Okura Industrial

What Okura Industrial does

Okura Industrial Co., Ltd. (大倉工業株式会社) is a privately held Japanese manufacturer founded in 1964 in Yokohama and currently headquartered in Tagajo City, Miyagi Prefecture. The company produces embossed carrier tape — a specialized plastic packaging material used to transport and protect small electronic components during shipping and storage — alongside complementary plastic reels (EIAJ-compliant) and sheet slitting services. Its secondary business line, operated at the Naruse Factory, manufactures micro-connectors for consumer electronics and automotive applications, with Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. as the named anchor customer. The company's core technology centers on press forming and vacuum forming of embossed carrier tape, supported by in-house mold design and tooling fabrication, with a standardized 12mm–136mm width range and capabilities in deep-draw and irregular-shape products.

Okura's production footprint spans 180 lines across six wholly-owned locations: Matsushima Factory (Miyagi, Japan) for embossed tape and mold design; Naruse Factory (Miyagi, Japan) for electronic components; Suzhou, Dongguan, and Hong Kong in China; and a Philippines facility in Laguna Technopark SEZ. The differentiated go-to-market is a "mold transfer" model that allows Japanese set-maker customers expanding overseas to redeploy existing Okura-designed tooling into the company's local production facilities without re-investment in tooling, providing switching-cost lock-in and supply continuity. The company is family-led, with founder Suzuki Mamoru (鈴木守) serving as Representative Director Chairman and Suzuki Hiromi (鈴木裕巳) as President and Representative Director. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certifications at four facilities, ISO 14001:2015 at Suzhou, IATF 16949:2016 at Naruse for automotive-grade connector manufacturing, and Sony Green Partner certification at Matsushima. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the company has grown organically without external funding rounds or institutional investors.

Name

Okura Industrial

Legal name

大倉工業株式会社

Website

https://okurainc.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Okura Industrial is a privately held Japanese manufacturer of embossed carrier tape, plastic reels, and micro-connectors, serving Japanese electronics OEMs across six wholly-owned production facilities in Japan, China, and the Philippines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronic Component Packaging Materials

NAICS

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (334)

SIC

Unsupported Plastics Film & Sheet (3081), Electronic Components & Accessories (3670)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Heavy-Duty Flexible Packaging (Construction, Chemicals, Liners) (IMALABAJ)

Keywords

• Embossed carrier tape
• Electronic component packaging
• Micro connector manufacturing
• Plastic reels
• Precision sheet slitting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tagajo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Embossed Carrier Tape Manufacturing & Sales: Design, develop manufacturing equipment, and produce embossed carrier tape under own brand for domestic Japan and overseas markets (China, Philippines). Products include deep-draw, wide-width, and custom embossed tapes, as well as sheet slit products and plastic reels.
2. Electronic Components Manufacturing & Sales: Micro-connector manufacturing for smartphones, computers, tablets, digital cameras, and automotive electronics. Naruse Factory handles mold design, prototyping, mass production, and secondary processing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Okura Industrial manufactures and sells embossed carrier tape (deep-draw, wide-width 88mm–136mm, and prototype variants) for packaging electronic components during shipping and storage. Production uses in-house developed press forming and vacuum forming equipment, supported by an integrated system covering mold design, mold fabrication, sheet slitting, and tape forming across 180 production lines in Japan, China, and the Philippines. A secondary product line at the Naruse Factory produces electronic micro connectors (mainly supplied to Hirose Electric) for smartphones, computers, tablets, digital cameras, and automotive applications.

Product overview

Okura Industrial is a manufacturer of embossed carrier tapes and electronic components. The product portfolio centers on embossed carrier tape (with deep-drawing, wide-width, and prototype variants) and complementary plastic reels for tape winding, alongside sheet slitting processing services. A secondary business line produces micro connectors for consumer electronics and automotive applications. The company operates an integrated production system combining embossed tape design, mold design and manufacturing, slitting processing, and tape forming, with 180 production lines across Japan, China, and the Philippines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Embossed Carrier Tape (エンボスキャリアテープ) Embossed carrier tape for packaging electronic components during shipping and storage, available in deep-drawing, wide-width (88mm–136mm), and prototype configurations. Manufactured using press forming and vacuum forming processes; standard specifications 12mm–136mm tape width and 0.3mm–0.5mm thickness. Customers are electronics manufacturers and set-makers.
• Plastic Reels (プラスチックリール)

Quantifiable outcome

• Flexible overseas production with mold transfer only — no new tooling investment required for customers expanding abroad
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 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

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves18 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Advantek: US-headquartered embossed carrier tape manufacturer serving electronics OEMs with deep-draw, wide-width, and standard tapes. Subsidiary of Japan's Dowa Holdings. Compares to Okura as the most direct competitor in the same embossed carrier tape product category with similar OEM customer base.
• Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. Japanese specialty plastics manufacturer producing carrier tapes, electronics-grade plastics, and semiconductor packaging materials for similar electronics and connector customers. Directly comparable product overlap with Okura's embossed carrier tape and connector-adjacent plastics.
• Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. Japanese polymer products company (part of Shin-Etsu Chemical group) producing embossed carrier tapes and related precision polymer components for electronics manufacturers. Directly comparable carrier tape product offering.
• Da/Pro Rubber, Inc. US-based precision elastomer and embossed carrier tape manufacturer producing packaging materials for electronic components. Directly competes with Okura in embossed carrier tape, particularly serving North American electronics manufacturers.

Broad incumbents

• ITW (Illinois Tool Works): Large diversified US industrial manufacturer with an Electronics Components segment (formerly ITW ECPS) producing embossed carrier tapes, cover tapes, and reels for SMT component packaging globally. Comparable carrier tape product line but as part of a much broader industrial portfolio.
• 3M Company: Global diversified industrial conglomerate with electronics-related packaging and carrier tape products serving semiconductor and electronics component supply chains. Overlaps with Okura in embossed carrier tape but as part of a vastly larger portfolio.
• Toppan Holdings Inc. Large Japanese printing, packaging, and electronics materials conglomerate serving semiconductor and electronics OEMs with packaging films and related materials. Comparable in plastics-for-electronics but with much broader product portfolio.
• Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP): Major Japanese printing and packaging conglomerate with electronics materials operations including packaging components for semiconductors and electronic components. Comparable as a broader Japanese packaging manufacturer with electronics-industry exposure.
• Amcor plc: Global flexible and rigid packaging giant producing films, pouches, and laminates across multiple end markets. Comparable as a flexible plastic film packaging producer though at vastly larger scale and across broader end markets than electronics-focused Okura.

Emerging players

• JST Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Japan Solderless Terminals): Japanese connector manufacturer producing micro connectors, board-to-wire, and wire-to-wire connectors for consumer electronics and industrial customers. Comparable to Okura's secondary micro connector business at the Naruse Factory, though JST is connector-pure-play.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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