Metal and Ceramics Division
The Metal and Ceramics Division is comprised of two departments and encompasses seven groups. The Light Metal Department handles aluminum products and construction materials, while the Inorganic Materials Department handles ceramics and graphite materials. Both departments take advantage of their impressive expertise built up over the years, and use extensive networks to respond to the needs and objectives of our diverse customers.
Light Metal Dept.
Aluminum is notable as a metal for its recycling potential, and as an excellent construction material. The Light Metal Department supplies a wide range of commodities to diverse industries, thereby contributing to the support of modern lifestyles.
Aluminum is light but strong, and offers excellent recycling opportunities. Daily items supplied by the department include everything from aluminum foil to processed and cast final products. And, for civil engineering and construction projects, it supplies through its extensive network a wide range of products matching client needs.
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Carbon Coated Foil
Carbon-coated aluminum foil is used to increase battery energy efficiency and lifespan. We hold patents on carbon coated foils. The company will move forward with the sale of foil to motor vehicle and battery manufacturers in Japan and other countries, supporting carbon neutral initiatives working for wholescale adoption of rechargeable lithium ion batteries (LiB) for electric vehicles.
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Aluminum Products
Aluminum products are lighter than those made from steel or copper, and are used in the weight-conscious transportation sector, including for aircraft, ships, road vehicles, railway rolling stock, and containers. The department’s support extends from scrap metal to recycled base metals, responding to customer requirements for high demand aluminum cast goods, rolled products and more. Its aluminum recycling chain helps ameliorate environmental problems.
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Materials for Construction and Civil Engineering Projects
Through its extensive network, the Light Metal Department supplies a wide range of commodities, including: (i) high performance piping material, for the plumbing of detached homes, condo buildings, large facilities and factories; and (ii) highly durable products for landscaping around houses, condos and more.
Light Metal Group
This group handles an extensive inventory of goods, from aluminum base metals to processed products and carbon coated aluminum foil. The group’s ability to procure large quantities of aluminum materials, and its flexible network of diverse processors, enable it to respond accurately to its customers’ technically advanced requirements.
Main Commodities Handled
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Aluminium Ingots and Alloys |
Primary Ingots / Primary Alloy Ingots / Secondary Alloy Ingots |
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Aluminium Flat Rolled Products |
Thick Plates / Sheets / Coils |
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Aluminium Extruded Products |
Extruded Shapes / Pipes / Bars / Wires / Aluminium Roof Rail |
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Aluminium Foil Products |
Electrolytic Capacitor Foils / Aluminium Foils (Foodstuff packaging, Pharmaceutical packaging) / Lithium-ion Battery Foils |
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Aluminum Cast and Forged Products |
Continuous Cast Rod (SHOTIC™) / Sand Casting / Gravity Die Casting / Die Casting / Aluminum Forged Products |
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Battery Materials |
Carbon-Coated Aluminium Foil for Lithium-ion Battery / Lithium-ion Battery Foils / Anode Materials for Lithium-ion Battery / Functional Films |
Materials and Piping Material Group
This group handles materials used for construction offering pleasant surroundings and safety for condos and renewal projects (plumbing, fire extinguishing piping, seismic isolation, etc.), as well as prefabricated products for low-labor construction projects at a time of labor shortages (labor-saving methods, minimum waste plumbing system supplies, etc.). It strives to use recyclable materials and reuse construction resources.
Main Commodities Handled
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Energy-related equipment |
Solar power / Power generation / Evaporator |
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Cement and secondary products |
Cement / Lime / Grounds improvement materials / Roof penetrations housing (HATOCOT®) |
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Piping and plumbing equipment |
Air-conditioning ducts / Meter units / Fire-fighting piping / Seismic isolators / Fireproof double layered pipes / Polyvinyl chloride pipes / Housing equipment / Valves / Various types of joints |
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Metal building materials |
Aluminium rain gutters / Aluminium spacers / Grating / Custom metal product machining |
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Other |
Civil engineering materials / Packing materials / Construction materials |
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Light Metal Group
Telephone inquiries answered during these hours:
9:00 am ~ 5:30 pm (Japan time)
Except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and company holidays -
Materials and Piping Material Group
Telephone inquiries answered during these hours:
9:00 am ~ 5:30 pm (Japan time)
Except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and company holidays -
Western Japan Light Metal Group
Telephone inquiries answered during these hours:
9:00 am ~ 5:30 pm (Japan time)
Except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and company holidays
Inorganic Materials Dept.
