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Exhibitions

  • 1981~2000
  • May 1981 Exhibit for the first time at Intermec 81 in Osaka.
  • September 1985 Exhibit at Intermec 85 in Osaka.
  • April 1986 Exhibit at Osaka International Trade Fair 86 in Osaka.
  • September 1986 Exhibit at Auto Tech 86 in Osaka.
  • September 1987 Exhibit at International Architecture Exhibition 86 in Nagoya.
  • March 1988 Exhibit at Osaka Mechatronics 88 in Osaka.
  • September 1988 Exhibit at Autotech 88 in Harumi, Tokyo.
  • September 1989 Exhibit at Nagoya Architecture Exhibition in Nagoya.
  • May 1990 Exhibit at Autotech 90 at INTEX-OSAKA.
  • July 1991 Exhibit at Japan Stone Fair 91 at Makuhari Messe.
  • September 1994 Exhibit at Auto Tech 94 in Harumi, Tokyo.
  • May 1996 Exhibit at Technopia 96 Osaka at INTEX-OSAKA.
  • May 1997 Exhibit at Auto Tech 97 Tokyo at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • May 1998 Exhibit at Technopia 98 Osaka at INTEX-OSAKA.
  • June 1999 Exhibit for the first time at the 3rd M-Tech Expo at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • June 2000 Exhibit at 4th M-Tech Expo at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • 2001~2005
  • June 2001 Exhibit at 5th M-Tech Expo at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • November 2001 Exhibit at WCRR2001 (World Congress on Railway Research) in Koeln, Germany.
  • June 2002 Exhibit at 6th M-Tech Expo at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • November 2002 Exhibit HLS (HARDLOCK Set screw) at 2002 Japan Die Casting Exposition at Pacifico Yokohama.
  • November 2002 Exhibit at Kansai Space Facility Expo at Asian and Pacific Trade Center in Osaka.
  • June 2003 Exhibit at 7th M-Tech Expo at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • July 2003 Exhibit at Permanent Exhibition Hall at Creation Core Higashi Osaka.
  • September 2003 Exhibit HLS (HARDLOCK Set screw) at NADCA (North American Die Casting Association) in Indianapolis.
  • November 2003 Exhibit at KOMAF2003 (machinery exhibition) in Seoul, Korea.
  • November 2003 Exhibit at AusRAILPLUS2003 (railway exhibition) in Sydney, Australia.
  • November 2003 Exhibit at Technomesse Higashi-Osaka 2003 at MyDome Osaka.
  • February 2004 Exhibit at Moukari-Messe Higashi-Osaka 2004 at Tokyo Trade Center
  • May 2004 Exhibit at AUTOTECHBUSAN2004 (machinery exhibition) at BEXCO Pusan, Korea.
  • September 2004 Exhibit at INNO TRANS2004 (international railway technology exhibition) in Berlin, Germany
  • November 2004 Exhibit at Technomesse Higashi-Osaka 2004 at MyDome Osaka
  • November 2004 Exhibit at 2004 Japan Die Casting Exposition at Pacifico Yokohama.
  • June 2005 Exhibit at KOREA Railways Logistics Fair2005 (railway exhibition) at BEXCO Pusan, Korea.
  • May 2005 Exhibit at Moukari-Messe Higashi-Osaka 2005 at Tokyo Trade Center.
  • September 2005 Exhibit at International Plastic Fair 2005 at Makuhari Messe.
  • October 2005 Exhibit at MARINE WEEK 2005 (maritime business exhibition) in Pusan, Korea.
  • October 2005 Exhibit at Industry Fair in Amagasaki 2005 at Amagasaki Small and Medium Sized Business Center.
  • November 2005 Exhibit at Technomesse Higashi-Osaka 2005 at MyDome Osaka.
  • November 2005 Exhibit at AusRAILPLUS2005 (railway exhibition) in Sydney, Australia .
  • 2006~
  • June 2006 Exhibit at the Osaka Business Expo 2006 at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • June 2006 Exhibit at the 10th M-Tech Expo at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • September 2006 Exhibit at See, Hear, Touch Kokudo Kensetsu Fair 2006 at Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center.
  • September 2006 Exhibit at The Fastening & Assembly Solutions Exhibition in Bolton, UK.
  • October 2006 Exhibit at VIENNA TEC INTERTOOL 2006 in Austria.
  • October 2006 Exhibit at KOREA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY EXPO 2006 in Seoul, Korea (CECO).
  • October 2006 Exhibit at INFRATECH 2006 in Seoul, Korea (KINTEX).
