Sanso Electric Co., Ltd.

Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that manufactures and sells motors and pumps. It was established in 1957 with capital of 2 million yen and began manufacturing small electric motors, delivering to Hayakawa Electric Industry (now Sharp Corporation), and launched household well pumps sold nationwide. The company is headquartered in Himeji, Hyogo, and its business category is the manufacture and sale of motors and pumps. It operates affiliated companies including Okayama Sanso Electric Co., Ltd., Sanso Seiko Co., Ltd., Shinguu Sanso Electric Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. Its representative director and president is Naoki Kuroda.

Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. was established in 1957 (Showa 32) with capital of 2 million yen, began manufacturing small electric motors, delivered to Hayakawa Electric Industry (now Sharp Corporation), and launched household well pumps sold nationwide. In 1958 it opened the Himeji sales office; in 1962 it opened the Hiroshima and Fukuoka sales offices and obtained the Australian standard (SAA) for electric pumps; in 1963 it obtained the Swedish standard (SEMKO) for electric pumps, the only domestic approval; in 1965 it opened the Nagoya and Takamatsu sales offices; in 1966 it obtained the Norwegian standard (NEMKO) for electric pumps. In 1970 it established Kumayama Sanso Electric Co., Ltd.; in 1971 it received medical device manufacturing approval; in 1975 it opened the Tokyo sales office; in 1978 it opened the Sapporo service center; in 1979 it obtained the Canadian standard (CSA) for electric pumps. In 1980 it launched motors for industrial equipment; in 1982 it became a Japan Water Works Association inspection factory for water supply equipment; in 1984 it obtained the American standard (UL) for insulation material combinations, received approval for the electric heating appliance manufacturing business, and launched toroidal winding motors; in 1985 it began manufacturing induction cookers; in 1986 it launched DC brushless motors and pumps. In 1987 it established Yasutomi Sanso Electric Co., Ltd.; in 1990 it established Yamazaki Sanso Electric Co., Ltd.; in 1993 it established Shanghai Jinsing Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. in China; in 1994 Yasutomi Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. was merged into Yamazaki Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. and the company name became Harima Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. In 1995 it obtained the German standard (TUV) for coolant pumps, provided technical assistance to T.C. Motor Industrial Co. of Thailand, and was approved as an over-the-counter registered issue by the Japan Securities Dealers Association; in 1997 it provided technology to Korea Sungshan Co., Ltd. of South Korea and opened the Shizuoka sales office; in 1999 it launched magnet circulation pumps conforming to the European safety standard (CE) and established Tatsuno Sanso Co., Ltd. In 2000 it provided technology to Shunde Weiling Electric Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. of China, changed the trade name of Tatsuno Sanso Co., Ltd. to Aoyama Sanso Co., Ltd., built a logistics center within the head office, and in 2001 obtained ISO 9001, the international standard for quality management systems, and completed the second factory of Aoyama Sanso Co., Ltd. In 2002 it increased its capital contribution ratio in the Chinese joint venture to 95% and changed the trade name to Shanghai Sanso Electric Co., Ltd.; in 2003 it conformed to the ISO 9001 (2000 version) transition audit; in 2004 it was approved as a listed issue on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange from an over-the-counter registered issue of the Japan Securities Dealers Association. In 2005 it changed the trade name of Kumayama Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. to Okayama Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. and opened the Sendai branch office; in 2006 it built a pump testing building, obtained ISO 14001, the international standard for environmental management systems, and changed the trade name of Aoyama Sanso Co., Ltd. to Sanso Seiko Co., Ltd. while increasing capital. In 2007 it acquired shares of Marukei Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and changed its trade name to Shinguu Sanso Co., Ltd.; in 2012 it changed the trade name of Shinguu Sanso Co., Ltd. to Shinguu Sanso Electric Co., Ltd.; in 2016 it acquired shares of Iwatani Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; in 2017 it opened the Chiba sales office; in 2019 its seawater desalination device (Desalion) was registered with the Sustainable Technology Promotion Platform (STePP) of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Tokyo Investment and Technology Transfer Promotion Office (Tokyo Office); in 2021 it absorbed and merged its wholly owned subsidiary Iwatani Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

• Motors

• Pumps

• Household well pumps

• Small electric motors

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