OUR HISTORY
Founding and establishment
Planex was founded in 1956 as Uchiyama Shokai. It later became a limited company and was renamed Tōkyō Kōgyō Yūgen Kaisha (東協工業有限会社).
Main businesses
- Prototype and small-lot production using simplified molds, production molds, and injection molding
- Manufacture of tooling, including vibration-welding and hot-plate-welding tools, inspection jigs, and measuring jigs
- CAD/CAM engineer staffing and outsourcing
Group locations and roles
- Planex Maebashi: prototype injection molds, molding, and jig/tool design and production.
- Planex Giken: CAD/CAM engineer staffing and outsourcing.
- Planex Technology, Inc. (Philippines): CAD/CAM design support and engineer training.
Company timeline
1988
Renamed the company Planex and relocated the factory to Maebashi, Gunma.
2004
Established Planex Technology, Inc. in the Philippines.
2018
Spun off the CAD/CAM division to establish Planex Giken Co., Ltd. and began full-scale technical staffing services.