  • November 2006 Exhibit at 2006 Japan Die Casting Exposition at Pacifico Yokohama.
  • November 2006 Exhibit at INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS FAIR 2006 in Pusan, Korea (BEXCO)
  • November 2006 Exhibit at The 19th Higashi-Osaka Industrial Exhibition Techno Messe 2006 at MyDome Osaka.
  • November 2006 Exhibit at Mie Leading Industry Exhibition 2006 at Yokkaichi Dome.
  • November 2006 Exhibitor at the International Transport & Logistics Fair 2006 held in Pusan, Korea at BEXCO.
  • April 2007 Exhibit cooperatively with Shinko Kenzai at Barrier Free 2007, a comprehensive exhibition for accessibility at IntEx Osaka.
    SH lock nut adopted for the amagre-fix
  • May 2007 Partnership exhibit with Shinko Kenzai at the 10th International Health and Welfare Industries Exhibition 2007 at Port-Messe Nagoya.
  • May 2007 Exhibit at the Osaka Business Expo 2007 Moukari-Messe Higashi-Osaka at Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Hall.
    Osaka Business Expo 2007 Moukari-Messe Higashi-Osaka
  • June 2007 11th M-Tech Expo: Exhibit at the Fastening Technology Fair at Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Hall.
  • June 2007 Exhibit at the Osaka Pavilion of the East Asian Industrial Exchange Convention at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Seoul. JETRO chairman and Osaka Prefecture's vice-governor visit company booth.
  • June 2007 Exhibitor in the Osaka Pavilion at the Japan-Korea-China Industrial Fair 2007 held in Seoul at KINTEX. Received visits from the JETRO chairperson and Osaka Prefectural Vice-Governor.
  • October 2007 HARDLOCK British agency exhibits at the railway technology fair Trako 2007 held in Gdansk, Poland. Successful talks concluded with the president of Poland's national railroad.
  • October 2007 HARDLOCK Korean agency exhibits in the Korea Machinery Fair 2007 held in Seoul at KINTEX.
  • October 2007 Exhibitor in the 10th Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo Kansai 2007 held at Intex Osaka.
  • October 2007 Exhibitor in the Higashi Osaka booth at the Industrial Fair Amagasaki 2007 held in the Amagasaki Small- and Medium-Sized Business Center.
  • November 2007 Exhibitor in the 20th Higashi Osaka Industry Exhibition Technology Trade Fair Higashi Osaka 2007 held at Mydome Osaka.
  • November 2007 Participant in the 2007 National Construction Fair in the Hiroshima Green Arena.
  • April 2008 Exhibit at "Sea Japan 2008," the largest international marine show in Japan, held at Tokyo Big Sight.
  • May 2008 First exhibit for Korea HARDLOCK at the Korea Logistics Expo 2008 at KINTEX in Seoul.
  • September 2008 Joint exhibit with HardLock's British agency at InnoTrans 2008, among the world's largest railroad exhibits, at Germany's Messe Berlin.
  • September 2008 Joint exhibit with HardLock's Chinese agency at Asia Mold 2008 at the Guangzhou International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Guangzhou, China
  • June 2009 Exhibit at the Osaka Business Expo 2009 at Plaza Industry Ota.
  • June 2009 Exhibit at the 13th Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo at the Tokyo Big Sight.
  • June 2009 Exhibit at the International Transport & Logistics held in Pusan, Korea at BEXCO.
  • October 2009 HARDLOCK British agency exhibits at the railway technology fair Trako 2009 held in Poland.
  • November 2009 Exhibit at the Techno Messe Higashi Osaka event held at MyDome Osaka
  • June 2010 Exhibit at the 14th Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo at the Tokyo Big Sight
  • November 2011 Exhibit at Mass-Trans Innovation Japan 2011 held at Makuhari Messe
  • November 2011 Exhibit at the 13th Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo Osaka at Intex Osaka
  • October 2011 Exhibit at Techno Messe Higashi Osaka 2011 held at MyDome Osaka
  • June 2011 Exhibit at the 15th Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo at Tokyo Big Sight

Factory Tour

  • Factory Tour 2004
  • February 2004 Saga Prefectural Regional Industry Support Center, factory tour, 8 people.
  • March 2004 Saga Junior Chamber Industry, factory tour, 12 people.
  • October 2004 Kamada Signal Appliances Co., Ltd. factory tour, 24 people.
  • October 2004 Kinki University School of Science and Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, 9 people.
