by Shun Otsuki
President & Editor in Chief KINSAN FASTENER NEWS
Fukui Byora Co., Ltd. (Awara City, Fukui Prefecture) will establish a new Katayamazu Plant (Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture) this summer as a production base for parts for EV and HV batteries.
The Katayamazu Plant will produce electrode terminal parts for EV and HV batteries to meet new demand in the automotive field by utilizing its specialty cold forging technology. The company will acquire 35,000 square meters of land in an industrial park near the Katayamazu Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway and construct a plant building with a total floor area of 6,750 square meters.
Construction of the plant is scheduled to begin by the end of last year. The building will be designed by an architectural designer. A second phase of construction will be completed in 2025 to expand the factory building. Due to the growing demand for electrode terminal components from users, the Katayamazu plant will begin production in phases as soon as it is completed.
In August of last year, the Nagahama Distribution Center (Shiga Prefecture), the company's first distribution base, will be completed. By locating the distribution center in Shiga Prefecture, which is easily accessible from both the Tokai and Kansai areas, the company will strengthen its distribution function by connecting it to the Fukui and Ishikawa areas, where its production bases are located. It also aims to avoid the risk of disasters such as product supply disruptions due to heavy snowfall in the Hokuriku region. The base will be fully operational from the beginning of the new year.
In 2021, the company posted sales of 14.8 billion yen, and expects sales in 2022 to be at the same level as the previous year. By capturing demand for electrode terminal components, a new area of business, the company aims to achieve sales of 20 billion yen in 2026.
The Hosorogi Plant, which has one of the largest solar power generation systems for in-house consumption in the Hokuriku region, plans to add more solar panels, aiming for 20% electricity self-sufficiency at the site. In addition to its own power generation, the company plans to increase the weight of renewable energy sources in its electricity use, with the lofty goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
