What NISHIMURA MFG does

NISHIMURA MFG. CO., LTD. (株式会社西村製作所) is a Japanese custom manufacturer of slitter rewinders — industrial machines that slit and rewind roll materials (films, papers, nonferrous metal foils, and nonwoven fabrics) to precise tolerances. Founded in 1946 in Kyoto and incorporated in 1957, the company developed Japan's first slitter rewinder in 1954 and claims the largest domestic market share, with machines operating in over 50 countries. Its core technical capabilities span differential drive tension control, powder clutch control, servo motor control, eddy current (EDC) torque shafts, air/expansion shafts, and specialized cutting methods (shear, razor, gang cutting). The product portfolio is organized by material category — films (primary slitting, packaging, optical, separator, self-adhesive), papers (large-diameter, label stock, thermal, kraft), nonferrous metal foils (aluminum, copper, Li-ion battery, electronic materials), and nonwoven fabrics — with capability to handle ultra-thin films down to 1.5μm, slitting widths from 1mm, and material widths up to 6,900mm. The company also offers take-up winders, traverse winders, deplyer rewinders, sheet cutters, and core cutters as complementary equipment.

NISHIMURA operates an enterprise field-sales model: every machine is made-to-order with 1-person-1-machine responsibility from design through shipment and aftercare, priced on a quote basis after detailed technical consultation. Sales are direct, supported by a Tokyo branch office and a Kyoto headquarters, with new leads generated through major trade shows (FILMTECH JAPAN, CONVERTECH, CHINAPLAS, PLASTICS & RUBBER INDONESIA), referrals, and inbound website inquiries. The company retains all machine drawings indefinitely, enabling parts renewal and maintenance service for machines that have been in operation for 30–40 years, which functions as a recurring aftermarket revenue stream alongside the one-time equipment sale. It serves enterprise customers across packaging, lithium-ion battery materials, optical films, capacitors, electronic materials, paper converting, and nonwoven fabric manufacturing. Recent product development has emphasized the Li-ion battery value chain — separator films (FQ Series), electrodes (TG Series), and a new ultra-low torque EDC winding shaft (PARADIGM SHAFT SERIES, released May 2026) — and the company joined the Battery Supply Chain Council in April 2026.

The business is family-owned (Hisato Nishimura serves as President) with no institutional investment, no public listing, and no disclosed funding rounds. Manufacturing is distributed across six Kyoto-area facilities: the main Kamitoba factory (headquarters), Kameoka Factory (new assembly plant completed March 2023), and three Uji factories (parts machining and assembly, with combined assembly space of 2,400 sqm). As of the latest available data, the company employs 135 people, including 25 mechanical design engineers and 10 electrical design engineers (2 mid-career hires), with an average employee age of 42.5 and average tenure of 19.4 years — indicating a stable, tenured workforce. The company celebrated its 80th anniversary in January 2026.

Name

NISHIMURA MFG

Legal name

NISHIMURA MFG. CO., LTD.

Website

https://ns-slitter.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

NISHIMURA MFG is a Kyoto-based Japanese manufacturer of custom-made slitter rewinders for films, papers, nonferrous metal foils, and nonwoven fabrics, holding the largest domestic market share with machines operating in over 50 countries. It serves enterprise customers across packaging, lithium-ion battery materials, optical films, and electronics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Slitter Rewinders (Web Converting Machinery)

akta.pro primary industry

Flexible Packaging Converting & Finishing (Slitting, Rewinding, Coating, Embossing) (IMALABAL)

Keywords

• Slitter rewinders
• Roll converting machinery
• Web processing equipment
• Industrial slitting machines
• Film and foil converters

Headquarters

HQ city

Minamiku

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Slitter Rewinder Equipment Sales: NISHIMURA designs and manufactures custom-made slitter rewinders to individual customer specifications. Each machine is made-to-order, with 1-person-1-machine responsibility from design through shipment and aftercare. Pricing is quote-based; no public pricing is listed as each machine is custom-configured. Revenue is generated from equipment sales with associated engineering, installation, and after-sales service.
2. Aftermarket Parts, Maintenance & Repair Services: Long-term maintenance service — the company keeps all drawings of every machine and provides repair and parts renewal services for machines that have been in operation for 30-40+ years.
3. Professional Services (Installation, Adjustment, Trial Runs): Technical engineers accompany machine delivery for on-site installation, adjustment, and trial runs. Engineers from technical and service departments also accompany sales staff for customer presentations and technical discussions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NISHIMURA MFG. designs and manufactures custom-built slitter rewinders (roll converting machinery) used by industrial converters to slit and rewind continuous web materials — including films, papers, nonferrous metal foils (copper, aluminum), nonwoven fabrics, and other specialty materials — into finished rolls. The company also produces proprietary rewind shafts (PARADIGM SHAFT series), knife holders, and provides long-term after-sales service and parts for its installed base.

