T.I.E.
T.I.E. is a privately-held Japanese manufacturer founded in 1972 that designs and builds custom automatic machines and electrical control equipment — primarily destacking feeders, blanking pilers, coil lines, transfer feeders, and palletizer lines — for automotive parts manufacturers globally, with about 80% of production exported.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1972
- HeadquartersInuyama, Japan
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What T.I.E. does
T.I.E. (株式会社T・I・E) is a privately-held Japanese industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1972 and incorporated on December 1, 1990, with headquarters in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, and registered capital of ¥48,000,000. The company specializes in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of custom automatic machines and electrical control equipment, with a tightly focused product portfolio centered on transfer press automation: destacking feeders (MG conveyor, MG chain, MG belt, and gripper variants), blanking pilers, coil lines, transfer feeders for tandem press lines, and palletizer lines. These systems integrate mechanical design (hardware) with electronic design (software), incorporating features such as magnetic conveyor material separation, anti-double-feed detection, ADC (automatic data switching) for multi-product runs, and servo-driven 3D motion control. T.I.E. holds three patents granted in 2005, 2013, and 2017 for distinct innovations in nonmagnetic destacking, non-stop pilers, and high-speed shared magnetic/nonmagnetic feeding.
The company operates a pure B2B enterprise sales model, selling custom-engineered machines directly to manufacturing customers with project-based pricing determined through consultation, proposal, design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, delivery, installation, and post-delivery after-maintenance service. Its primary customer segment is the manufacturing industry, particularly automotive parts manufacturers using press and stamping processes. Approximately 80% of T.I.E.'s self-designed and assembled products are exported to overseas factories across Europe, the Americas, and Asia (including the UK, USA, China, Taiwan, and Mexico), with T.I.E. staff traveling internationally for installation, setup, and localization support. A historically significant co-development relationship with Komatsu Ltd. dates to 1983 (visual NCXY feeder auto-punching system). The company is currently in a capacity expansion phase, with a new factory completed in December 2025 on a phased ramp-up schedule, supported by ongoing recruitment across mechanical design, electrical design, and manufacturing departments.
T.I.E. firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- T.I.E.
- Legal name
- 株式会社T・I・E
- Website
- https://tie.co.jp
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1972
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- T.I.E. is a privately-held Japanese manufacturer founded in 1972 that designs and builds custom automatic machines and electrical control equipment — primarily destacking feeders, blanking pilers, coil lines, transfer feeders, and palletizer lines — for automotive parts manufacturers globally, with about 80% of production exported.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
T.I.E. industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Automation Machinery (Press Stamping Automation)
- NAICS
- Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314)
- SIC
- Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Conveying, Feeding & Accumulation Systems (Packaging Lines) (IMAHAOAK)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN)
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Where T.I.E. is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Inuyama
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices2 records
Markets served
T.I.E. business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Automatic Machine Sales: Custom development, design, manufacture and sale of various automatic machines and electrical control equipment. Products are sold directly to manufacturing clients including automotive parts manufacturers. Projects include consultation, proposal, design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, and installation support.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Custom project-based pricing through consultation |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
T.I.E. product offering
Product offeringCore offering
T.I.E. designs, manufactures, and sells custom automatic machines and electrical control equipment for press and stamping production lines. Its core product families include destacking feeders (MG Conveyor, MG Chain, MG Belt, and Gripper types), blanking pilers, coil lines, transfer feeders, press small handling devices, and palletizer systems. The company's customers are primarily automotive parts manufacturers in Japan, Asia, Europe, and North America seeking turnkey, custom-sized automation cells rather than off-the-shelf machinery.
Product overview
T.I.E. is an industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of automatic machines and electrical control equipment. The company offers a portfolio of specialized manufacturing equipment centered around metal forming and material handling systems for press machine applications. The core product line includes Destacking Feeders (MG Conveyor, MG Chain, MG Belt, and Gripper types) for feeding sheet materials to transfer presses, Blanking Pilers for stacking blanked sheet materials, and Other Automatic Machines including Coil Lines, Press-embedded Handling Devices, Transfer Feeders, and Palletizer Lines. T.I.E.'s products serve automotive parts manufacturers globally, with approximately 80% of self-designed and assembled products shipped to overseas factories. The company follows a comprehensive process from customer consultation through design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, delivery, and after-maintenance support.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Destacking Feeders (MG Conveyor / MG Chain / MG Belt / Gripper types) Automated destacking machines offered in four variants (MG Conveyor, MG Chain, MG Belt, and Gripper) that separate stacked workpieces and feed them into press stamping lines; designed for automotive parts manufacturers seeking to automate destacking operations.
- Blanking Pilers Custom-engineered blanking piler equipment that handles cut blanks within press production lines; intended for automotive parts manufacturers running blanking operations.
- Coil Lines Custom coil line equipment for unwinding, feeding, and processing coil stock into press stamping lines; supplied to automotive parts manufacturers with coil-fed production requirements.
- Press Small Handling Devices Small-scale custom automatic handling devices designed for use within or alongside press machines to manipulate small components; sold to automotive parts manufacturers operating press stamping lines.
