Placo Co., Ltd.

Placo Co., Ltd. (株式会社プラコー) is a Japanese machinery manufacturer specializing in plastics processing and recycling equipment. According to its corporate greeting, the company was founded in 1960 under the name Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. (プラスチック工業株式会社) and has since operated as a machinery maker centered on plastics molding machines and recycling equipment. Its headquarters and main factory are located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, with additional offices in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Kyushu. The company's core product lines are blown-film (inflation) extrusion machines, blow molding machines, and plastics recycling and environmental equipment. It also develops related products and provides after-sales support and maintenance services for equipment used over long periods in customers' factories. Its website highlights electric blow molding machines, recycling machinery, environmental equipment, and labor-saving machinery. Placo positions itself in relation to broad industrial transitions: reducing CO2 emissions, the shift to electric and fuel-cell vehicles, digital transformation, and the promotion of plastics recycling and resource circulation. It notes applications such as producing biodegradable plastics, blow-molded automotive parts, and equipment contributing to lower CO2 emissions. The company is publicly listed in Japan, as indicated by its investor relations disclosures, including quarterly earnings reports, corporate governance reports, internal control reports, and shareholder meeting notices. Its representative director and president is Takashi Furuno (古野 孝志).

Placo Co., Ltd. traces its origins to 1960, when it was founded as Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. (プラスチック工業株式会社). From its establishment, the company operated as a machinery manufacturer centered on plastics molding machines and recycling equipment. Over the decades it developed and supplied blown-film (inflation) extrusion machines, blow molding machines, and plastics recycling equipment, building a business around equipment used over long periods in customers' factories and supported by maintenance and service operations. The company is headquartered in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, where its head office and factory are located. It has expanded its sales and service footprint within Japan with a Tokyo office in Nihonbashi-Hamacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; a Nagoya branch in Meito-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture; an Osaka branch in Suita, Osaka Prefecture; a Shikoku sub-office in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture; and a Kyushu sales office in Tosu, Saga Prefecture. By the 2020s the company framed its business in the context of a once-in-a-century industrial transformation, citing efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, the shift to electric and fuel-cell vehicles, digital transformation, and the use of AI, IoT, and RPA, as well as plastics recycling for marine resource protection and resource circulation. It identified applications for its products in biodegradable plastics production, blow-molded automotive parts, and equipment contributing to lower CO2 emissions. Placo is a publicly listed Japanese company, as reflected in its investor relations disclosures. Its website publishes quarterly earnings reports (kessan tanshin), corporate governance reports, internal control reports, securities reports, and notices of ordinary general meetings of shareholders. The company's 66th fiscal term materials appear in its IR disclosures, and its representative director and president is Takashi Furuno.

• 1960

  Founded as Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. (プラスチック工業株式会社).

• Head office and factory established in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture.

• Sales and service network expanded with Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Shikoku, and Kyushu locations.

• 66th fiscal term materials published in investor relations disclosures.

A Japanese machinery maker focused on plastics molding and recycling equipment, oriented toward environmental protection, resource circulation, and industrial transformation.

• Blow molding machines

  Machines for blow molding, including electric blow molding machines, used for producing hollow plastic parts such as automotive components.

• Inflation (blown-film) molding machines

  Extrusion machines for producing plastic film, including for biodegradable plastics.

• Plastics recycling equipment

  Equipment supporting plastics recycling and resource circulation.

• Environmental equipment

  Equipment contributing to reduced CO2 emissions and environmental protection.

• Labor-saving machinery

  Machinery designed to save labor in production processes.

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