About Sodick

Sodick Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells numerical control electric discharge machines (EDMs). Segments The company operates through Machine Tool, Industrial Machinery, Food Processing Machinery, and Other segments. Machine Tool This segment’s core products include die-sinker EDMs, wire-cut EDMs, small-hole drilling EDMs, metal 3D printers, precision machining centers, CAD-CAM, and electron beam products. This segment’s products are used for die manufacturing and component machining applications. This segment serves automobiles, IT, smartphones, electrical and electronic parts, aerospace, medical equipment, etc. customers. Industrial Machinery This segment’s core products include horizontal injection molding machines, vertical injection molding machines, and light metal injection molding machines. This segment’s products are used for various applications, such as the manufacturing of plastic components and other difficult-to-machine materials, as well as in special materials and light metal applications, etc. This segment serves automobiles, IT, smartphones, electronic parts, medical equipment, etc. customers. Food Processing Machinery This segment’s core products include noodle making machines, automatic noodle boiling/steaming/sterilizing systems, and sterile-packed cooked rice production systems, as well as equipment for preparing Japanese-style deli dishes. This segment has applications in the areas of uncooked noodles (udon, soba, Chinese noodles, etc.), frozen noodles, long shelf-life noodles, sterile-packed cooked rice, confectionery, Japanese-style deli dishes. This segment serves major food manufacturers, restaurant chains, frozen food manufacturers, etc. Other This segment supplies various products that utilize its proprietary in-house technology, including motion controllers, LEDs and ceramics. This segment has applications in the areas of the design and production of dies; production of plastic molded parts; and development, production, and sale of products that use linear motors, the control devices for these, ceramic products, and LED lighting, etc. This segment includes the precision die and molding business, including built-to-order precision connectors for automotive parts; and elemental technology business consisting of the sale of products, such as linear motors and ceramic products, which have been created during the process of internalizing production. History Sodick Co., Ltd. was founded in 1971.