Furukawa Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and development of specialized machineries. It operates through the following segments: Industrial Machinery, Rock Drill, UNIC Machinery, Metals, Electronic Materials, Chemicals, Real Estate and Others. The Industrial Machinery segment provides environmental machinery, pumps, plants, stone crushers, steel bridges, and casting. The Rock Drill segment offers rock drills such as breakers, crushers, crawler drills, and tunnel drill jumbos. The UNIC Machinery segment includes truck-mounted and vehicle carriers. The Metals segment distributes electrolytic copper, electrolytic gold, electrolytic silver and sulfuric acid. The Electronic Materials segment covers electronic materials indispensable for the development of information society, such as high-purity metals and compounds, optical components and others. The Chemicals segment deals with cuprous oxide, polymeric ferric sulfate solution, sulfuric acid, titanium oxide and functional materials. The Paints segment produces paints, acrylic rubber and adhesives. The Real Estate segment leases company-owned buildings in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka as well as serving as a real estate agency. The Others segment includes transportation, and research and development businesses. The company was founded in August 1875 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
