Company Profile
| Trade name |
B＆PLUS K.K. |
|---|---|
| Establishment |
September, 1980 |
| Capital |
100 million yen (payment) |
| Issued stock |
330,000 shares |
| Officer |
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| Business |
●Development, manufacturing, and sales of wireless power transfer and charging products. ●Fundamental research on wireless power transfer technologies. ●Development of systems incorporating wireless power transfer. ●Development, manufacturing, and sales of FA system equipment such as proximity sensors and RFID. ●Import and sales of Novotechnik angle sensors and linear scales. ●Sales of FA-related components from manufacturers such as BALLUFF, ODU, and LAPP. ●OEM production of various types of equipment. |
| Office and factory |
●Head office and Technical center Head office functions , Development , Manufacture Design and manufacture of production equipment , Production of substrates ●WPT Application technology center ●Nagoya office ●USA Branch |
Key customers
AISIN AW CO., LTD.
AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
AMADA CO., LTD
IHI Corporation
Isuzu Motors Limited
Okuma Corporation
Ono Sokki CO., Ltd.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
KITAGAWA IRON WORKS CO.,LTD.
KOSMEK LTD.
KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Komatsu NTC Ltd.
Komatsu Ltd.
KOMORI Corporation
JTEKT Corporation
SHIBUYA KOGYO CO., LTD.
SHIMIZU CORPORATION
JATCO Ltd
Showa Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd.
SHIN NIPPON KOKI CO., LTD.
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
STAR SEIKI CO., LTD.
SUBARU CORPORATION
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
DENSO CORPORATION
Tokyo Electron Limited
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD.
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Toyota Technical Development Corporation
NISSAN MOTOR CO.,LTD.
Nitta Corporation
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
Pascal Corporation
BL AUTOTEC, Ltd.
Hino Motors, Ltd.
FANUC CORPORATION
Bridgestone Corporation
FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL CO.,LTD.
Press Kogyo Co.,Ltd.
Bosch Corporation
HORKOS CORP
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD
Maxell Holdings, Ltd.
Mazda Motor Corporation
Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Seiki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
MIWA LOCK Co., LTD.
Murata Machinery, Ltd.
YASDA PRECISION TOOLS K.K.
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
UD Trucks Japan Corporation
YUKEN KOGYO CO.,LTD.
U-SHIN LTD.
Yushin Precision Equipment Co., Ltd.
Creative Case by.YOHO
RIKA KOGYO CO., LTD
YKK CORPORAIONent,manufacture
History
|
1980.Sep. |
BALLUFF(Germany) and Japanese agent founded Nihon Balluff in Tokyo. |
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1981.Mar. |
Founding of own factory in Ogawa, Saitama.Production of proximity switches starts. |
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1981.Sep. |
Founding of sales office in Osaka. |
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1982.Jul. |
Founding of sales office in Nagoya. |
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1984.Apr. |
Remote sensor system is developed as a Japanese original product. |
| 1985.Dec. |
Founding of sales office in Hiroshima. |
| 1986.Jan. | New production system based on the Toyota production system " BPS ". |
| 1989.Nov. | New Remote sensor series (pulse circuit system) is developed. |
| 1992.Sep. | Multiple remote sensor series is developed. |
| 1994.Apr. | The head office is relocated to Ogawa, Saitama. |
| 1995.Jan. |
Founding of sales office in Yokohama. |
| 1996.Jun. | Quality management system is registered as meeting International Quality standard ISO9001:1994,. |
| 1998.Feb. | The new plant is build at Tamagawa, Saitama. Head office, factory and delivery center are relocated to the new Tamagawa(Tokigawa in current address) plant. |
| 1999.Oct. | Production of Electrostrictive actuator (OEM) is started at Ogawa factory by ACT Department. |
| 2001.Aug. | The Quality management system is registered as meeting International Quality standard ISO9001:2000. |
| 2004.Apr. | Founding of Machine work center near Ogawa factory. |
| 2006.Feb. | The Environmental Management System of Nihon Balluff is registered as meeting ISO 14001:2004. |
| 2008.Apr. | Changing our company name into B&PLUS K.K. from Nihon Balluff co., Ltd.. |
| 2010.Jun. | USA Branch is founded in Kentucky USA. |
| 2010.Aug. | The Quality management system is shifted to new version ISO9001:2008 and is registered. |
| 2011.Nov. | Technical Center is build in Saitama. |
| 2012.Jul. | B&PLUS USA CA Office is founded in California USA. |
| 2018.Apr. | Received the Global Award in the Forbes Japan Small Giants program. |
| 2018.May. | Started the nationwide installation of electric bicycles equipped with wireless charging. |
| 2018.Oct. | WPT Application technology center is build in Saitama. |
| 2018.Nov | Capital reduced to 100 million yen. |
| 2020.Dec. | Launched the 1KW wireless power transfer series (SIPS1000) following a business transfer from Showa Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. |
| 2021.Jan. | B&PLUS featured on “Toretama” (TV Tokyo’s “World Business Satellite” segment). |
| 2021.Aug. | Launched the 2kW wireless power transfer product. |
| 2022.Mar. | Donated and launched wireless charging-enabled shared bicycles in Ogawa Town, where B&PLUS is headquartered. |
| 2022.Nov. | Received the "Mirai no Tane Award" at the Japan Home & Building Show. |
| 2022.Dec. | Awarded the Encouragement Prize at the 2022 Monozukuri Component Awards by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. |
| 2023.Mar. | Recipient of the Young Entrepreneur Award at the 40th Excellent Management Awards by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. |
| 2024.May. |
Opened a wireless power supply showroom in Ōmiya. |
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