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  "card_url": "https://itha.ai/c/tsubakimoto.com/card.json",
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-27",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/tsubakimoto.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
    "itha": "0.2",
    "company": {
      "hq": {
        "city": "Osaka",
        "region": "Osaka",
        "country": "JP"
      },
      "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/",
      "name": "Tsubakimoto Chain Co.",
      "domain": "tsubakimoto.com",
      "founded": 1917,
      "same_as": [
        "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458461",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubakimoto_Chain"
      ],
      "employees": {
        "max": 12228,
        "min": 12228
      },
      "legal_name": "Tsubakimoto Chain Co.",
      "description": "Tsubakimoto Chain Co. is an Osaka-based manufacturer of drive chains, conveyor chains, reducers, linear actuators, materials handling and bulk handling systems, and automotive timing chain systems. Established in 1917."
    },
    "offerings": [
      {
        "id": "drive-chains",
        "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/power-transmission/drive-chain/",
        "kind": "component",
        "name": "Drive Chains",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Roller chains that transmit power from motors through sprockets to driven shafts. Lines include RS Roller Chain, Lambda Chain (oil-free), Super Chain and stainless steel chain.",
        "category": "motion_power_transmission"
      },
      {
        "id": "reducers",
        "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/power-transmission/reducer/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Reducers",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Speed reducers and gear motors, including worm reducers (Troidrive TD, Worm Power Drive EW/SW series) and the TERUS combined reducer.",
        "category": "gearbox"
      },
      {
        "id": "linear-actuators",
        "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/power-transmission/linear-actuator/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Linear Actuators",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Linear motion equipment: Power Cylinders, Linear Power Jacks (ball screw or trapezoidal screw), Linear Speed Jacks and Zip Chain Actuators.",
        "category": "linear_actuator"
      },
      {
        "id": "zip-chain-lifters",
        "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/modules/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Zip Chain Lifters",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Table-type lifters that transmit lifting thrust through a zip chain mechanism, in which two chains mesh like a zipper to form a rigid column for pushing and pulling.",
        "category": "lifting_device"
      },
      {
        "id": "materials-handling-systems",
        "icp": {
          "use_cases": [
            "Sorting",
            "Conveyance on automotive production lines",
            "Frozen storage of specimens and biological samples"
          ]
        },
        "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/materials-handling/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Materials Handling Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Tilt tray sorters (LINISORT), floor-type conveyance for automotive production lines (Symtrack, Symcarry) and automated -80°C sample storage (LABOSTOCKER).",
        "category": "material_handling"
      },
      {
        "id": "bulk-handling-systems",
        "icp": {
          "use_cases": [
            "Conveying cement, chemical products, grain and fertilizer",
            "Vertical bulk conveyance with bucket elevators"
          ]
        },
        "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/materials-handling/bulk-handling/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Bulk Handling Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Horizontal conveyors, bucket elevators and combined conveyors for bulk materials such as cement, chemical products and fertilizer, plus inspection doors and monitoring systems.",
        "category": "bulk_handling"
      },
      {
        "id": "mobility",
        "icp": {
          "industries": [
            "Automotive"
          ]
        },
        "url": "https://tsubakimoto.com/mobility/",
        "kind": "component",
        "name": "Mobility",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Automotive drivetrain components: timing chain systems for engines, drivetrain clutches and Enedrive Chain.",
        "category": "motion_power_transmission"
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://contact.tsubakimoto.com/"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27"
  }
}