Advanced Technology Company

Shibuya Kogyo Company Ltd. is a Japanese diversified equipment and machinery company founded in Japan in 1931. It produces equipment with advanced technology and is based at Kanazawa, Japan.

CONTENTS: 1. Company Information 2. Products & Businesses 3. Web Links

1. COMPANY INFORMATION: Founded in 1931 as a family business, the company STOCK is today publicly traded in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 2008 revenues were approximately USD 600 million and the company has a worldwide staff in excess of 2400 people. The company has several manufacturing facilities in Japan as well as the United States. Additional information on the company is indicated on the web site–http://www.shibuya.co.jp 2. PRODUCTS & BUSINESSES The company is set up as business units with each unit focusing on some core businesses. Specifically, these are:

Bottling Systems Group:

Machines and integrated turnkey lines for bottling beverages, foods, household products, health and beauty products, cosmetics, detergents, chemicals and a variety of other products into plastic, glass or metal containers.

Packaging Equipment Group:

Packaging and labeling machinery and integrated systems for automated packaging of a wide variety of products into cartons, cases, trays, blister packs etc.

Robot & Pharmaceutical Equipment Group:

Design and manufacture of automated robotic systems for assembly, handling and processing including aseptic robotic systems. Design and manufacture of a wide variety of aseptic processing and filling equipment for pharmaceutical liquids and powders including isolators, decontamination systems, test cells etc. Design and manufacture of high speed automated aseptic bottling systems using Electron beam and chemical sterilization technology.

Semiconductor Equipment Group:

Various types of automated machines used for the fabrication of IC Chips and Circuit Boards.

Machine Tools Group:

Various types of precision [...] machine tools using lasers, water jet, EDM and hydrogen.

Medical Group:

Manufacture of advanced Kidney Dialysis Machines and Infusion Pumps.

Process Equipment Group:

Manufacture of waste re-processing systems, automatic inspection machines, soil and BRIC analysis instruments and various specialty equipment.

Farm Products Equipment Group:

Manufacture of automated equipment for grading and sizing of fruits and vegetables with low energy and high accuracy using optical detection and mechanical sorting.

Systems Engineering Group:

Design of automated manufacturing and distribution plant and facilities. Factory modernization.

Shibuya Hoppmann:

Wholly owned US subsidiary located in Virginia, and manufacturing, parts feeders, assembly machines, labeling machines and compact bottling systems.

3. WEB LINKS: General Company Information - http://www.shibuya.co.jp Aseptic machinery: - http://www.shibuya-int.com Parts feeders - http://www.parts-feeder.net Compact Bottling Equipment - http://www.bottle-filler.net

References

1. Articles published in Pharmaceutical Engineering, Pharmaceutical manufacturing, Packaging World, and various technical journals. 2. Web Links noted above. 3. Articles published in business journals.

General Company Information - http://www.shibuya.co.jp Aseptic machinery: - http://www.shibuya-int.com Parts feeders - http://www.parts-feeder.net Compact Bottling Equipment - http://www.bottle-filler.net