Corporate Profile
KASHIFUJI made Gears will drive the World into the Future!
Kashifuji is the leading Machine Tool Manufacturer in the Gear Cutting field. We have a “sterling” reputation and have won the confidence of many domestic and foreign customers.
Corporate Profile
- Name
- Kashifuji Works, Ltd.
- Founded
- February 11, 1913
- Incorporated
- October 30, 1943
- Capital
- ￥100 million
- President
- Tatsuo Kashifuji
- Employees
- 220
- Product Line
- Manufacture and Sale of CNC Hobbing Machine, Gear Skiving Machine, Gear Honing Machine, CNC Hob Sharpening Machine, Gear Chamfering Machine etc.
- Headquarters
and Factory -
6 Kamonden-cho, Kamitoba, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8131, Japan
Overseas Sales Department
TEL : +81-75-661-5271
FAX : +81-75-661-5270
- Tokyo Sales
Branch -
3 Fl. Baluco Onarimon, 1-3-5, Shibakoen Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011
TEL : +81-3-3436-6670（代）
FAX : +81-3-3436-0285
About Company Logo
The current company logo was created in 1991. This design represents burgeoning young leaves in the image of “K” for Kashifuji, in the form of an Involute Curve depicting an infinitely developing corporate figure.
Corporate History
Reliable technologies created through a century of history. We have achieved a considerable market position among various industries as “Hobber Kashifuji”.
- 1913
- Founded by Tomesaburo Kashifuji in Mibu Suzaku-cho, Simogyo-ku, Kyoto. Started manufacture and sale of Drilling Machines, Testing Machines, Dyeing Machines and Woodworking Machines.
- 1918
- Finished trial manufacture of 40-inch Hobbing Machine.
- 1928
- Finished trial manufacture of 14-inch Hobbing Machine Model K0.
- 1932
- Started manufacture and sale of Hobbing Machines.
- 1934
- Factory moved to the present address. (6 Kamonden-cho, Kamitoba, Minami-ku, Kyoto)
- 1943
- Re-organized to a joint-stock corporation. Capital increased to 1.5 million yen. New Hobbing Machine and Hob Sharpening Machine developed.
- 1954
- Finished trial manufacture and started selling High Production Hobbing Machine Model KS20 with subsidies from the MITI concerning the trial manufacture of machine tools.
- 1956
- Finished trial manufacture and started selling High Production Hobbing Machine Model KS14 with subsidies from the MITI concerning the trial manufacture of machine tools.
- 1964
- Capital increased to 100 million yen.
- 1972
- Started manufacture and sale of Gear Honing Machine Model KGH300.
- 1976
- Started manufacture and sale of the world’s first practical Carbide Hobbing Machine Model KH300HD. Completed manufacture of Rotor Hobbing Machine Model KS600R with subsidies from the MITI.
- 1978
- Started manufacture and sale of Hob Sharpening Machine Model KG250. Received an award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers for the development of a Gear Honing Machine.
- 1984
- Started manufacture and sale of CNC Hard Gear Finishing Machine Model KF220.
- 1985
- Started manufacture and sale of Precision Turn-Mill Machine Model KY10.
- 1990
- Company name changed to Kashifuji Works, Ltd.
- 1996
- Started sale of CNC Dry-cut Gear Hobbing Machine Model KC250H.
- 1998
- Started sale of CNC Thread / Worm Milling Machine Model KRM2. Kashifuji obtains ISO9001 Certification.
- 1999
- Started sale of Shaft Groove Grinding Machine Model KGV150.
- 2000
- Contract with Gleason Corporation concerning the manufacture and sale of gear cutting machines.
- 2002
- Gear Production Alliance (GPA) created by NACHI, KANZAKI & KASHIFUJI. GPA Engineering Corporation founded in 2003.
- 2004
- Kashifuji obtains ISO 14001 Certification.
- 2007
- Started manufacture and sale of CNC Compact High Speed Hobbing Machine Model KT50.
- 2008
- Marked the 95th year since its founding. New factory (3rd factory) completed.
- 2009
- Started manufacture and sale of CNC Large Hobbing Machine Model KA1200.
- 2012
- Exhibited Gear Skiving Machine Model KPS20 at JMTOF2012.
- 2014
- Started manufacture and sale of Gear Skiving Machine Model KPS20
- 2014
- The Extended Third Factory Completed
- 2015
- Started manufacture and sale of Gear Skiving Machine Model KPS30
- 2016
- General-Purpose Building Completed
- 2018
- Started manufacture and sale of CNC Hobbing Machine Model KE180.
- 2019
- Started manufacture and sale of Gear Skiving Machine Model KPS21.
- 2020
- Distribution Building Completed
- 2022
- Exhibited CNC Hobbing Machines Model KN81, Gear Honing Machine Model KGH250 and Gear Chamfering Machine KD250C at JIMTOF2022.
- 2023
- Started manufacture and sale of Gear Honing Machine Model KGH250 and Gear Chamfering Machine Model KD250C.
Access Map
- Headquarter and Factory
-
6 Kamonden-cho, Kamitoba, Minami-ku Kyoto 601-8131, Japan
Tel：+81-75-661-5271
Fax：+81-75-661-5270
- By train
- A 10-minute walk from Kintetsu Kyoto Line "Kamitobaguchi" Station
- By taxi
- About 10 minutes by taxi from the Hachijo gate (south side) of JR "Kyoto" station
- By car
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- ・Come out on Route 1 from Kyoto-Minami IC. Go northward and cross the second traffic light.
(right-turn entry prohibited. So, turn right on the second signal and take a detour.) - ・Approximately 600m to the west from Kamitoba IC Exit of Hanshin Expressway Route 8
- ・Come out on Route 1 from Kyoto-Minami IC. Go northward and cross the second traffic light.
Related Companies
Gleason Asia Co., Ltd.
In 2000, Gleason and Kashifuji entered into a technical agreement for the manufacture and sales of a gear hobbing machine.
