Address:
3-5-21, Kashita-Nishi, Higashi-Osaka, 577-0835 Japan
Phone Number:
+81-6-6728-7615
Fax Number:
+81-6-6720-2390
Company Contact Email:
Website:
Employees:
150 (entire group)
Capital:
JPY12,000,000
Introduction of your company & business:
We have been developing and manufacturing glass scribing and processing machines under the Spirit of SHIRAI for over 50 years. Our scribing and processing machines for mother glass are adopted by Mother Glass and LCD panel manufacturers in Japan and overseas.
Company Information:
Key Products or Services:
・Irreguylar shaped panel scribing machine for automotive application
・Robot-breaking machine (inline specification) for irregular shaped panel
・Non-flipping type scribing machine
・Water scattering prevention type grinding machine
・Scribing machine/grinding machine for Mother Glass
Factory Equipment:
Total of 10 factories available. No.11 factory is now under construction (scheduled to be completed on September 2022).
Basic/Fundamental principle :
Time to stop and think. It makes us always active in this bustling world.
Mere inspiration cannot give birth to technology.
We have accumulated technology since our foundation.
It makes our new technology last until the next generation.
International Operations:
Taiwan (Office), China (Local subsidiary)
SHIRAI ENGINEERING LIMITED (affiliated company in Japan)
Awards:
Silver prize of Monozukuri-grand prize awarded by Higashi-Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2003
Company History:
| June | 1960 | SHIRA TEKKOSHO established in Kizuri Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. |
| July | 1962 | Changed name to SHIRAI TEKKOSHO CO., LTD. |
| October | 1964 | Relocated to the current place and started to manufacture/sell industrial small machinery. |
| March | 1967 | Started to design and manufacture glass processing machines. Began receiving orders for glass manufacturing machines from the glass manufacturer. |
| September | 1974 | Developed its first automatic cross scribing machine. |
| April | 1975 | Set about mass production of automatic cross scribing machines. Developed double edge grinding machines, shape edge grinding machines for automobiles, drilling machines and washing machines. |
| September | 1982 | Completed computer-aided NC scribing machines with dialogic automatic operational functions. |
| October | 1986 | Completed the new factory. Developed processing machines for automobile glass, scribing, grinding and washing machines for LCD thin glass, processing machines for microscope slide glass, water jet scribing machines, automatic glass transporting, loading and scribing machines, and manufacturing machines for insulating glass. |
| 1996 | Entered the field of electronic glass substrate. | |
| May | 1999 | Completed the world's fastest machines in the field of scribing and processing of CF electronic glass substrate. |
| September | 2000 | Completed the new factory. |
| December | 2001 | Set about selling scribing machine for solar cell substrate. |
| February | 2002 | Changed name to SHIRAI TECH LIMITED |
| June | 2002 | Completed vertical dual side glass scribing, breaking and R-shape beveling machines for PDP. |
| October | 2003 | Completed non-rotative scribing and breaking machines for G-5 cell panels. |
| December | 2003 | Completed G-5 dense unpacking unit and conveyer with double-side film remover. |
| March | 2004 | Set about selling large NC drilling machine (3 X spindles & 1 Y spindle). |
| February | 2006 | Completed G-8 glass loading scribing breaking line. |
| July | 2006 | Enlarged 8th factory. |
| September | 2006 | Founded Taiwan Office. |
| August | 2008 | Completed G-10 glass scribing machine. |
| March | 2009 | Set about selling NC straight scribing machine-+tilting table with breaking bar (processing 180x115 inch glass) |
| May | 2009 | Set about selling NC straight scribing machine with loading arms (breaking bar built in and processing 150x100 inch glass |
| November | 2009 | Founded SHIRAI ENGINERRING (affiliated company) |
| May | 2010 | Founded China Office in Shenzhen. |
| September | 2011 | Completed new headquarter office and enlarged 9th factory. |
| January | 2012 | Set about selling multi irregular scribing machine (5 spindles) for thin glass. |
| October | 2012 | Set about selling NC multi head scribing machine (3 X spindles & 3Yspindles). |
| October | 2013 | Set about selling variant scribing machine with sliding A-shaped glass holder (Loading arm built in) for 100x75 inch glass. |
| May | 2014 | Completed China factory in Shenzhen (local subsidiary). |
| January | 2015 | Completed CoS (cutting-on-sealant) automatic scribing machine. |
| July | 2018 | Enlarged 10th factory. |
| June | 2019 | Set about selling irregular scribing machine for automotive application panel. |
| January | 2020 | Developed new generation cutter wheel (PEACH). |
| September | 2022 | Enlarged 11th factory (scheduled). |