Product overview

NISHIMURA MFG. CO., LTD. is a Japanese manufacturer of slitter rewinders, established in 1946 as the first slitter rewinder manufacturer in Japan. The company offers a diverse portfolio of slitter rewinders categorized by material application: For Films (including FY522B, FZ720B, FZ723B, FN425E, FN405E, FH105E, FJ524B, FQ324B, FQ523B, TC320A, TC451, TH4C), For Papers (including DA200, DA25, UR131V, SV106C, TQ140J, FN414E), For Nonferrous Metal Foils (including TG124E, TG314E, TG144E, TD11, TY118C, TB2, TG194C), For Nonwoven Fabrics (including SO100A, SL40A, SL10A), and For Others (including CV106A+WA195A, CV105A+WA192A, KL110N+WT121A, DP107C, AC21, CU20B, TA111B). The company also recently launched the PARADIGM SHAFT SERIES (超低扭矩EDC巻取軸) ultra-low torque eddy current winding shaft. NISHIMURA's products are custom-made to individual customer specifications and support various industries including packaging, optical films, Li-ion batteries, electronics, and nonwoven fabrics. A winding calculator tool is also provided for technical calculations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FY522B Slitter Rewinder for Films Heavy-duty film slitter rewinder for industrial plastic films, positioned in NISHIMURA's film-converting product line. Built for high-throughput slitting and rewinding of packaging and industrial films.
• FZ720B Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the FZ series for wide-web film converting applications.
• FZ723B Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the FZ series for wide-web film converting applications.
• FN425E Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder introduced in October 2017, used for slitting and rewinding industrial films.
• FN405E Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder introduced in February 2017, used for slitting and rewinding industrial films.
• FH105E Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the FH series for industrial film converting.
• FJ524B Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the FJ series for industrial film converting.
• FQ324B Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the FQ series for industrial film converting.
• FQ523B Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the FQ series for industrial film converting.
• TC320A Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the TC series for industrial film converting.
• TC451 Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the TC series for industrial film converting.
• TH4C Slitter Rewinder for Films Film slitter rewinder from the TH series for industrial film converting.
• DA200 Slitter Rewinder for Papers Heavy-duty paper slitter rewinder for paper and pulp converting applications.
• DA25 Slitter Rewinder for Papers Paper slitter rewinder from the DA series for paper and pulp converting applications.
• UR131V Slitter Rewinder for Papers Paper slitter rewinder from the UR series for paper converting applications.
• SV106C Slitter Rewinder for Papers Paper slitter rewinder from the SV series for paper converting applications.
• TQ140J Slitter Rewinder for Papers Paper slitter rewinder from the TQ series for paper converting applications.
• FN414E Slitter Rewinder for Papers Paper-focused slitter rewinder for paper and pulp converting applications.
• TG124E Slitter Rewinder for Nonferrous Metal Foils Nonferrous-metal-foil slitter rewinder for precision slitting of thin metallic foils (e.g., copper, aluminum).
• TG314E Slitter Rewinder for Nonferrous Metal Foils Nonferrous-metal-foil slitter rewinder for high-precision slitting of thin metallic foils.
• TG144E Slitter Rewinder for Nonferrous Metal Foils Nonferrous-metal-foil slitter rewinder for precision slitting of thin metallic foils.
• TD11 Slitter Rewinder for Nonferrous Metal Foils Nonferrous-metal-foil slitter rewinder from the TD series for precision slitting of metallic foils.
• TY118C Slitter Rewinder for Nonferrous Metal Foils Nonferrous-metal-foil slitter rewinder from the TY series for precision slitting of metallic foils.
• TB2 Slitter Rewinder for Nonferrous Metal Foils Nonferrous-metal-foil slitter rewinder from the TB series for precision slitting of metallic foils.
• TG194C Slitter Rewinder for Nonferrous Metal Foils Wide-web nonferrous-metal-foil slitter rewinder for high-precision slitting of metallic foils.
• SO100A Slitter Rewinder for Nonwoven Fabrics Heavy-duty nonwoven-fabric slitter rewinder for hygiene, medical, and industrial nonwoven converters.
• SL40A Slitter Rewinder for Nonwoven Fabrics Nonwoven-fabric slitter rewinder for nonwoven converting lines.
• SL10A Slitter Rewinder for Nonwoven Fabrics Nonwoven-fabric slitter rewinder for nonwoven converting lines.
