What Sorfin Yoshimura does

Sorfin Yoshimura (SY Group) is a family-owned B2B supply chain services company focused on the global lead-acid battery and energy storage industry. Founded in the 1970s by Paul Fink and Tom Yoshimura and now led by second-generation principals Scott Fink and Taro Yoshimura, the company is headquartered dually in Woodbury (New York) and Tokyo, with six additional regional offices in Qingdao, Versailles, São Paulo, Bangkok, Pune and Monterrey. Its stated mission is to act as a single-source global procurement, logistics, warehousing, financing and technical-consulting partner to hundreds of battery manufacturers in more than 80 countries.

The company's service portfolio spans five integrated lines: procurement (sourcing manufacturing equipment, raw materials, replacement parts and consumables from a global vendor network); shipping and logistics (multi-modal sea, air and ground services); warehouse management (inventory optimisation for raw materials and parts); financing (multi-currency arrangements with global banking partners); and consulting (in-house technical expertise across battery chemistries, automation levels and regulatory frameworks). Products are sourced from a network of principals including manufacturing-equipment builders, raw-materials suppliers, and consumables vendors, with the firm stating its offerings play a role in the production of hundreds of millions of batteries annually.

SY operates a direct enterprise field-sales model with multilingual coverage in nearly 20 languages, supported by content marketing (a website, a 'Worldwide Connections' newsletter launched in Q3 2023, and active participation in the European Lead Battery Conference). Revenue is generated via transaction fees on procurement and shipping, managed services fees on warehousing, and professional-services fees on financing and consulting engagements. Pricing is customised per customer; the firm is private, family-controlled, and does not disclose revenue. Subsidiaries include SORFIN YOSHIMURA TOKYO LTD., SY Innovations (technology development), and Sorfin Yoshimura de Mexico.

Name

Sorfin Yoshimura

Legal name

SORFIN YOSHIMURA

Website

https://sorfinyoshimura.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sorfin Yoshimura is a family-owned global supply-chain services firm that procures equipment, raw materials, parts, and consumables, and provides logistics, warehousing, financing, and consulting for hundreds of lead-acid battery manufacturers in 80+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Battery Supply Chain Services

NAICS

Battery Manufacturing (335910)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

Battery Modules & Packs (Industrial/Commercial pack assembly) (IMAGAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Battery Raw Materials Mining & Refining (Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, Graphite) (EUAFABAA)

Keywords

• Battery supply chain
• Lead acid batteries
• Industrial procurement services
• Global logistics services
• Raw materials sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodbury

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Procurement Services: Procurement services aligning with vendor networks to source materials and equipment for battery manufacturers worldwide. SY leverages its extensive vendor network and industry knowledge to recommend products that meet customers' technical or commercial goals.
2. Shipping and Logistics: Global shipping and logistics services using sea, air, and ground shipping. The company leverages decades of experience shipping battery industry products more frequently than competitors, passing expertise value to customers.
3. Warehouse Management: Warehouse management solutions that optimize inventory management for incoming procurement of raw materials, replacement parts, and consumables, minimizing supply chain disruptions.
4. Financing: Financial services including convenient payment terms and leverage-based financial arrangements supporting business goals, with global banking relations enabling multi-currency transactions.
5. Consulting: Technical consulting services with in-house experts having combined battery making expertise across all product types and levels of automation, helping navigate economic, technological, environmental safety, or regulatory hurdles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sorfin Yoshimura is a global single-source supply chain provider for the lead acid battery and energy storage industry. It supplies manufacturing equipment, raw materials, replacement parts, and consumables to battery makers worldwide, and bundles these with procurement, shipping, logistics, warehousing, inventory management, financing, and technical consulting services tailored to each customer's needs.

