Company
About TRIS
| Name | TRIS Inc. |
|---|---|
| Head office | 1105-2 Kushida, Matsusaka, Mie 515-0204 JAPAN |
| Founding | December 16, 1946 |
| Capital | JPY 283.8 million |
| board member |
|
| Employees | 386 (as of April 2026) |
| Sales | 11.3 billion yen (FY2024 actual results) |
| Products | carbon brush , carbon commutator ,electrical contacts , carbon bearing ,carbon structure parts ,resistor ,sintered bearing ,sintered machine parts , Automotive motor components |
| Customers | AISAN INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. Aisin Corporation, SAWAFUJI ELECTRIC CO.,LTD JATCO Ltd. DENSO CORPORATION, Nabtesco Corporation, NIKKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, Panasonic Corporation, MITSUBA Corporation MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation, Yamamoto Electric Co., Ltd. Astemo Corporation, BorgWarner Inc. COAVIS, Robert Bosch GmbH SEG AUTOMOTIVE, , |
| Locations | Production site: Japan(4), US(1), Thailand(1), China(2), Taiwan(1) Sales/Rep office: Japan(2), Thailand(1), Korea(1), Germany(1), Czech(1), India(1) Business list |
History
*You can check the table by scrolling horizontally.
| 1946 | Fuji Carbon Industry Co., Ltd. was established in Kobe, Japan. |
|---|---|
| 1949 | Started powder metallurgy production |
| 1959 | Fuji Kako Co., Ltd. was established and started machining process of carbon brush at Toyohara Plant (Matsusaka, Japan). |
| 1966 | Kushida Plant (Matsusaka, Japan) started full production of carbon brush from raw materials to finished products. |
| 1969 | Opened sales office in Osaka |
| 1970 | Tamaki Plant (Mie, Japan) started production of powder metallurgy and plastic products. |
| 1977 | Opened sales office in Tokyo and Kariya (Aichi, Japan). |
| 1978 | Fuyung Carbon Co., Ltd. was established in Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 1980 | Integrated Toyohara plant into Kushida Plant. Kushida Plant became the main plant (current head office). |
| 1981 | Opened sales office in Himeji (Hyogo, Japan). Established OEC Co., Ltd. (Osaka) and Isuzu Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Matsusaka, Japan) |
| 1989 | opened R&D department for mold/die design and manufacturing at Tamaki Plant. |
| 1990 | TRIS USA, Inc. was established in Alabama, USA. |
| 1990 | Fuji Kako Co., Ltd. and Fuji Carbon Industry Co., Ltd. merged. |
| 1990 | Changed the company name to TRIS Inc. |
| 1991 | received "Quality Control Award" from Nippon Denso (currently DENSO Corporation) |
| 1996 | TRIS (THAILAND) CO., LTD. was established in Rayong, Thailand. |
| 1997 | Representative office was established in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. |
| 1998 | Representative office was established in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 1999 | TRIS (ZHENJIANG) CARBON CO., LTD. was established in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. |
| 1999 | Kushida Plant (HQ, carbon brush) obtained QS-9000 certification. |
| 2001 | Tamaki Plant (powder metallurgy) obtained ISO9001 certification. |
| 2001 | TRIS Czech sro was established in Lobosce, Czech Republic. |
| 2002 | TRIS SINTALLOY (ZHENJIANG) POWDER METALLURGY CO.,LTD. was established in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. |
| 2003 | Kushida (HQ) and Tamaki plant obtained ISO14001 certification. |
| 2005 | Koyo Plant (Matsusaka, Japan) started operation. |
| 2012 | Representative office was established in Prague, Czech Republic. |
| 2013 | Received the Good Company Award “Grand Prix (Best award)” |
| 2013 | Received Denso Corporation's "Overall Excellence Award" |
| 2015 | Representative office was established in Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 2020 | Kushida (HQ) and Koyo Plant obtained IATF16949 certification. |
| 2021 | TRIS India Pvt. Ltd. was established in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. |
| 2021 | Tamaki Plant obtained IATF16949 certification |
| 2026 | Becoming a member of the Aisan Group (Aisan Industry Co., Ltd). |