KIDA VALVE BALL CO., LTD.

	President name		Yoshikazu Kida
	Address		3-1-36 Tamakushi-cho-higashi, Higashiosaka-city, Osaka, 578-0932, Japan
	TEL		+81-72-963-2441
	FAX		+81-72-963-5812
	Foundation		1964
	Capital		45,000,000 yen
	Number of employees		105
	Company URL		http://www.kvb.jp/index2e.htm
	Major lines of business		Valve balls, valves, precision stamping forged products
	Top market share products		Stainless steel made valve balls (60%)

A specialist in controlled machining of hard-to-cut stainless steel using original spherical processing machines

As its name suggests, the top products of Kida Valve Ball Co., Ltd. are stainless steel made valve balls. Indeed, the company commands a 60% share of the Japanese market for this category of products.

Valve balls, which are produced in variety of sizes ranging from 1,000mm large-diameter to10mm or less small-diameter products, are an essential component of ball valves that must be manufactured to consistent dimensions with extremely high precision. Making extensive use of a lineup of original machines beginning with an in-house developed spherical processing machine, Kida Valve Ball manufactures top-quality valve balls that sold widely to its customers in a long list of countries including the United States, Canada and France, as well as throughout Japan.

The development of the stainless steel valve ball hinged on the problem of controlling the machining of this notoriously hard-to-cut material. Spherical processing of stainless steel is extremely difficult, and in this respect the company’s proprietary high technology and experience accumulated over many years proved pivotal to its success.

A middle-standing company with a current staff of 105, Kida Valve Ball is committed to continuing technological development and implementing exhaustive labor saving measures with the aim of responding more effectively to the demands of its customers in line with its motto of “high quality, low price and rapid delivery.”

Moreover, in order to realize thoroughgoing cost reductions with respect to everything from raw materials to in-house manufacturing, the company constructed the Ayama Plant in Ayama Counter, Mie Prefecture, where it manufactures large numbers of forged products as well as ball materials for in-house use. One of the basic principals that the company has held fast to ever since its establishment is to place strong emphasis on personnel training as an essential task. While desk study is certainly important, employees can only master the technology they use through practical hands-on experience. By continuing to adhere to this philosophy in an era in which the manufacturing industry can expect to continue undergoing drastic changes, Kida Ball Valve will strive to broaden the applications of stainless steel machining into new fields and achieve further technological progress.