Hokuriku Electric Co., Ltd.

Hokuriku Electric Co., Ltd. (北陸電機製造株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturing company based in Namerikawa, Toyama, engaged in the production of electrical equipment and machinery. According to its official website, it positions itself as a 'monozukuri' (manufacturing) company that forms part of the advanced social infrastructure delivering electricity, with a mission of stable supply. It states that it has been involved in electrical equipment and devices since its founding in 1944 and describes itself as the only transformer manufacturer in the Hokuriku region, operating across the Hokuriku area and nationwide. Its product and service lineup includes industrial transformers and voltage changers, energy-saving and environmentally friendly products, switchboards and control panels, control equipment for hydroelectric power stations, IH heating power supplies, anti-interference equipment, and power distribution and generation/transformation equipment for electric power companies.

According to the company's official history page, Hokuriku Electric was founded in May 1944 in Shimokoizumi, Namerikawa City, where it began manufacturing electrical measuring instruments. In January 1946 it received capital from Hokuriku Haiden Co., Ltd. and began repairing pole-mounted transformers, and in March 1948 it began manufacturing pole-mounted transformers. In February 1952 it began manufacturing large transformers. In May 1962 Fuji Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. took a capital stake. In November 1963 it established a sheet-metal and switchboard factory in Hokkaji, Namerikawa City and began manufacturing switchboards. In April 1965 it began manufacturing large transformers with on-load tap changers, and in May 1967 it began manufacturing instrument transformers and current transformers. In April 1969 it built its head office building and large transformer factory in Hokkaji, Namerikawa City, and in June 1969 it relocated its head office to 233 Hokkaji. In October 1969 it established Hokuriku Takasago Iron Core Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary in Shimokoizumi, Namerikawa City for iron core processing. In August 1973 it built a pole-mounted transformer factory. In December 1988 it built a first office and special equipment factory. In December 1990 it extended its large sheet-metal factory. In February 1992 it substantially renovated (automated) its painting factory, and in April 1992 it built (automated) a molding factory. In January 1994 it built a second office. In May 1996 it built a used-product processing factory. In February 1997 it obtained ISO9001 certification. In June 1998 it obtained TÜV safety standard certification (high-performance noise filters). In December 1998 it acquired all shares of Shinminato Seisakusho Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary. In November 2000 Hokuriku Takasago Iron Core Co., Ltd. relocated and began operating within the company's Hokkaji site. In April 2006 it began manufacturing Top Runner transformers. In October 2007 it extended its large transformer factory. In April 2008 it began a business of dismantling transformers containing PCB insulating oil. In March 2009 equipment for large gas-insulated transformers was completed. In September 2013 a new small transformer painting factory began operating. In April 2014 sales of Top Runner transformers 2014 began. In May 2019 sales of ultra-high-efficiency amorphous transformers for distribution began. In August 2022 sales of natural ester (soybean oil) oil-immersed transformers began. In January 2023 solar power generation equipment began operating. In April 2023 Hokuriku Takasago Iron Core Co., Ltd. was absorbed through merger, and in July 2023 E.S.E. Co., Ltd. was absorbed through merger. In April 2024 Shinminato Seisakusho Co., Ltd. was absorbed through merger. In April 2026 sales of 2026 Top Runner transformers began, and in April 2026 production of general-purpose IH inverters began.

A manufacturing company forming part of the advanced social infrastructure that delivers electricity, with stable supply as its mission; describes itself as the only transformer manufacturer in the Hokuriku region.

• Industrial transformers and voltage changers

• Energy-saving and environmentally friendly products

• Switchboards and control panels

• Control equipment for hydroelectric power stations

• IH heating power supplies (IH heating inverters and work coils)

• Anti-interference equipment

• Power distribution equipment for electric power companies

• Power generation and transformation equipment for electric power companies

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