This department contributes to advances in diverse fields, from steel materials to top-of-the-line ceramics.
The materials it supplies are extensive in scope, quietly supporting diverse domains: automotive bodies, basic raw materials (refractory raw materials) critical to the production of steel used in construction materials, electronic materials for smartphones, etc., tires, adhesives, and more.
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Aluminum Hydroxide / Alumina
As a coagulant, aluminum hydroxide plays a critical role maintaining the quality of drinking water. It is also used as a flame retardant for plastics, rubber, and other polymers. Alumina is used as a material for a wide variety of ceramics. We offers solution commodities from a number of overseas manufacturers, to meet customer requirements.
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Silicon Carbide
Silicon carbide is used in the manufacture of heat- and flame-resistant bricks used to produce iron, and is also useful for grinding and polishing. At our factory jointly owned with Lianyun Gangzhaohua Minerals Limited Company, a selection of quality controlled silicon carbide is available to satisfy intended customer use.
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Aluminum Descaler
We are the comprehensive agent in Japan for AMGNA, a large global metallurgical group that deals in aluminum master alloys and descalers. The department’s extensive inventory includes crystalline granules for improving aluminum properties, Al-Si alloy treatment material, and silicon carbide refining material. These and other commodities are marketed to aluminum casting companies.
Ceramics Group
Through this commodity, this group has established relationships of trust with multiple suppliers in Japan and other countries. Prioritizing quality, cost and delivery (QCD), as well as business continuity planning (BCP), the group offers commodities most suitable for its customers. From its warehouses at multiple bases of operation in Japan, it delivers commodities in a timely fashion, using logistical controls at every stage from production to dispatch.
Inorganic Materials Group
This group handles raw materials for aluminum casting, and carbonaceous materials for steel production.
It supplies aluminum feedstock required for casting aluminum, from scrap to additives. It likewise supplies diverse carbon-related materials, from raw materials to processed items and powder, to be used in Japan and abroad for manufacturing graphite electrodes. The group is proactive on the recycling scene, effectively promoting the cyclical use of aluminum, carbon and other materials that are in limited supply.
Main Commodities Handled
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Ceramics-related |
Various types of refractory materials / Abrasives / Polishing materials / Refractory products / Aluminium hydroxide / Alumina / Various types of fillers / Deoxidation materials / Boron nitride (BN) / Polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (CBN) / Boron carbide（B₄C) / Various types of superfine powder / New ceramic products / Recycling of ceramic products |
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Carbon-related |
Electrodes / Artificial graphite powder / Pitch / Coke / Superfine powder and materials for fine carbon / High-purity materials/products for semiconductors / Recycling of various types of graphite |
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Other |
Continuous casting cast iron bars (DENSE BAR) / Zinc Alloy Ingot / Ferroalloy / Non-ferrous scraps |
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Ceramics Group
Telephone inquiries answered during these hours:
9:00 am ~ 5:30 pm (Japan time)
Except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and company holidays -
Inorganic Materials Dept.
Telephone inquiries answered during these hours:
9:00 am ~ 5:30 pm (Japan time)
Except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and company holidays -
Inorganic Materials Group Osaka Branch
Telephone inquiries answered during these hours:
9:00 am ~ 5:30 pm (Japan time)
Except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and company holidays
Group Companies
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SDAT Co., Ltd
SDAT Co., Ltd. markets aluminum plates, materials for extruded sections, and processed products. It also produces and sells aluminum foil and processed aluminum goods for such purposes as vaporizers and heat exchanger products.
Major Commodities Handled
Aluminum: Rolled sheet products / Extruded sections / Aluminum machined products / Landscaping products Heat Control Products: Evaporator / T-COIL Showa aluminum pole products (for lighting, flagpoles, banner poles), Solar poles
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Kyosan Light Metal Co., Ltd.
Kyosan Light Metal is the only company in Japan specializing in the fabrication of spacers for multi-pane glass. It is contributing to energy conservation in Japan.
Major Commodities Handled
- Aluminum spacers for multi-pane glass
- Connecting Parts