  • November 2004 Osaka Prefectural Government, Dept. of Commerce and Industry, Diplomatic Offices, Foreign Government Economy and Trade Promotion Organization, 29 people.
  • November 2004 Pacific Resource Exchange Center, factory tour, 9 people.
  • Factory Tour 2005
  • January 2005 International Business Organization of Osaka, Inc. Overseas Operations.
  • February 2005 Russian company executives commissioned by Department of Foreign Affairs for training in Japan.
  • April 2005 Kinki area Commissioner of Finance and two others.
  • May 2005 Association of Management Consultants.
  • June 2005 Osaka University of Commerce, Fukui Prefectural University professors and instructors.
  • June 2005 Osaka Industrial Promotion Organization
  • July 2005 Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Department of Labor and Employment Chief of Staff and others.
  • September 2005 JETRO
  • October 2005 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. Imazato Branch.
  • November 2005 Ehime Prefecture Machine and Metal Industry Association.
  • November 2005 Otsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Industry and Finance Subcommittee, visiting trainees.
  • December 2005 Doshisha University Economics Department professor and students.
  • Factory Tour 2006
  • February 2006　Tsuruga Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  • March 2006　Kinki area Commissioner of Finance.
  • March 2006　Kajima Corporation.
  • March 2006　Osaka University School.
  • June 2006　Tokyo Electric Power Company.
  • June 2006　Chugoku Electric Power Company.
  • July 2006　Toyooka High School in Hyogo Prefecture.
  • July 2006　Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporati.
  • July 2006　Bridgestone Corporation.
  • August 2006　Thai Seng Trading CO.,LTD.
  • September 2006 Nippon Omni-Management Association’s Managerial Philosophy Training, factory tour, 18 people.
  • October 2006　Subaru Yuuhi Association, equipment sales manager training session, 40 people
  • October 2006　Haibara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, industry session, 14 people
  • November 2006　EARTH Kenkyu-kai and Kansai Shigoto-zukuri no kai, 40 people
  • November 2006　Tango Dynamic Engineering Cooperative, 10 people
  • November 2006　GPM, city representatives, 13 people
  • Factory Tour 2007
  • February 2007　Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University, 23 people
  • March 2007　Higashi Osaka City, Come, Look and Listen! Higashi Osaka: City of Manufacturing, 34 people
  • June 2007　Visit from contingent from the South African Embassy, including Dr. Ben S. Ngubane, ambassador to Japan, 5 people
    Received a letter of appreciation from South Africa's ambassador.
  • August 2007　Delegation including Regional Development Division Manager Ozawa of the Kansai Bureau of the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry tours the HARDLOCK plant as a representative of small- and medium-sized businesses in Higashi Osaka.
    Received a letter of appreciation from Manager Ozawa
  • August 2007　Participants in the Regional Practical Regeneration School, sponsored by the Japan Center for Regional Development, undertake practical training with others at HardLock.
  • September 2007　The Industrial Committee of the Toyonaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry tour HardLock's plant, 19 people
  • October 2007　Received a visit from a professor of Korean national businesses with a bureau chief and reporters gathering material for the Hankyung Business Weekly, a magazine owned by the Korea Economic Daily.
  • October 2007　More than 100 third graders tour the HARDLOCK plant from Higashi Osaka Kusune Elementary.
  • October 2007　Delegation from the Kinki Finance Bureau pay HARDLOCK a visit.
  • November 2007　HARDLOCK is selected as one of 10 dynamic companies supporting the market at the 2007 Administration and Technology Exchange Research Conference sponsored by the Osaka Prefectural Manufacturing & Industrial Association, and receives 30 guests for a tour of the plant.
    Letter of appreciation received from the Association chairperson.
  • December 2007　HARDLOCK welcomes 12 students and the principal of Osaka Prefectural Fuse Science High School as a part of manufacturing fieldwork activities.
  • Factory Tour 2008
  • January 2008　HARDLOCK welcomes 11 trainees from the Torikai Shinkansen Base of Central Japan Railway for a plant tour to learn about the effectiveness of the HARDLOCK nut, used for decades in joining devices on shinkansen bullet trains.
  • May 2008　60 parents and children are welcomed to HARDLOCK from the Kawamata Children's Educational Organization to observe manufacturing in progress in Higashi Osaka.
  • September 2008　Received a nine-person delegation from small and medium-sized companies, headed by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government Foreign Economic Relations & Trade Commission HARDLOCK products receive high praise.
  • Factory Tour 2009
  • February 2009　The chairman of Taiwan's SZU-I and five others take a tour of the HARDLOCK plant.
