Remaining steadfast in this market-focused approach, Koto offers high-quality hermetic seals mainly used as package quartz crystal for cellular phones, watches, computers and car components. Seiko continues to be a loyal customer since their partnership in the development of Seiko’s first quartz crystal watch some 45 years ago.

Koto has also built a portfolio of high-performance illumination products to meet varying customer requirements in stage and studio, fishing, and retail lighting. Its innovative solutions range from metal halide and halogen lamps to state-of-the-art LED lights.

In addition to its four factories in Japan, Koto has a manufacturing and sales base in Tangshan city in China’s Hebei province. Koto Electric (Tangshan) serves customers of the company’s studio and stage lighting, and powerful fishing lamps on the mainland.

“There is demand for high-quality solutions in the entertainment industry both in greater China and throughout Asia,” Harada says. “We also seek to further grow market share of our high-intensity fishing lamps, which have helped increase fishermen’s catch in the last four decades. We believe in the power of partnership and invite local partners with high regard for quality.”

Koto sees great growth opportunities stemming from its advanced plating technology, including ceramic metal plating, copper plating on glass and plating on plastics, which has potential applications in the automotive, information technology, electronics and semiconductor sectors.

“We’re excited about the ways in which this plating technology can answer current industry demand for thinner, lighter and higher-performing components,” Harada says. “We are open to application development with partners interested in this technology.”