COMPANY
TANAKA PAPER TUBE is a leading company as a specialist of paper tube manufacturer in Japan.
Our highest quality & technology cultivated in 100 years experience have complied with the high and wide range of requirements especially from worldwide leading manufacturers of textile and synthetic yarn industry.
Since 1911, we have developed paper tubes for the textile industry as well as our own tube-finishing machinery. For such own know-how, we have several records of technology export to overseas such as Korea, India and so on.
We provide various tubes of reliable quality customized to your needs.
COMPANY PROFILE
| Head Office (Sales Dept.) | TANAKA PAPER TUBE CO., LTD. |
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| Address | 6-88 Oihara, Yao, Osaka, 581-0092, Japan |
| Tel | +81-(0)72-992-0455 |
| Fax | +81-(0)72-992-4110 |
| Founded | October, 1911 |
| Incorporated | October 01, 1940 |
| President | Seiji TANAKA |
| Capital | JPY 70 million |
| Turnover | 9,000 Million Yen (October, 2024 – September, 2025) |
Subsidiaries
Technical Partnership
LOCATIONS
Main Plant
HISTORY
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- 1897Matsutaro Tanaka started the manufacture and sales of paper boxes at Yao Village, Osaka Pref., Japan.
- 20th C.
- 1911Seizaburo Tanaka started the supply of paper tubes for textile yarn, the first of its kind in Japan, to Teikoku Seishi Co., Ltd., a joint venture of UK Coats Co., Ltd.
- 1913Exported paper tubes to an overseas factory of Coats Co., Ltd. in the UK, marking the first-ever export of paper tubes from Japan.
- 1931Obtained a patent for manufacturing paper tubes. This was the first patent for paper tubes in Japan.
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- 1940Established a partnership company, Tanaka Paper Tube Manufacturing Company.
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- 1960Built the Main Plant in Yao City, Osaka.
- 1969Established the Matsuyama Plant.
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- 1970Established the Tsuruga Plant.
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- 1980Established Kanto Paper Tube Co., Ltd.
- 21th C.
- 2003Established the Mie Plant.
- 2006Collaborated with Excel Tubes & Cones, India.
Obtained ISO-14001:2004 Certification at Head Office and Main Plant. - 2007Exhibited CLEAN CORE and GREEN CORE in “CMM JAPAN & JSP 2007” at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight).
- 2009Acquired Toyo Paper Tube Industry Co., Ltd., and renamed it Toyo Tanaka Paper Tube Co., Ltd.
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- 2011Opened the Kishu Plant in Mie.
Opened the Kagoshima Plant in Kagoshima.
Celebrated the 100th anniversary of TANAKA PAPER TUBE CO., LTD. - 2014Begun manufacturing and selling ABS cores.
- 2016Built our second Mie Plant with enhanced pest-control features.
Provided paper tubes for use in evacuation shelters following the Kumamoto earthquakes. - 2018Established the Kagawa Plant.
Obtained ISO-9001:2015 and ISO-14001:2015 Certification at the Head Office and Main Plant.
Obtained ISO-9001:2015 Certification at the Mie Plant. - 2019Merged with Toyo Tanaka Paper Tube Co., Ltd.
- 2011Opened the Kishu Plant in Mie.
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- 2020Obtained ISO-9001:2015 Certification at the Tsuruga Plant.
- 2021Acquired an 85% stake in Daisan Shika Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Obtained ISO-9001:2015 Certification at the Matsuyama Plant and the Kagawa Plant. - 2022Norio TANAKA, the executive chairman, was awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.
- 2023Acquired a 100% stake in Daisan Shika Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- 2026Opened the Ube Plant in Yamaguchi.