Company Values
Making superior products by nurturing our employees’ talent
What we believe
We believe that the progress of our company goes hand-in-hand with the development of our employees.
We believe it is important that each and every member of our staff learns self-reliance and unites their efforts with their colleagues. By encouraging co-operation and friendly rivalry, we believe that we can increase our collective speed and wisdom to make the impossible possible. Making this the focus of our working philosophy will lead to continuous positive development for ourselves and our employees. We believe this will satisfy our customers while fulfilling our duty to making positive contributions to society.
In Japan today, difficulties in manufacturing are increasing, and the path we have chosen is not an easy one. Yet we are determined to persevere through a genuine desire to make our products better, faster and more affordably than anywhere else, and so become a world-class machining company.
We work tirelessly, step by step, towards these goals for Urano and our employees.
Company Overview
Basic information
| Name | URANO Co., Ltd. |
| Location | HEAD OFFICE AND SAITAMA FACTORY 3563 Shichihongi, Kamisato-machi, Kodama-gun, Saitama Prefecture, 369-0306, Japan TEL: +81-495-33-2511 FAX: +81-495-33-2514 GUNMA FACTORY 1631-2 Higashikaminomiyamachi, Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, 372-0815 Japan TEL: +81-270-24-2511 FAX: +81-270-24-2512 NAGASAKI FACTORY 57-27 Hattandago, Higashisonogi-cho, Higashisonogi-gun , Nagasaki Prefecture, 859-3922, Japan TEL: +81-957-49-3600 FAX: +81-957-47-0300 AICHI SALES OFFICE 97-2 Nishitanaka Nagahori, Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture, 452-0933 Japan TEL & FAX: +81-52-400-3700 |
| Representative Director | Masanobu Kobayashi |
| Establishment | November 1963 |
| Capital | 80,000,000 yen |
| Number of employees | 458 (May 2024) |
| Our products | 1. Aerospace parts 2. Parts for equipment related to nuclear and energy generators and engines 3. Parts for semiconductor manufacturing equipment 4. Parts for medical equipment |
| Correspondent banks Saitama branch office | Japan Finance Corporation (Small and Medium Enterprise Program), Saitama Branch Gunma Bank, Honjo Branch Saitama Resona Bank, sales department Musashino Bank, Honjo Branch Saitamaken Shinkin Bank, Honjo Branch Ashikaga Bank, Honjo Branch Juhachi Shinwa Bank, Sonogi Branch |
History of our manufacturing for the aerospace sector
| 1988 | Completed construction of factory for manufacturing 5-axis machining centers Installed Catia V3 |
| 1990 | Began Boeing 757 airframe parts manufacturing |
| 1992 | Began McDonnell Douglas/Boeing MD-11 airframe parts manufacturing |
| 1995 | Began machining of the outer wall of small-scale experimental vehicle HYFLEX to develop the spacecraft HOPE |
| 1997 | Began machining parts for the Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module on the International Space Station |
| 1999 | Began H-IIA rocket part manufacturing |
| 2005 | Began mass production for ER-J170 190 airframe parts manufacturing |
| 2006 | Began mass production for Bombardier Global Express airframe parts manufacturing |
| 2007 | Began taking part in the Boeing 787-8 development project Began Boeing 787 part machining |
| 2008 | Began Boeing 747-8 airframe parts manufacturing Took part in Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB-84 for A350 XWB development project Began Airbus A380 airframe parts manufacture |
| 2008 | Began Rockwell Collins 787 cockpit airframe parts manufacturing and assembly |
| 2011 | Began Boeing 787-9 airframe parts manufacturing Received a batch order of multi-process machining for Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) parts |
| 2012 | Began multiple manufacturing processes for the MRJ Took part in engine development for General Electric’s TechX program Received Japan’s biggest order of large titanium components machining for Boeing 787 aircraft |
| 2013 | Became one of the main suppliers of MRJ parts machining of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd |
| 2014 | Began Boeing 787-9 airframe parts manufacturing and assembly Took part in Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G-JM engine development project for the A320neo aircraft |
| 2015 | Began taking part in the Bombardier G7000 development project |
Company history
| 1950 | Urano Ironworks founded in Kamimachi, Honjo City |
| 1963 | Urano Ironworks Ltd. established with ¥1,000,000 capital in Ojima-minami, Honjo City |
| 1972 | Urano Ironworks changed from a limited company to a publicly traded company. Name changed to Urano Co., Ltd. |
| 1979 | Head office moved to current location, Kamisato-machi, Kodama-gun, Saitama |
| 1987 | Completed construction of second factory using flexible manufacturing systems |
| 1989 | Completed construction of third factory for manufacturing 5-axis machining centers |
| 1993 | Completed construction of fourth factory |
| 1994 | Capital increased to ¥80,000,000 Began machining nuclear-fusion helical coils for the National Institute for Fusion Science’s large helical device project |
| 2004 | JISQ9100 certification acquired by Saitama factory in recognition of meeting the quality management system standards set by the aerospace industry |
| 2006 | Completed construction of first factory in Higashisonogi-cho, Nagasaki Established sales office in Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2007 | JISQ9100 certification acquired by Nagasaki factory in recognition of meeting the quality management system standards set by the aerospace industry |
| 2008 | Completed construction of second factory in Higashisonogi-cho, Nagasaki Chosen as one of Japan’s most exciting 300 small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2011 | ISO 14001 certification acquired by Saitama factory for environmental management |
| 2012 | Began collaboration with Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Aerospace Company |
| 2014 | Began collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and became one of the main suppliers for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s machining supply chain management |
| 2016 | Completed construction of our third factory in Higashisonogi-cho, Nagasaki |
| 2017 | Completed construction of our fourth factory in Higashisonogi-cho, Nagasaki |
| 2019 | Completed construction of our first factory in Isesaki City, Gunma |
| 2021 | 2021 Completed construction of our fifth factory in Higashisonogi-cho, Nagasaki |