• CV106A+WA195A Slitter Rewinder for Others Specialty slitter rewinder for non-mainstream web materials such as tapes, labels, or abrasive cloth.
• CV105A+WA192A Slitter Rewinder for Others Specialty slitter rewinder for non-mainstream web materials such as tapes, labels, or abrasive cloth.
• KL110N+WT121A Narrow-Web Slitter Rewinder Compact narrow-web slitter rewinder achieving an industry-leading minimum slit width of 6 mm, used by converters of adhesive tape, labels, and other narrow specialty webs.
• DP107C Slitter Rewinder for Others Specialty slitter rewinder for non-mainstream web materials such as tapes, labels, or abrasive cloth.
• AC21 Precision Slitter Rewinder Compact precision slitter rewinder with ±0.1 mm load-cell alignment, used for high-precision slitting of specialty webs.
• CU20B Slitter Rewinder for Others Specialty slitter rewinder for non-mainstream web materials.
• TA111B Slitter Rewinder for Others Specialty slitter rewinder for non-mainstream web materials.
• FH154J Slitter Rewinder Slitter rewinder introduced in January 2020 for film / web converting applications.
• PARADIGM SHAFT Series (3P / 3PW / 4S / 4SW / 4L / 4LW / R) Standalone product: NISHIMURA's proprietary eddy-current torque-controlled rewind shaft family, used to maintain stable winding tension across the full winding diameter and enable air-/oil-free tight-diameter winding on slitter rewinders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Machines operate reliably for 30-40+ years with long-term maintenance and parts renewal support
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Marukawa Tekimatesu Co., Ltd. (丸紅テクマテックス)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 April 2018NISHIMURA exhibited at CHINAPLAS 2018 in Shanghai, China within the Marukawa Tekimatesu booth. Marukawa Tekimatesu served as the local partner for exhibition representation and panel display of the FN425E slitter rewinder. The trading company facilitates NISHIMURA's market access in China and potentially other international markets.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Catbridge Machinery: US manufacturer of high-speed duplex slitter rewinders for film, paper, and nonwoven materials. Competes with NISHIMURA's SL, SO, and DA series in nonwoven and paper converting applications.
• Bimec Group: Italian manufacturer of slitter rewinders and roll-handling equipment for flexible packaging, film, and nonwoven applications. Direct competitor in European markets for similar custom-engineered slitting machinery as NISHIMURA.
• Parkinson Technologies: US manufacturer of web-handling equipment including Marshall Williams and Webcon slitter rewinders for films, foils, and papers. Competes with NISHIMURA in paper converting, film, and nonferrous foil applications, particularly in North America.
• Atlas Converting Equipment: UK-headquartered manufacturer of high-speed slitter rewinders (Titan, Apex, CW Series) for film, paper, and foil converting. Direct competitor in flexible packaging and specialty film slitting markets served by NISHIMURA's FN, FH, and FJ/FQ series.
• Pasaban: Spain-based manufacturer of slitter rewinders and sheeters for paper, board, film, and foil converting. Competes with NISHIMURA's DA, TC, and SL paper series in the paper and board converting segment.
• Comexi Group: Spain-based manufacturer of slitter rewinders (Comexi S1DT, Nexus) alongside printing, laminating, and coating equipment for flexible packaging. Direct competitor in packaging film slitting with broader converting portfolio.
• Karl Menzel Maschinenfabrik: German manufacturer of slitter rewinders specializing in narrow-width slitting for paper, film, foil, and specialty materials. Competes with NISHIMURA in capacitor foil (TB2, TC320B) and narrow-slit-width applications.
• GOEBEL IMS: German specialist in slitter rewinders with deep focus on battery separator films, capacitor films, and ultra-thin specialty films. Closest competitor in the high-end LiB separator film segment where NISHIMURA's FQ Series competes.
• SOMA s.r.o. Czech Republic-based manufacturer of slitter rewinders and web-processing machinery for paper, film, and foil. Competes with NISHIMURA in European paper and film converting markets with similar custom-engineering approach.
• Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik: Germany-based global leader in slitter rewinders for films, paper, and foil. Directly competes with NISHIMURA across flexible packaging, LiB separator films, and nonferrous foil applications; serves overlapping enterprise customers worldwide.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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