Product overview

Sorfin Yoshimura is a global single-source supply chain provider for the energy storage industry, offering a unified portfolio of services and products for battery manufacturers and vendors. The company combines commercial expertise and engineering know-how to deliver customized procurement, shipping and logistics, warehouse management, financing, and consulting services. Product offerings include manufacturing equipment, raw materials, replacement parts, and consumables sourced from a global vendor network. The company operates dual headquarters in New York and Tokyo with six regional offices worldwide, serving customers in over 80 countries across nearly 20 languages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Procurement Services Tailored sourcing of best-of-breed materials and equipment for battery manufacturers globally, aligning with a prolific vendor network to meet customers' technical or commercial goals.
• Shipping and Logistics Services Global shipping services via sea, air, and ground transit, leveraging decades of experience to deliver goods timely and cost-competitively to battery manufacturers worldwide.
• Warehouse Management Inventory optimization solutions that align with customer purchase teams to minimize supply chain disruptions at reasonable costs for raw materials, replacement parts, and consumables.
• Financing Services Financial solutions including convenient payment terms and multi-currency arrangements supported by global banking relationships to decrease administrative fees for battery industry customers.
• Consulting Services Technical consultation with in-house experts possessing combined battery-making expertise across all product types and automation levels to help customers navigate economic, technological, safety, environmental, and regulatory challenges.
• Vendor Services Comprehensive range of value-added services for vendor partners including global infrastructure showcase, technical consulting for product placement, and multi-currency financial solutions to help battery industry vendors reach global customers.
• Manufacturing Equipment Supply Supply of manufacturing equipment for battery production, representing leading vendors serving the battery energy storage industry worldwide.
• Raw Materials Supply Supply of raw materials for battery manufacturing to hundreds of battery makers in more than 80 countries worldwide through SY's global vendor network.
• Replacement Parts and Consumables Supply of replacement parts and consumables for battery manufacturing operations, supported by strategic warehouse locations globally to ensure continuous production.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products and services involved in production of hundreds of millions of batteries annually

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hammond Group: US-headquartered supplier of lead-battery additives, expanders, and performance materials, and a named Sorfin Yoshimura partner/customer. Highly comparable given shared specialization in lead-acid battery materials and a globally distributed supply model.
• Wirtz Manufacturing: Long-established US manufacturer of battery production equipment (grid casting, plate curing, formation). Direct overlap with Sorfin Yoshimura on the manufacturing-equipment side of the battery-industry supply chain, serving the same global battery-maker customer base.
• MAC Engineering & Equipment: US-based manufacturer/supplier of battery production equipment (formation, plate processing, assembly lines) and an explicit partner-customer of Sorfin Yoshimura. Operating in the same battery-industry supply chain with a complementary product offering that targets the same battery-maker customer base globally.
• OAK Press Solutions: Battery-industry vendor introducing products such as industrial presses into the battery-manufacturing ecosystem, relying on Sorfin Yoshimura for market access. Closely analogous business model in supporting battery makers with specialty process inputs through global channels.

Broad incumbents

• WESCO International: Global electrical, communications, and utility distribution specialist that, like Sorfin, combines product supply with logistics, technical services, and value-added financing-adjacent solutions. Broad incumbent in industrial distribution serving similar B2B procurement use cases.
• Fastenal: US-listed industrial supply chain company with global on-site vending and vendor-managed inventory services for industrial customers. Operates a structurally analogous model of physical-supply-and-services intermediation, though across fasteners and general MRO rather than batteries specifically.
• W.W. Grainger: Large US-listed industrial MRO and supply-chain distributor offering procurement, logistics, and inventory management to industrial customers globally. Comparable business model to Sorfin Yoshimura's distribution and managed-services offering, albeit across a far broader industrial customer base.
• Applied Industrial Technologies: US-listed distributor of bearings, power transmission, fluid power, and industrial products with technical support and supply-chain services. Closely parallels Sorfin Yoshimura's specialty-distribution-plus-services model across industrial customer bases.
• Brenntag: World's largest specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor with multi-decade vendor relationships, multi-currency operations, and value-added services (warehousing, financing-adjacent, technical support). Direct analog of Sorfin's intermediation model at much greater scale and across multiple end markets.
• MSC Industrial Direct: Large US-listed metalworking and industrial supply chain distributor combining procurement, vendor-managed inventory, and technical support. Operates a comparable multi-segment industrial supply intermediation model at far greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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