About Us
 ■Corporate Profile |
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| Corporate Name | SINANO COMPANY |
| Address | 1104-1 Iwamurada, Saku-shi, Nagano-ken 385-0022, Japan Tel: +81-267-67-3321 Fax: +81-267-67-3326 URL: www.sinano.co.jp |
| Established | 1919 |
| Annual Sales | 99,000,000 yen |
| President | Mitsuhiro Yanagisawa |
| Main Bank | The Hachijuni Bank, Ltd. |
■Business Overview |
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| Business Overview | Manufacturer of ski poles, trekking poles, walking sticks, ski and snowboard tuning machines and FRP pultrusion moldings Importer and distributor of marine sports goods |
| Facilities | A range of facilities to manufacture aluminum and composite tubes; testing machines for properties such as strength, gloss and hardness |
■History |
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| 1946 | Founder Mitsuhiko Yanagisawa establishes the company under the name Shinano-Sangyo Company begins producing bamboo ski poles and wooden furniture |
| 1957 | Plywood bamboo ski pole designed and achieves a market share of over 50% in Japan |
| 1968 | Company name changed to SINANO COMPANY |
| 1976 | Production line extended to manufacture of aluminum ski poles from swaging to final assembly Manufacture of outdoor leisure goods begun |
| 1980 | Technical tie-up entered into with Fontaine Metal Products of the U.S. Sale of ski tune-up machines begun |
| 1995 | Manufacture of composite ski poles begun |
| 1998 | Company merges with Arisawa Manufacturing Co. and capital increased to 400 million yen |
| 1999 | Manufacture of FRP pultrusion moldings begun Plant SG mark is awarded by the Consumer Product Safety Association of Japan (CPSA) for walking sticks |
| 2000 | Mitsuomi Yanagisawa becomes president |
| 2005 | Plant SG mark is awarded by CPSA for trekking poles ASG Division transferred to the company from Arisawa Sporting Goods Inc. and sale of marine sports goods begun |
Our Products
Canes
Trekking Poles
Walking Poles
