 | Installation of the FMS line machine plant |
| 1991 | Development of the CNC Notching Machine |
| 1990 | Completion of the Technical Center |
| 1985 | Expansion of the assembly plant (Factory No.5) |
| 1984 | Development of the MYPAC CAD/CAM system |
| 1983 | Development of the CMN-5B CNC Combined Milling Machine |
| 1981 | Establishment of KURAKI AMERICA CORPORATION |
| 1968 | Development of the KBT-602 Horizontal Boring Machine & Milling Machine, KBT-1001 Horizontal Boring & Milling Machine and Slitter Line |
| 1964 | Development of the CM-5 combined Milling Machine |
| 1961 | Development of the DAO-70T Horizontal Boring Machine & Milling Machine |
| 1951 | Company name changed to KURAKI Co., Ltd. |
| 1949 | Establishment of Kurashiki machine Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| 1944 | Became Hokuetsu works of Kurabo Industries Ltd. |
| 1938 | Establishment of Nihon Heavy Industrial Co., Ltd. |
(Photo of Kurashiki Machinery Co., Ltd. at the time of its establishment in 1949)
Our approach to SDGs
KURAKI Co., Ltd., aims to contribute to achieving SDGs through its corporate activities.
- Reduction of environmental loads by producing and selling high efficiency machine tools
- Streaming energy consumption
- Promoting diversity & inclusion
- Creating a safe and friendly work environment
