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Company Outline

Name of the Corporation

Sowa Corporation

Established

March 1, 1973

Capitalization

12,000,000 yen

Representative

Tetsuhiko Yamashita, Chief Executive Officer

No. of Employees

Main Site

Headquarters plant (Site: 6,600 square meters / Floor space: 2,260 square meters)

Description of Business

Metal machining, welding, pipe bending

Principal Customers

Hitachi Group companies, NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yazaki Group companies, approximately 30 other companies (in alphabetical order)

Principal Transacting Banks

Enshu Shinkin Bank, Yuto Branch; Hamamatsu Shinkin Bank, Shitoro Branch; The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd., Yuto Branch (in no particular order)

Principal Business Services

-	Manufacturing of tubing units for gas meters used in ordinary homes
-	Manufacturing of high-pressure headers for apartment complexes
-	Manufacturing of parts for vaporizers (gas forced-air devices)
-	Manufacturing of air conditioner piping and cutting parts
-	Manufacturing of screw compressor piping assemblies and parts for cutting
-	Manufacturing of brackets for semiconductor fabrication devices and liquid crystal manufacturing devices, and of cutting parts
-	Manufacturing of other precision parts

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[Headquarters / Plant]
5585, Ubumi, Yuto-cho, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Pref., 431-0102, Japan,
TEL：81-53-592-3473 / FAX：81-53-592-4926

By car:
Approximately 15 minutes from the Hamamatsu West Interchange of the Tomei Expressway.

By train:
At Hamamatsu Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, change to the Tokaido Line in the direction of Toyohashi, and get off at Maisaka Station (approximately 10 minutes). Approximately 5 minutes by taxi.

Corporate History

Year	Contents
Mar.1973	Company founded by the current chairperson in Ubumi, Yuto-cho.
Sept.1985	Company restructured to form Yamashita Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Jan.1991	Plant moved to Yamazaki, Yuto-cho.
Dec.1995	Office building extension added; welding starts.
June1998	Capitalization increased to 12 million yen; production switched from mass-production machining to small-lot machining of multiple models.
Sept.1998	Company restructured to form Sowa Corporation; Tetsuhiko Yamashita assumes post of Chief Executive Officer.
Nov.1999	Acquired ISO9002 certification.
Jan.2001	Sahama Plant moved.
June2002	Acquired ISO9001 certification.
July2004	Headquarters plant enlarged.
Jan.2009	Headquarters plant moved (site: Approximately 6,600 square meters, floor space: 2,260 square meters)