Corporate Profile

Message from the President

Responding to the demands of new technologies

HARVES Co., Ltd. was established in 1988 to manufacture and sell special lubricants. We released HI-LUBE (grease) that year and successfully developed DRYSURF (a dry membrane lubricant) in 1992. We continue to sell these products to this day.

Vehicle-mounted components (mechanical and electronic), office automation equipment (such as personal computers, printers, and copiers), audio-visual equipment (including CD and DVD players and video cameras), digital cameras, mobile phones, and other optical and mobile electronic equipment all have many movable parts that make sliding motions. As these devices become increasingly compact, motion becomes more complicated, even as demand for accuracy increases. Our HI-LUBE and DRYSURF lubricants have improved in step with the development of precision equipment and are indispensable in preventing friction leading to wear and tear of mechanical components and in maintaining microscopic motion and quality. These lubricants have earned an excellent reputation with our customers, which in turn has given us leading market shares.

HARVES achieved ISO 9001 certification in 2003 and is committed to combining sound product design and quality assurance with consideration for the environment. Along with ISO 14001 certification in 2005, the Company was also awarded Green Partner and Green Activity certificates by its customers. We see these awards as evidence that our customers recognize our dedication to developing lubricants that are compatible with environmental conservation. We also bottles and sells naturally carbonated water. We will continue contributing to a harmonious coexistence with nature, both in name and reality.

HARVES Co., Ltd. is a group of expert engineers specializing in lubricants. We combine outstanding engineering capabilities as we work together to create products for future generations and to meet the needs of the new technologies that you develop.

Tomonori Maeda,
Representative Director
HARVES Co., Ltd.

Corporate Profile

Company name	HARVES Co.,Ltd. (English name) HARVES CO.,Ltd.
Head office	Parkside Gakuya Building 6F, 9-21-14 Tokiwa, Urawa-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama
Established	April 14, 1988
Capital	50,000,000 yen
Number of employees	87 (as of February 2009)
Company factories	Ina Factory, HARVES:5-60 Nishi-kobari, Ina-machi, Kita Adachi-gun, Saitama Kotobuki Factory, HARVES:4-105 Kotobuki, Ina-machi, Kita Adachi-gun, Saitama AIZU Ohshio Factory, HARVES:5298-3 Aza Uenoyama, Ohaza Ohshio, Kaneyama-machi, Ohnuma-gun, Fukushima AIZU Takizawa Factory, HARVES: 1861-1 Aza Nakamihori, Ohaza Takizawa, Kaneyama-machi, Ohnuma-gun, Fukushima
Scope of business	Special lubricants, fluorine products, hobby products Bottled naturally carbonated water; sales of refreshments
Products	Special lubricants:： Fast-drying dry lubricant for office automation equipment, audio visual equipment, cameras and other electronic and precision equipment; high-performance grease for electronic components and other vehicle-mounted equipment. Fluorine products:： Damp-proof coating and water and oil repellants, high added-value surface treatment agents for external surfaces, and stain-proof, finger print-proof and low-friction coating for digital cameras, movie cameras, mobile phones, mobile equipment, etc. OEM filling and packaging of industrial products: ： Industrial products are filled in small portions (into tubes and containers) under customers’ brand names; products related to automobiles, motorcycles and discount stores are packaged in assemblies (blister packed and labeled) and delivered as complete products. Domestic natural carbonated water (aWa Shinsui):： Sparkling mineral water with 100% natural carbonation rarely found in Japan, drawn from a cold mineral spring in Oku-Aizu; stomachic water that is naturally carbonated.

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