About Us
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.
In our history of developing tubes for textile industries since 1911, we have also developed the individual equipment to finish up tubes. For such own know-how, we have several records of technology export to overseas such as Korea, India and so on.
We serve various tubes of reliable quality meeting your needs, and also regarding our finishing equipment we look forward to having opportunities to tie-up especially with manufacturers of synthetic yarn or paper tube for such yarn in order to be one jump ahead in the global market that is changing with astonishing speed.
Company Profile
- Head Office (Sales Dept.)
- TANAKA PAPER TUBE CO., LTD.
- Address
- 6-88, Oihara, Yao-City, Osaka, 581-0092, Japan.
- Tel
- +81-(0)72-992-0455
- FAX
- +81-(0)72-992-4110
- Foundation
- October, 1911
- Establishment
- October 01, 1940
- President
- Seiji TANAKA
- Capital
- 70 Million Yen
- Turnover
- 8,700 Million Yen (October, 2023 - September, 2024)
- Location
- -Yao-City, Osaka (Main Plant)
-Matsuyama-City, Ehime (Matsuyama Plant)
-Zentsuji-City, Kagawa (Kagawa Plant)
-Tsuruga-City,Fukui (Tsuruga Plant)
-Tsu-City,Mie (Mie Plant)
-Tamba-City,Hyogo (Ichijima Plant)
- Kumamoto-City, Kumamoto (Kumamoto Plant)
- Iwakuni-City, Yamaguchi (Iwakuni Plant)
- Izumi-City, Kagoshima (Kagoshima Factory)
Subsidiaries
History
- 1897
- Matsutaro Tanaka started manufacture and sales of paper boxes at Yao Village,Osaka Pref., Japan.
- 1911
- Seizaburo Tanaka started 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.
- 1913
- Exported paper tubes to the overseas factory of UK Coats Co., Ltd., the first export of paper tubes from Japan.
- 1931
- Obtained patent of manufacture of paper tubes, the first patent of paper tubes in Japan.
- 1940
- Established a partnership company, Tanaka Paper Tube Manufacturing Company.
- 1960
- Built the Main Plant in Yao City, Osaka .
- 1969
- Established Matsuyama Plant.
- 1970
- Established Tsuruga Plant.
- 1980
- Established Kanto Paper Tube Co., Ltd.,
- 2003
- Established Mie Plant.
- 2006
- Collaborated with Excel Tubes & Cones,India.
Acquired ISO-14001:2004 Certification at Head Office and Main Plant. - 2007
- Exhibited CLEAN CORE and GREEN CORE in "CMM JAPAN & JSP 2007"
at Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight).
- 2009
- Acquired Toyo Paper Tube Industry Co.,Ltd., and changed its name as Toyo Tanaka Paper Tube Co.,Ltd.
- 2011
- Opened Kishu Processing Center in Mie.
Opened Kagoshima Factory in Kagoshima.
100th anniversary of TANAKA PAPER TUBE CO., LTD. - 2014
- Started manufacture and sales of ABS core.
- 2016
- Built second Mie Plant equipped with protectoral function from insects.
Provided paper tubes to shelters in Kumamoto after the big earthquake. - 2018
- Established Kagawa Plant.
Acquired ISO-9001:2015 and ISO-14001:2015 Certification at Head Office and Main Plant.
Acquired ISO-9001:2015 Certification at Mie Plant. - 2019
- Absorbed and merged Toyo Tanaka Paper Tube Co., Ltd.
- 2020
- Acquired ISO-9001:2015 Certification at Tsuruga Plant.
- 2021
- Acquired 85% stake in Daisan Shika Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Acquired ISO-9001:2015 Certification at Matsuyama Plant and Kagawa Plant. - 2022
- Norio TANAKA, executive chairman, was awarded with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.
- 2023
- Acquired 100% stake in Daisan Shika Kogyo Co., Ltd.