  • April 2009　Visitors from France's Vossloh Cogifer take a tour of the HARDLOCK plant.
  • June 2009　Bobsleigh All-Japan Coach Ishii of the Japanese Olympic Committee tours the HARDLOCK plant.
  • July 2009　14 foreign economic development technical experts in a JICA program sponsored by the Comparative Law Research Center visit the HARDLOCK plant .
  • Factory Tour 2010
  • January 2010 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Naoshima and his entourage visit HARDLOCK Industry as part of a study on small and medium-sized manufacturers in the Kansai area. (Photograph)
  • January 2010 Officials and their aides (a total of 14 people) from Southeast Asia tour HARDLOCK Industry's plant as part of the “Small and Medium Enterprise Development” program sponsored by the Pacific Resource Exchange Center.
  • October 2010 Tottori University Development Cooperation Association, factory tour, 33 people.
  • October 2010 Kansai Association of Corporate Executives, Committee on Small and Medium-sized Enterprisest, factory tour.
  • November 2010 The Asahi-Joto-Tsurumi Branch of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, factory tour.
  • November 2010 Sixth grade students from Joetsu Municipal Takada Nishi Elementary School, factory tour.
  • November 2010 Hyogo Federation of Small Business Association, factory tour.
  • December 2010 Shigeo Tani, Director-General for Regional Economic and Industrial Policy, and his entourage from the Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, factory tour.
  • Factory Tour 2011
  • January 2011 Representatives from Tobu Tokyo Sky Tree and Nikken Sekkei, factory tour.
  • January 2011 Director-General Adachi, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau and his entourage from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, factory tour.
  • January 2011 Deputy Director-General Tsuboi, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, and his entourage from the Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, factory tour.
  • February 2011 Former Kokushikan University President Katsuhiko Wakabayashi, factory tour.
  • February 2011 Fujita Mesh Industry and others, factory tour.
  • March 2011 Fukui Chamber of Commerce and Industry, factory tour.
  • March 2011 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, factory tour.
  • April 2011 Sojitz Aerospace, factory tour.
  • June 2011 Turkish company consultants, factory tour.
  • June 2011 Panasonic Production Innovation Miyano Study Group, factory tour.
  • June 2011 Osaka Yodogawa Technology High School, factory tour.
  • July 2011 Izumisano Economist Club, factory tour.
  • August 2011 Ibaraki Municipal Education and Research Elementary School Social Studies Division, factory tour.
  • August 2011 Otogi Elementary School teachers, factory tour.
  • August 2011 Tsu City College, factory tour.
  • September 2011 Faculty of Intellectual Property, Osaka Institute of Technology, factory tour.
  • September 2011 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, factory tour.
  • September 2011 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University international students, factory tour.
  • September 2011 Higashi Osaka Education Committee, factory tour.
  • September 2011 Senior Managing Executive Officer Kuwayama of ITOCHU Corporation and entourage, factory tour.
  • September 2011 Abukuma Disabled School of Fukushima Prefecture, factory tour.
  • September 2011 South Korean Small Business Association , factory tour.
  • September 2011 Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director Nagao and others, factory tour.

Social Awareness

  • Japan UNICEF donor
  • Japanese Red Cross Society donor
  • Sponsor of Kinki and Kobe Universities in the Student Formula SAE Competition of Japan
  • Sent a donation through the Red Cross Society of China in response to the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake. Click here to read the thank you letter.
  • HARDLOCK makes a donation for Sori-bashi Bridge and other improvements at Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, the location where the HARDLOCK wedge principle was born.
  • HARDLOCK contributes HARDLOCK Nuts again this year to the Kinki University Formula Project, entering the Student Formula SAE Competition of Japan.
    pdf The Kinki University Formula Project
  • April 2010 HARDLOCK Industry's president gives a talk to a general research gathering at the request of Daihatsu.
  • April 2010 HARDLOCK Industry announces new products at the 40th Excellence in Inventions Conference, sponsored by the Japan Society for the Advancement of Inventions and backed by the Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology and the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, held at the Tokyo University of Science Alumni Association.
  • July 2011 HARDLOCK Industry's president gives a talk at the Quality Control Circle Kinki Branch Conference held at the Ibaraki Municipal Welfare Cultural Center.
  • July 2011 HARDLOCK Industry's president gives a talk at the 114th Summer Session at the National Managers Conference held at the Tokyo Imperial Hotel and sponsored by the Japan Management Development Association.