After its founding in 1917, Tsubakimoto Chain Co. recorded steady growth as a manufacturer specializing in steel chains. Today, the Company is a market leader that supplies high-end power transmission products and materials handling systems to customers in more than 100 countries.

Tsubakimoto Chain's products are highly regarded for their quality and functionality. In particular, the Company's timing chain drive systems, which transmit the rotation of engine crank shafts to cam shafts, offer unrivaled reliability, and as a result these products have a dominant share of the domestic market and are widely used by global automakers.

The Company's Kyotanabe Plant boasts the world's most advanced production and development technologies, which are used to make high-end steel chains for general industrial applications that are sold around the world.