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)

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Subsidiaries

Kanto Paper Tube Co., Ltd. [WEB]
-Ashikaga-City, Tochigi, Japan
Daisan Shika Kogyo Co., Ltd. [WEB]
-Saitama, Japan

Technical Tie-Up

EXCEL TUBES & CONES, India  [WEB]

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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.

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