IMAC ENGINEERING

What IMAC ENGINEERING does

IMAC ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (アイマックエンジニアリング株式会社) is a privately held Japanese company founded in August 1985 and headquartered in Tokyo, operating two distinct business lines. The larger historical business is an Engineering Division that designs, manufactures, and assembles plant equipment and industrial machinery, executing projects from planning and basic/detailed design through procurement, quality control, unit assembly, and transportation. Manufacturing is performed at Towa Precision Machinery Equipment (Tongxiang) Co., Ltd. in Zhejiang Province, China, which operates four factories under Japanese quality supervision and leverages a proprietary hybrid modular construction method patented in Japan and eight other countries (USA, Europe, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia). The capital stock of the company stood at 99.9 million yen as of 2023.

The second, more recently scaled business is the Foreign Recruitment Support Service, launched after the company established Towa Engineering Nepal Pvt. Ltd. in 2012 and began Japanese-language training for engineering graduates. This service places Nepali four-year technical university graduates with Japanese companies through a three-year OJT (On-the-Job Training) program, after which the trainee transitions to permanent employment at the client firm at no transfer cost. Recruitment is offered free of charge; clients pay only hourly wages and transportation during the OJT period while IMAC acts as employer of record, handling visa processing, housing, arrival support, and ongoing field supervision. The service is delivered through 11 branch offices across Japan plus the Kathmandu subsidiary, supported by partnerships with multiple Nepalese technical universities.

As of May 2026, 447 candidates were in OJT, with 399 client companies served and 611 candidates selected since the program's inception. Total employees number 51-100, of which roughly 20% are Japanese and 80% are foreign. The company is led by founder Yoshitaka Izumi (和泉 良隆) as Representative Director, Chairman and President, and is wholly family-owned with no disclosed external funding rounds. In 2025, the Government of Nepal recognized the chairman for contributions to Nepali engineer employment, and the company holds registrations in Japan, China, and Nepal.

Name

IMAC ENGINEERING

Legal name

IMAC ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

Website

https://imac-eng.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

IMAC ENGINEERING is a Japanese company that places Nepali engineering graduates with Japanese firms through a 3-year OJT program, and separately manufactures plant and industrial machinery in China using a patented hybrid modular construction method.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Staffing and Manufacturing Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Staffing (BPACADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Control System Integration & Engineering Services (Design, Commissioning, Retrofits) (IMAGABAK)

Keywords

• Foreign engineer recruitment
• Plant engineering manufacturing
• Industrial machinery manufacturing
• Workforce staffing services
• Modular construction engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foreign Recruitment Support Service: The company provides recruitment support services connecting Japanese companies with Nepali engineering graduates. Revenue comes from hourly wages and transportation costs paid by client companies during the 3-year OJT period. No fees are charged for the recruitment service itself, candidate processing, airline tickets, or other charges. After 3 years, candidates transition to client companies as permanent employees at no additional cost.
2. Plant Engineering and Manufacturing: Design, manufacturing, and assembly services for plant equipment and industrial machinery. Services include project planning, basic/detailed design, procurement, quality control, unit assembly, packaging, and transportation. Operations based in China with Japanese quality supervision.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IMAC ENGINEERING provides a Foreign Recruitment Support Service that introduces freshly graduated engineers from Nepali four-year technical universities to Japanese companies via a 3-year OJT (On-the-Job Training) program, after which trainees transition to the client as permanent employees at no transfer cost. The company also runs an Engineering Division delivering plant manufacturing and industrial machinery manufacturing, including project planning, basic and detailed design, procurement, quality control, unit assembly, and transport, executed through a Chinese factory using a patented hybrid modular construction method.

Product overview

IMAC ENGINEERING is a Japanese company founded in August 1985, providing two distinct business lines: (1) a Foreign Recruitment Support Service that matches freshly graduated Nepali engineers with Japanese companies through a three-year OJT program leading to permanent employment, and (2) an Engineering Division offering plant manufacturing and industrial machinery manufacturing services leveraging a Chinese factory in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province. The company also operates a complementary mobile application, IMAC TechTalk, for technical terminology study. The engineering division's hybrid modular construction method is protected by patents deployed in Japan and eight countries worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foreign Recruitment Support Service (外国人採用支援サービス) A placement service that introduces freshly graduated engineers from Nepali four-year technical universities to Japanese companies via a 3-year OJT (On-the-Job Training) program. After 3 years, the trainee transitions to the client company as a permanent employee at no transfer cost. The company handles candidate presentation, web interviews, visa processing, housing arrangement, airport pickup, and municipal registrations.
• Plant Manufacturing (プラント製造) Comprehensive project execution services for plant engineering, spanning project planning, basic and detailed design, procurement, quality control, unit assembly, packaging, and transport. Features modularization, unitization, and skid fabrication, leveraging a hybrid modular construction method patented across Japan and 8 other countries. Operations are conducted through a Chinese factory in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province with Japanese quality supervision.
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (産機製造)

Quantifiable outcome

• 447 OJT personnel currently in training (May 2026)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nepalese Technical UniversitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Business partnerships with many Nepalese technical universities for recruiting engineering graduates. Universities provide qualified 4-year technical university graduates who become candidates for the OJT program in Japan.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• WDB Holdings: Japanese staffing firm focused on placing scientists, engineers, and technical specialists, including a dedicated foreign-talent track. Closely comparable to IMAC's niche of placing qualified technical talent into Japanese engineering firms.
• Meitec: Japan's largest dedicated engineering staffing firm, placing engineers into manufacturers and engineering firms on multi-year assignments. Highly comparable to IMAC's core business of placing engineers into Japanese technical companies.
• JAC International: International recruitment consultancy specializing in placing mid-career foreign professionals into Japanese employers. Directly comparable as a foreign-talent recruitment channel into Japan, particularly for engineering and technical roles.
• Outsourcing Inc. Japanese technical staffing and engineering services group providing engineers and design services to manufacturers. Comparable on both the staffing and engineering-services dimensions of IMAC's business.

Broad incumbents

• Chiyoda Corporation: Leading Japanese plant engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor serving energy and industrial clients globally. Comparable to IMAC's plant manufacturing division as an established incumbent in modular and skid-mounted plant delivery.
• Pasona Group: Major Japanese staffing firm with established programs for foreign talent placement, including global sourcing and Japan-side support. Comparable to IMAC's foreign-engineer placement model but operating across broader job categories and geographies.
• Recruit Holdings: Japan's largest staffing and HR services group, operating across temporary staffing, placement, and HR technology. Overlaps with IMAC's staffing business but operates at vastly broader scale and across all sectors.
• Manpower Japan: Japanese arm of the global staffing giant, providing temporary and permanent placement across technical and non-technical roles. Comparable to IMAC's recruitment service as a broad incumbent with established Japan-side support infrastructure.
• Yokogawa Electric: Major Japanese plant and industrial automation engineering company designing and delivering process control systems for plants worldwide. Overlaps with IMAC's plant engineering and modular construction division as a much larger established player.

Regional players

• QuEST Global: Global engineering services firm providing design, manufacturing and plant engineering support across multiple geographies. Comparable to IMAC's engineering services arm on the cross-border engineering services model, though India-headquartered and serving different end markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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