articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2015 sugatsune kogyo co. ltd. type private industry manufacturing founded february 11 1930 1930 02 11 headquarters tokyo japan key people jun sugasawara president products architectural and industrial hardware components number of employees 470 2010 website official website sugatsune kogyo is a manufacturing company based in tokyo japan . the company celebrated its 80th anniversary of operations in 2010 . contents 1 founding and history 2 technology 2.1 lapcon 2.2 fad 2.3 mfu 2.4 multimo 3 manufacturing and office locations 4 a new subsidiary in india 5 references 6 external links founding and history edit the company name sugatsune is a shortened form of the founder s name sugasawara tsunesaburo . it was founded as sugatsune shouten in kanda tokyo in 1930 . the store was incorporated and changed its name to sugatsune kogyo co ltd. and started manufacturing telecommunication hardware components until the end of the pacific war . thereafter the company started producing architectural and furniture hardware during postwar period . sugatsune first hardware was exported to the u.s. in 1949 . sugatsune america inc. known for lapcon architectural hardware and lamp brand is the wholly owned subsidiary of sugatsune kogyo co. ltd. it is located in carson southern california . ever since sugatsune kogyo co. ltd was established the company has released numerous hardware technologies under the motto of be original including lapcon technology and special patented hardware . sugatsune is a source for unique high quality hardware products and component hardware for high profile custom designed homes telecommunication devices consumer electronics ; marine equipments are in which sugatsune brand is known for . several sugatsune products have won good design award japanese which was instituted by the ministry of international trade and industry of japan . sugatsune is headquartered in kanda tokyo and the company has sales and distribution offices in the u.s.a. u.k. china and india technology edit lapcon edit lapcon lamp control is patented damper mechanism for super smooth door opening and closing function developed by sugatsune kogyo . the mechanism won japan s good design award and it is acclaimed highly among architects and designers world over.the usage of lapcon mechanism can be seen not only in cabinetry doors but also toilet seats . fad edit fad formally named monoflat fad is a patented lateral smooth door opening mechanism developed by sugatsune kogyo . fad enables door swing out and in laterally in smooth self opening and closing movement without the use of bottom rail . because of the patented special swing arm with built in gas spring mechanism a door equipped with fad uses a small opening radius compare to ordinary swing doors . mfu edit mfu or formally named monoflat unison is a patented flush sliding door system developed by sugatsune kogyo . mfu enables doors to move inward and slide sideways without use of door handles and the door will be closed in flush manner . what makes mfu unique is that the external surface of the door can be flat as or same level as wall or surrounding enclosure which helps monolithic appearance or united appearance with surroundings when applied with the same color scheme . multimo edit multimo innovative multiple motion door system for cabinets is patented and developed by sugatsune kogyo . the multimo equipped doors can be pulled out and slid sideways to open unlike ordinary swing doors ; the system allows more work space in front of cabinet even when door is opened . equipped with damper for soft and smooth close movement the multimo equipped door positions are interchangeable . one can open desired doors slide them to left or right and close one of the doors at any unoccupied position . multimo equipped cabinets can be connected even with different width and increased by as many as needed without sacrificing space in front of the cabinets . manufacturing and office locations edit japan sugatsune kogyo co.ltd . united states sugatsune america inc. united kingdom sugatsune kogyo uk ltd china sugatsune shanghai co. ltd india sugatsune kogyo india pvt. ltd. a new subsidiary in india edit with an opportunity to explore indian markets sugatsune kogyo co. ltd have formed an indian subsidiary sugatsune kogyo india private limited based in mumbai incorporated on august 2014 . with a vision to capture & explore business opportunity in india . sugatsune kogyo india private limited are planning to infuse initial capital worth inr 42 300 000 1 references edit http www.allcompanieslist.com sugatsune kogyo india private limited external links edit http www.sugatsune.co.jp http www.sugatsune.com http www.sugatsune.net http www.sugatsune.co.uk http www.sugatsune.com.cn retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sugatsune & oldid 677133591 categories manufacturing companies of japancompanies based in tokyocompanies established in 1930hidden categories orphaned articles from february 2015all orphaned articlesarticles containing japanese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 august 2015 at 10 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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