Company

About UPT

One of the keys to realizing a full-fledged IoT society, which are developed especially in AI, self-driving, electric vehicles (EV) and advanced healthcare services, is global manufacturing (monozukuri) along with the development and stable supply of high-performance ultra-fine electronic components.
United Precision Technologies Co., Ltd. (UPT) is a company that excels in the fine precision metal fabrications indispensable to the manufacture of such ultra-fine electronic components. We hold the leading global market share in smart-phone camera springs used for optical image stabilization and were chosen for the Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100, sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2020.

Corporate Overview

Company name
United precision technologies Co., Ltd.
Office Location
2-37 Ichigaya Tamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843, JAPAN
Date founded
September 7th, 2015
Capital
JPY 50 million
President
KOGA Shinichiro
Employees
Domestic:224/Oversea:1406 *1*    *1 Included employees in group companies Included temporary staff.

Access

JR : 8 minutes from JR Ichigaya station
Metro : 4minutes from Ichigaya station

Corporate Philosophy

Mission
Contribute to the well-being of people around the world and realization of an affluent society through high value-added technology

Slogan
Think ahead, Make differently

Core Values (decision-making and action standards)

Integrity
Challenge
Diversity&Inclusion
Team Work
Gratitude

Business Overview

Main products (applications)
VCM springs
Optical image stabilization springs for smartphone cameras
Semiconductor testing
Contact pins and components for semiconductor electrical testing
Industrial solutions
Processing jigs
Components for automobiles
Components for optical devices
Components for healthcare
Components for other industries

UPT group provides high precision solutions. UPT, as a holding company of the group, manages group's strategy, marketing and technical development.

Medium-Term Management Strategy

As an integrator with the world’s number one fine precision technologies as its core technologies, the UPT Group provides the public through the world’s leading companies with unique products and solutions that no other company can supply.
We have formulated a three-year medium-term management plan that extends from January 2022 to December 2024, and hereby present our management policies as below.
At the same time, we have also defined our Core Values, designed to serve as decision-making and action standards that employees can refer to while engaging in their self-starting and proactive activities, and are working to ensure these values take firm root throughout the group.

Generating innovation alongside customers
・Through our fine precision technologies, we will generate innovation alongside our customers to improve the lives of people worldwide.
・We will provide technologies meeting customer needs and strive to raise quality levels ever higher to earn great trust as a company group indispensable to society.

Growing with employees
・We will act based on the conviction that employees are a UPT’s most important assets.
・We will ensure UPT is a place for growth and that employees gain pleasure and satisfaction from their work.
・We will create links between people and create value through cooperation.

Engaging in business as a cohesive group
・We will work together to raise the corporate value of the UPT Group as a whole.
・We will engage in business as a technology company taking on the challenges of the future.
・We will pursue growth through sound and sustainable business operations and systems.

President & CEO
KOGA Shinichiro

Group Network

History

KYOSEI
KOKEN
UPT
1951
Established
1963
Started manufacturing of precision metal parts through photo-etching
1972
Constructed Kawagoe Factory. Commenced the manufacturing of laminated magnetic head cores, mainly for industrial use, as secondary processing
1973
Established
1975
Started fabrication of precision metal parts and metal masks through photo-etching
1976
Started preproduction of precision metal parts through photo-etching
1984
Added a new factory building to Kawagoe Factory and introduced a fully-automated photo-etching line
Constructed Head Office Factory (formerly, Yokohama Factory)
1985
Started volume production of precision metal parts through Photo-etching
1988
Established K.R. Precision Co., Ltd. in Thailand as a joint venture for production of suspensions for HDD magnetic mounts
1998
Sold all shares of K.R. Precision Co., Ltd.(currently, Magnecomp Precision Technology Public Company Limited) at the time of its listing on Thai stock exchange. Withdrew from the management of K.R. Precision
Opened Head Office Factory (Currently, Yokohama Factory) as the business expanded.
2000
Started in-house plating facilities to shorten delivery time and manufacture trial products
2002
Established Kyosei Factory (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a manufacturing subsidiary, in Thailand
2015
Became a member of UPT Group
Established AP48 Co., Ltd.
Kyosei Co., Ltd. became a consolidated subsidiary
2016
Opened a branch in South Korea to expand businesses in the country
Installed automatic exposure machines
2017
Established Kyosei USA, Inc., for marketing and sales in North America.Provide research grants to University of California, Irvine.
Became a member of UPT Group
Started new photo-etching production lines
Changed corporate name to United Precision Technologies Co., Ltd.Launched "ETCHING + ONE" solutions
Koken Chemical Co., Ltd. became consolidated subsidiary
2018
Acquired International Trading Centers certification to strengthen sales capabilities in Asia
Opened Kansai Sales Office
2020
Selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as one of the companies in the 2020 Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100.