for the next
100 years.
Company data
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Established
1910
Paid in capital
30 million yen
President
Hiroyuki Ueda
Our Business
Various train cast iron brake shoes, various train composition brake shoes, various train increase adhesive brake shoes, various wheel tread fix unit (emery shoe), sales and manufacture of other related products.
Locations
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Head office・Factory
2-10-19 Tomobuchicho, Osaka Miyakojimaku, Osaka
Phone : +81-6-6921-2971 FAX : +81-6-6921-2975
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Tokyo Office
The second Hiramori Bldg. 7F, 8-1-2 NishiGotanda, Shinagawaku Tokyo
Phone : +81-3-6417-9980 FAX : +81-3-6417-9985 -
Okayama Office
338 Okuchokitashima, Setouchi, Okayama
Phone : +81-869-24-1222 FAX : +81-869-24-1223 -
Sanda Office
501-66 Fukushima,Sanda,Hyogo
Phone : +81-79-558-8920 FAX : +81-79-558-8930
Main customers
- Hokkaido Railway Company
- East Japan Railway Company
- Central Japan Railway Company
- West Japan Railway Company
- Shikoku Railway Company
- Kyushu Railway Company
- Japan Freight Railway Company
- Keikyu Corporation
- Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd
- Keio Corporation
- Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd
- TOKYU RAILWAYS
- Bureau of Transportation Tokyo Metropolitan Government
- Nagoya Railroad Co.,Ltd
- Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd
- Hankyu Corporation
- Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd
- Osaka Metro Co., Ltd
- Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd
- Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd
- Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd
- Japan Transport Engineering Company
- NIHHON SHARYO, LTD
- The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd
- KITA-OSAKA KYUKO RAILWAY CO.,LTD
- more over one hundred companies.
Members of the following associations
- Japan Railway Rolling Stock and Machinery Association
- Tatsudo Koyu Kai
- JAPAN TRAIN OPERATION ASSOCIATION
- Kotsu Dotoku Kyokai
- RAILWAY FREIGHY ASSOCIATION
- The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Company History
- 1910 We became established as a small pig iron and casting company.
1910
Saichiro Ueda established the company as a pig iron and casting company in 1 doshincho, Kitaku Osaka.
- 1923 We started our factory.
1923
Moved to Nakazaki, Kitaku Osaka, Started to use our brake shoe the Hankyu Corporation after that we became a brake shoe factory for trains.
- 1931～1987 Ueda Sa Foundry to Ueda Brakes.
1931
Relocated to current location to expand the factory.
1943
It was designated as a casting factory for trains by Ministry of commerce and Industry.
1946
Became a Ueda company organization the president was Giichi Ueda.
1949
Developed the Ueda Original brake shoe.
1957
Built a composition brake shoe department.
1959
Developed high phosphorus cast iron brake shoe.
1962
Composition brake shoe was first exported to West Germany from Japan.
1963
Won the Japan Invention prize.
1964
Japanese Bullet Train adopted the increased adhesion abrasion block.
Giichi Ueda( former chairman ) won the Yellow Ribbon medal.
1965
Build a new office with laboratories of full-size-brake-tester.
1970
Researched and developed special cast iron brake shoe (US Light).
1971
Adapted the shell mold process at the factory and installed an assembly line.
1972
Established Ueda brakes sales department.
Start selling special iron brake shoe.
Former president won the Order of the Rising Sun prize.
1974
Installed the machines which adhesive power.
Built Tokyo office.
Received the commendation from Japan National Railways Bullet train Department.1975
Japan National Railway adopted the endurance snow composition brake shoe.
1978
Installed the disk brake testing machine.
Won the National Invention award.1980
Developed the increase adhesive brake shoe.
1982
Japan National Railway adopted the special cast iron brake shoe (US Light).
1983
Renovated the first factory and made automatic cast iron assembly line.
1984
Developed the he braking force distribution brake shoe.
1987
Ueda Sa Foundry to Ueda Brakes. Developed the special cast iron brake shoe 120km/h for high speed vehicles (four types).
- 1989 Built a new factory in Okayama and later expanded it.
1989
Installed the high frequency electric furnace and the machine of spectroscopic analyzer.
Each Japan Rail company adopted increase adhesive brake shoe.1990
Developed special cast iron brake shoe(US Light) for 130km/h and increase adhesive brake shoe.
1991
Developed and adopted the water resistant brake shoe.
The Bullet train Nozomi300 adopted the increase adhesive abrasion block U1-type.1993
Started developing disk brake lining.
1994
Built new composition equipment at Okayama.(Okayama Factory)
1996
Implemented disk brake lining.
Won the Osaka City’s Small and Medium Enterprise Efficient Factory.2001
Expanded Okayama office to make new casting equipment.）
2005
All offices and factories were certified ISO9001:2000// 2005
2005
Installed the new high speed rotation tester.
2007
The Bullet train NozomiN700 adopted the increase adhesive abrasion block A1-type.
Did construction work on the Okayama Factory.
Constructed the new full size testing machines and a building for development.2009
Introduce the X-ray- Fluorescence spectrometer to improve quality.
2016
Established Sanda Office.
ISO9001
～ Pride in Ueda Breaks. ～
We consider our customers.
Quality Policy.
We solve problems and ourselves in costumer’s position, provide relief and skills through our product.
Regarding Certificate ISO.
All offices and factories are certified ISO 9001:2015 to every customer’s needs.
Registration date.
March 11th 2005
Registration number
JQA-QMA12036
Registration company
Ueda brakes.
Registration standard
ISO 9001:2015
Registration range
The train brake shoe. The cast iron brake shoe. The increase adhesive abrasion unit. Design, development and manufacture of other related products.
Related offices
Okayama office. Sanda office. Tokyo office. Ueda Company Ltd. U-tech- Corporation.
Registration authority
JAPAN QUALITY ASSURANCE ORGANIZATION.