Meitec Fielders

What Meitec Fielders does

Meitec Fielders is a Japanese engineering dispatch and staffing services firm, established in 1979 and headquartered in Tokyo as a subsidiary of Meitec Group Holdings. The company deploys employed engineers to client manufacturing enterprises to perform design, development, evaluation/testing, and field engineering work, with dispatched engineers specializing across mechanical (ME), electrical/electronics (EL), and information systems (IS) domains. The company regularly serves approximately 1,300 listed and excellent manufacturing enterprises in Japan across automotive, precision instruments, electrical/electronic equipment, machinery, robotics, aerospace/defense, and telecommunications verticals, with a cumulative client base of approximately 4,000 companies over its history.

The core technology of the business is the engineering workforce itself rather than any proprietary software or product. Meitec Fielders operates approximately 20 branch/sales offices across Japan's five major regions, complemented by two dedicated training centers (FE Center Tokyo and FE Center Osaka), and supports engineers through specialized programs such as Mecha School and Denki School. The company's "Lifetime Professional Engineer" (生涯プロエンジニア) model retains engineers through retirement age, with 792 engineers aged 60+ projected as of March year-end. Total group-wide engineer headcount reached 12,235 as of January 2026, with Meitec Fielders alone employing 4,000+ engineers per company materials.

The revenue model is professional services fee-for-dispatch: engineers are employed by Meitec Fielders and billed out to client companies at contracted rates negotiated on the basis of engineer seniority, specialization, project duration, and scope of work. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by branch office, with margin rate transparency provided as required under Japan's labor dispatch law. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales through the branch office network, supported by recruitment marketing (campus hiring, mid-career, internships, online workshops) that ranks consistently in the top three among Japanese companies for science/engineering new graduate hiring.

Name

Meitec Fielders

Legal name

株式会社メイテックフィルダーズ

Website

https://m-fielders.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Meitec Fielders is a Japanese engineering dispatch firm that deploys 4,000+ employed engineers to ~1,300 listed manufacturing enterprises across automotive, electronics, robotics, and aerospace sectors. It operates as a subsidiary of Meitec Group Holdings under a contracted B2B staffing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Staffing Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Staffing (BPACADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electrical/Electronics & Embedded Systems Staffing (BPACADAF), Industrial & Process Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAF)

Keywords

• Engineering dispatch services
• Engineer staffing
• Manufacturing engineering
• Field engineering
• Design development

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices22 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering Dispatch Services: Meitec Fielders generates revenue by dispatching/referring professional engineers to client companies (manufacturing firms). Engineers are employed by Meitec Fielders and placed at client sites to perform design, R&D, and engineering tasks. The company charges clients based on the contracted engineering service fees. This is the core staffing/dispatch revenue model typical of Japanese engineering service companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Meitec Fielders dispatches employed professional engineers to client manufacturing companies to perform design, development, and field engineering work across mechanical, electrical/electronics, and information systems domains. The company places engineers at client sites to support R&D, detailed design, evaluation and testing, and field engineering tasks in industries such as automotive, precision instruments, electronics, robotics, aerospace, and telecommunications. Engineers are recruited, trained continuously, and matched to client project needs via a direct enterprise sales model operating from approximately 20 branch offices across Japan.

Product overview

Meitec Fielders operates as an engineering dispatch and staffing services company within the Meitec Group, providing a unified platform of professional engineering services. The core offering consists of engineering dispatch services (技術者派遣サービス) that deploy professional engineers to client companies, complemented by design and development services (設計・開発業務) and field engineering services (フィールドエンジニアリング業務) covering mechanical, electrical, and software engineering disciplines. The company supports its engineers through education and training programs (教育・研修制度) including specialized schools like Mecha School and Denki School, as well as career advancement support (キャリアアップ支援) programs. Additionally, the company offers 1-Day Online Workshop programs for student recruitment and operates a Regional Limited Employee System for Kyushu-area specialized services. The portfolio is designed to serve approximately 1,300 listed and excellent companies with over 4,000 cumulative corporate clients across Japan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering Dispatch Services (技術者派遣サービス) Dispatch of professional engineers employed by Meitec Fielders to client companies to support design, development, and technical engineering work across industries including automotive, electronics, and manufacturing.
• Design and Development Services (設計・開発業務) Comprehensive design and development services covering mechanical engineering (ME), electrical/electronics engineering (EL), and software development across multiple industry sectors, delivered via dispatched engineers at client sites.
• Field Engineering Services (フィールドエンジニアリング業務) On-site engineering support services provided at client locations, including technical support, evaluation, testing, and quality assurance functions across manufacturing sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 62 consecutive years of increased revenue and profit (as of 2018 ranking in Weekly Toyo Keizai)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sun Asterisk: Japanese digital/engineering services firm focused on software and DX engineering — adjacent rather than direct, but increasingly relevant as Fielders expands its IS (information systems) engineer dispatch segment.

Direct peers

• Person's Holdings: Japanese HR services firm operating engineering/scientific staffing alongside BPO, frequently listed among top graduate recruiters in science/engineering — competes for the same engineer supply and dispatch demand.
• TechnoPro Holdings: Japan's largest engineering staffing firm with R&D-type dispatch across mechanical, electrical, and IT domains. Closest large-scale competitor to Meitec Fielders in technology-engineer dispatch to manufacturers.
• Out-Sourcing Inc. Diversified Japanese HR services group with a large engineering/manufacturing dispatch segment, competing head-to-head with Meitec Fielders for science/engineering graduates and manufacturer clients.
• Ak Holdings: Japan-focused staffing group with a meaningful engineering/manufacturing dispatch division, competing for the same dispatch contracts and graduate talent pool as Meitec Fielders.
• Meitec: Sister company within the Meitec Group, providing the same engineering dispatch model targeted at large Japanese manufacturers. Most directly comparable in business model, customer base (1,300+ listed enterprises), and engineer pool.
• World Holdings: Japanese staffing group operating dedicated engineering and manufacturing dispatch brands (e.g., World Engineering), targeting mid-sized and large manufacturers with multi-domain engineers — directly comparable business.
• WDB Holdings: Specialist scientific and technical staffing group in Japan with a strong focus on dispatching science and engineering professionals to manufacturers and laboratories — comparable niche positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Japan's dominant HR services conglomerate; while its engineering dispatch exposure is smaller than staffing pure-plays, it competes for top science/engineering graduates and increasingly for technical dispatch demand.
• Pasona Group: Large Japanese HR services conglomerate with engineering/technical staffing as one segment among many (BPO, temp, career). Competes in engineer dispatch but with a broader portfolio and not specialized in manufacturing R&D.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/meitec.group

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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