SUPER TOOL CO., LTD.
5990・Standard Market・Metal Products
Business
Super Tool Co., Ltd. is an industrial tool and equipment manufacturer founded in 1942, listed on the TSE Standard Market. The company operates the Metal Products segment (accounting for approximately 93% of sales composition), centered on Work Tools such as wrenches, spanners, and pliers, as well as Industrial Equipment (Lifting Clamps & Cranes) including lifting clamps, cranes, and magnets. It supplies products to production sites across a wide range of industries, including civil engineering and construction, steel, shipbuilding, and electronic equipment, with domestic sales primarily conducted through major distributors such as TRUSCO NAKAYAMA and YAMAZEN. Centered on its Korean subsidiary, the company also exports to dozens of countries across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company has already decided to withdraw from the Environment-Related Business (Construction of Floating Solar Power Plants and Sale of Related Components, and Solar Power Generation Electricity Sales Business) by 2028, and is advancing selection and concentration toward the Metal Products segment.
Business Model
Manufactures professional tools and industrial equipment based on an integrated production system at the Sakai head office plant, covering forging, machining, heat treatment, and finishing. Domestically, the company relies mainly on major distribution trading companies such as TRUSCO NAKAYAMA (29.8% of sales) and YAMAZEN (19.5% of sales) as key sales channels, while overseas it operates primarily through its Korean subsidiary SUPER TOOL KOREA CO., LTD. The new logistics warehouse and assembly plant, operational since September 2024, is driving production efficiency improvements. The company is also advancing its shift toward a solution-based business model through the Lifting Clamp Management App "S・M・A・Я・T".
Company Strengths
Since its founding in 1942, the company has maintained an integrated production system encompassing forging, machining, heat treatment, and finishing at its Sakai City head office plant. In FY2025 (ended March 2025), the Metal Products segment achieved a segment profit margin of 15.6%, with segment profit reaching ¥760 million, up 1.5% year on year, even as sales declined.
TRUSCO NAKAYAMA (sales of ¥1,561 million, 29.8% of the total) and YAMAZEN (¥1,021 million, 19.5%) together account for approximately 49% of total sales. The company has established stable sales channels through major industrial supplies distributors, providing a solid product supply foundation in the domestic market.
The equity ratio stood at 76.9% at the end of FY2025 (ended March 2025), down from 81.4% in the prior fiscal year but still at a high level. With net assets of ¥10,276 million against liabilities of ¥3,079 million, financial leverage remains low. The company's financial base remains stable even as it funds the construction of a new logistics warehouse and assembly plant (total capital expenditure of ¥1,901 million) partly through ¥900 million in long-term borrowings.
ENVALITH's Perspective
Performance Trend
Revenue peaked at ¥7,957 million in FY2022, then declined for four consecutive periods before bottoming out at ¥5,437 million in FY2026. In the first quarter of FY2027 (ending March 2027), revenue turned upward, reaching ¥1,638 million (up 17.4% year on year). However, the cost of sales ratio rose, leaving gross profit nearly flat year on year at ¥402 million, and combined with an increase in SG&A expenses, operating profit declined to ¥70 million (down 17.0% year on year). Furthermore, the recording of ¥147 million in extraordinary losses for the demolition of existing facilities in connection with the construction of a new plant resulted in a quarterly net loss of ¥67 million. Amid continuing external risks such as downward pressure on personal consumption from rising prices and ongoing geopolitical risk, the recovery in lifting clamp demand from the South Korean shipbuilding market drove the revenue increase. The full-year earnings forecast (revenue of ¥5,500 million, operating profit of ¥390 million) remains unchanged.
Growth Strategy
Rebuilding the earnings base through concentration on the Metal Products segment, transition to a solution-based model, and new plant investment
The company is developing solution-proposal sales activities centered on its asset management app, with sales of lifting clamps trending above the same period of the previous year. By responding to customers' equipment management needs, the company aims to differentiate itself from competitors and secure customer loyalty, thereby improving profitability in the Industrial Equipment segment.
Construction of a new plant is underway with the aim of improving productivity, enhancing production technology, and developing new technologies. Demolition costs for existing facilities of ¥147 million were already recorded as an extraordinary loss in the first quarter of FY2027 (ending March 2027). Once the new plant is operational, the company expects to strengthen its competitiveness through shortened production lead times and realization of a low-cost structure.
The company is working to recover crane sales by introducing new models such as aluminum portable gantry cranes and aluminum H-beam cranes. Overseas, sales of lifting clamps for the Korean shipbuilding market have grown significantly, and the company is also strengthening promotional activities to expand its lineup of models handled in Europe, the Americas, and Greater China. In June 2026, the company implemented a price revision for some overseas regions to improve profitability.
In line with the previously announced withdrawal policy, consolidated subsidiary Super Tool ECO is proceeding as planned with the execution of already-ordered projects, including construction of floating solar power plants and sale of related components. Once the withdrawal is complete, the company aims to concentrate management resources on the Metal Products segment and improve its earnings structure.
Last updated: July 17, 2026