{
  "icp": {
    "regions": [
      "JP"
    ],
    "use_cases": [
      "riveting",
      "electrical crimping",
      "cutting and grinding",
      "pipe cutting"
    ],
    "industries": [
      "electrical installation",
      "construction",
      "automotive repair",
      "manufacturing"
    ]
  },
  "itha": "0.1",
  "company": {
    "hq": {
      "city": "Higashi-Osaka",
      "region": "Osaka",
      "country": "JP"
    },
    "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/",
    "name": "Lobtex",
    "domain": "lobtex.co.jp",
    "founded": 1923,
    "same_as": [
      "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11350630"
    ],
    "employees": {
      "max": 186,
      "min": 186
    },
    "legal_name": "LOBTEX CO., LTD.",
    "description": "Japanese manufacturer of work tools, fastening tools, industrial fasteners, electrical installation tools, hydraulic tools, and cutting tools, sold under the LOBSTER brand. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market. Traces its origins to 1888; incorporated in 1923."
  },
  "offerings": [
    {
      "id": "work-tools",
      "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabid/138/catid/1/Default.aspx",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Work Tools",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Hand tools including wrenches, socket wrenches, pliers, nippers, vises, screw extractors, and welding-related tools, sold under the LOBSTER brand and including the J-CRAFT pliers/nippers series.",
      "channels": [
        "distributors"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "electrical-crimping-tools",
      "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabid/138/catid/2/Default.aspx",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Electrical & Crimping Tools",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Crimping tools for bare and insulated crimp terminals, crimp sleeves, insulated closed-end connectors, and modular connectors, plus wire strippers and hand punchers for electrical installation work.",
      "channels": [
        "distributors"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fasteners-fastening-tools",
      "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabid/138/catid/3/Default.aspx",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Fasteners & Fastening Tools",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Fastening tools including air, cordless, hand, and impact-driver-attachment riveters, and cordless nutsetters, for blind rivet and fastener installation.",
      "channels": [
        "distributors"
      ],
      "spec_url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabid/139/catid/43/default.aspx"
    },
    {
      "id": "diamond-tools",
      "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabid/138/catid/4/Default.aspx",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Diamond Tools",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Diamond-coated cutting, grinding, and drilling tools for concrete, block, brick, tile, cast-iron pipe, roof tile, ALC, resin, and pavement materials, including the keenCutter Pro series.",
      "channels": [
        "distributors"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw-blades-hole-saws",
      "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabid/138/catid/5/Default.aspx",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Saw Blades & Hole Saws",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Tipped saw blades and hole saws for iron-based, stainless/difficult-to-cut, ceramic, and aluminum-based materials, plus staged drills.",
      "channels": [
        "distributors"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tool-sets",
      "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/products/tabid/139/catid/6/Default.aspx",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Tool Sets",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Tool sets sold under the Ebi-chan product line, comprising models EBI2005, EBI2010A, and EBI2010B.",
      "channels": [
        "distributors"
      ],
      "certifications": [
        {
          "id": "rohs",
          "status": "self_declared"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "engagement": {
    "url": "https://www.lobtex.co.jp/inquiry/tabid/390/Default.aspx",
    "email": "cs@lobtex.net",
    "phone": "072-980-1111",
    "methods": [
      "consultation"
    ]
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
}