- Transfer Feeders Custom transfer feeder machines that move parts between stations in a press line; supplied to automotive parts manufacturers for multi-station stamping automation.
- Palletizer Lines Custom palletizer line systems that stack and palletize finished parts at the end of press production lines; sold to automotive parts manufacturers requiring automated end-of-line stacking.
Quantifiable outcome
- 80% of self-designed products shipped overseas to international factories
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use T.I.E.
Customer profileSegments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
T.I.E. technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature10 records
T.I.E. partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Komatsu Ltd. (小松製作所)coreJoint development with Komatsu Ltd. for the world's first visual NCXY feeder auto-punching system in 1983. This strategic partnership demonstrated T.I.E.'s technical capabilities and led to industry-leading product development.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves11 records
Expansion highlights4 records
T.I.E. competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation: Swiss-Swedish industrial automation supplier of robots, drives, and integrated press-shop solutions. Comparable to T.I.E. in the broader press-automation stack and competes in automotive Tier-1 line integration where T.I.E. sells destacking and transfer-feeding subsystems.
- Yaskawa Electric: Japanese motion-control and industrial robotics leader serving automotive and general manufacturing. T.I.E.'s 3D servo-driven transfer feeders draw on similar servo/control technology, and Yaskawa competes as a broader automation supplier for press-line integration projects.
- Dürr AG: German industrial automation incumbent with automotive paint shop, final assembly, and balancing/process technology. Compares to T.I.E. via its automotive production-equipment footprint and adjacent material-handling automation, though at much broader scope and scale.
- Siemens Factory Automation / Digital Industries: Global factory-automation incumbent covering PLCs, drives, motion control, and full press-line integration. Comparable through the electrical-control and automated-feeding technology stack that T.I.E. designs into its destacking and piler systems, and competes via full-line bundles.
Direct peers
- AP&T (Applied Production Technology): Swedish supplier of press automation lines, including destacking feeders, transfer systems, and palletizers for automotive sheet-metal forming. Closely comparable niche to T.I.E.'s destacking/transfer-feeder/palletizer portfolio, with overlapping IP in aluminum and high-strength-steel feeding.
- Schuler Group: Global press-manufacturing and automation leader headquartered in Germany. Directly comparable to T.I.E. because Schuler supplies the press lines and feeding/stacking automation used by the same automotive Tier-1 customers, often as a bundled solution that competes with T.I.E.'s standalone feeders.
- Aida Engineering: Japanese press machine manufacturer offering mechanical and servo presses plus allied automation equipment. Comparable to T.I.E. in serving Japanese automotive parts manufacturers with pressing and feeding equipment and competing for similar stamping-line specification slots.
- Komatsu Ltd. / Komatsu Industries: T.I.E.'s 1983 strategic co-development partner and a major Japanese press manufacturer. Comparable as a supplier of press machinery and peripherals to the same automotive parts manufacturer base; T.I.E. supplies feeder/piler subsystems that integrate with Komatsu press lines.
Regional players
- Janome Sewing Equipment / Janome Industrial: Japanese specialist in precision mechanical automation and assembly equipment. Regionally comparable to T.I.E. as a Japanese SME-grade niche automation manufacturer leveraging precision mechanical and electronic design, though operating in adjacent (not directly overlapping) feeding/product-handling niches.
- Sankyo Tateyama / Sankyo Material Handling: Japanese industrial machinery and material-handling manufacturer with overlap to T.I.E.'s palletizer and material-handling product family. Regionally comparable as another Japan-based niche industrial automation supplier serving manufacturing customers.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
T.I.E. financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
T.I.E. leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
T.I.E. funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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T.I.E. M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about T.I.E.
What does T.I.E. do?
T.I.E. designs, manufactures, and sells custom automatic machines and electrical control equipment for press and stamping production lines. Its core product families include destacking feeders (MG Conveyor, MG Chain, MG Belt, and Gripper types), blanking pilers, coil lines, transfer feeders, press small handling devices, and palletizer systems. The company's customers are primarily automotive parts manufacturers in Japan, Asia, Europe, and North America seeking turnkey, custom-sized automation cells rather than off-the-shelf machinery.
Is T.I.E. a public or private company?
T.I.E. is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was T.I.E. founded?
T.I.E. was founded in 1972. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is T.I.E. based?
T.I.E. is headquartered in Inuyama, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does T.I.E. make money?
One revenue line is on record: automatic Machine Sales.
Who are T.I.E.'s main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation, Yaskawa Electric, Dürr AG and Siemens Factory Automation / Digital Industries. Direct peers are AP&T (Applied Production Technology), Schuler Group, Aida Engineering and Komatsu Ltd. / Komatsu Industries. Regional players are Janome Sewing Equipment / Janome Industrial and Sankyo Tateyama / Sankyo Material Handling.
Does T.I.E. have an API?
No public API is recorded for T.I.E..
What industry is T.I.E. in?
T.I.E.'s product category is Industrial Automation Machinery (Press Stamping Automation). Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAOAK, Conveying, Feeding & Accumulation Systems (Packaging Lines), with a secondary code of IMAHAOAN, End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems. Its NAICS code is 335314 and its SIC code is 3550.