Manufacturing high value-added products, such as products for EVs
Focusing on improving productivity as a practical plant for smart factory of NTN
Wakayama Works which NTN Corporation (hereafter, NTN) established in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture has begun full-scale operation as a new plant for bearings. As one of our main plants for ball bearings in Japan, Wakayama Works will produce high value-added products to respond to demands for EVs (electric vehicles), which are expected to grow, and NTN will work to expand sales in aftermarket business by strengthening our supply capabilities.
At the completion ceremony held on October 12, we held a tape cut, attended by local stakeholders, including Mr. Hiroshi Shimo, Vice Governor of Wakayama Prefecture, and Mr. Tetsuro Hiraki, Mayor of Hashimoto City. Mr. Shimo said, “We expect relocation (to Hashimoto City, etc.) of the employees as well as of the related companies will have an economic impact on to the local community.” In addition to that, Eiichi Ukai, Representative Executive Officer, President of NTN, voiced his enthusiasm: “We will make Wakayama Works that contributes to the our future and to the local communities of Wakayama Prefecture and Hashimoto City as the model plant of NTN Group around the world.”
Wakayama Works has been nicknamed “NTN STAR WORKS WAKAYAMA” based on the concept of a smart factory that NTN aims for. Going forward, we will aim to realize “Streamlining,” “Autonomous,” and “High Response” at Wakayama Works as a practice model of smart factory. Currently, NTN has been working to improve production efficiency through labor saving and automation, such as “visualization” of various data such as inventory, automation of transportation between production process by automatic guided vehicles, and automation of production planning using data released from automatic warehousing.
In addition to that, as the eco-friendly plant, we are also actively working to reduce CO2 by adopting 100% of CO2 free electricity and electric heat treatment. We also use renewable energy generated from solar panels and wind turbines using “N3 N-CUBE” and “NTN Green Power Station” installed on Wakayama Works.
Through the operation of Wakayama Works, NTN will provide customers with high-quality products flexibly, and enhance NTN brand value. In addition, we will contribute to environmental protection and regional development.
Ideas behind the nickname “NTN STAR WORKS WAKAYAMA”
“STAR” of “NTN STAR WORKS WAKAYAMA,” Wakayama Works' nickname, include the concepts for the smart factory that NTN is aiming for as below.
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VAFEM is devoted to providing high quality ball & roller bearings and related transmission parts for domestic and foreign customers in the Vehicle industry and Industries. Our products used in automotive and truck industry mainly include : wheel bearings, wheel bearing kits, wheel hub bearings, alternator bearings, tensioner bearings, clutch bearings, and gear box bearings etc. Our industrial bearings are mainly used in these fields such as Industrial Automation, Home Appliances, Reducers, Agricultural Machines, Precision Machine Spindles, and Transmission Systems etc. As a high-tech company specializing in bearings, we can not only provide stable and trustworthy quality products for OEM customers, but also provide non-standard bearings based on customers’ special requirements. At the same time, we can provide a series of complete product lines and have our own brand VAFEM, it stands for the abbreviation of value added for every movement, which has been recognized by more and more customers and end users.
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