The equipment developed by our company is widely used in the manufacturing processes of many products, including smartphones and tablets that are prevalent worldwide, advanced devices for high-speed communications, and lithium-ion batteries at the heart of next-generation electric vehicles.
Founded in 1954, we started off by producing and selling textile machinery.
We specialized in the field of dyeing and finishing, excelling in the technologies of washing, squeezing, spreading, and drying, and our heat-setting equipment became a major success worldwide.
In the late 1990s, with the trend towards digitalization, we applied these technologies to the field of polymer chemistry, developing them into coating, stretching, and laminating technologies for functional films. Our long-accumulated expertise in controlling heat, wind, and water, highly acclaimed by our customers, is based on high-precision temperature and wind speed control, along with substrate transport technology that includes liquid processing.
Amid the global demand for efforts towards the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), we aim to be a company that contributes to our customers and communities with environmental preservation on a global scale in mind.
Fields Handled by Ichikin
Polymer Chemistry
ICHIKIN's equipment supports various scenes in everyday life.
Optical Film
Optical Film
Polarizing film, phase difference film, etc.
Electronic Material Film
Electronic Material Film
Flexible printed circuit boards, insulation materials, etc.
Battery Material Film
Battery Material Film
Separators, positive electrode material, negative electrode material, etc.
High Performance Membrane Film
High Performance Membrane Film
Ion exchange membranes, water treatment membranes, separation membranes, etc.
Medical Materials
Medical Materials
Artificial dialysis filters, poultice material, mask filters, etc.
Industrial Materials
Industrial Materials
Tire cord, carbon fiber, glass fiber, etc.
Functional Film
Functional Film
Heat-resistant film, gas barrier film, packaging film, etc.
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Optical Film
Optical Film
We manufacture equipment used to produce polarizing film and phase difference film found in LCD panels for devices such as TVs and computers.
Liquid Crystal Panel Film Manufacturing Equipment
Liquid crystal panels are composed of various elements such as polarizing plates and glass substrates layered together.
Among these, polarizing plates undergo various processes such as washing, dyeing, stretching, drying, and application.
Polarizing Plate Processing Steps
Electronic Material Film
Electronic Material Film
We manufacture equipment for producing films for electronic materials such as Flexible Printed Circuit Boards (FPC) used in smartphones and other devices.
Electronic Material Film Manufacturing Equipment
Flexible Printed Circuit Boards (FPC), essential for the miniaturization, lightweighting, and thinning of electronic devices, are manufactured through high-temperature heat treatment and drying of materials known as FCCL (Flexible Copper Clad Laminate) used for FPCs.
FCCL Processing Steps
Battery Material Film
Battery Material Film
We manufacture equipment for producing separators and positive electrode/negative electrode materials used in lithium-ion batteries and other applications.
Lithium-ion Secondary Battery Film Manufacturing Equipment
The main components of lithium-ion batteries, namely positive electrode materials, negative electrode materials, and separators, are manufactured using coating and stretching techniques.
Separator Processing Steps
High Performance Membrane Film
High Performance Membrane Film
We manufacture equipment for producing high-performance membranes such as ion exchange membranes, water treatment membranes, and separation membranes used in devices like cleaning water purification systems.
Porous films with both moisture permeability and waterproofing properties are manufactured through processes such as coating, solidification, and drying.
Porous Film Processing Steps
Medical Materials
Medical Materials
We manufacture equipment for processing medical-grade materials such as non-woven fabric used in masks and hollow fibers used in dialyzers for artificial dialysis.
Non-woven Fabric Manufacturing Equipment
Non-woven fabric is manufactured by entangling fibers together or bonding them with heat treatment and other methods.
Non-woven Fabric Processing Steps
Hollow Fiber Manufacturing Equipment
Hollow Fiber Processing Steps
Industrial Materials
Industrial Materials
We manufacture equipment to produce tire cords used in tire construction, as well as carbon fiber prepreg used in buildings, sports equipment, aerospace, and spacecraft.
Tire Cord Manufacturing Equipment
A tire cord is a fiber thread used in the framework of tires, capable of withstanding complex deformations and maintaining its basic shape. It is manufactured through repeated processes of impregnation and drying.
Tire Cord Impregnation and Drying Steps
Prepreg Manufacturing Equipment
Prepreg is manufactured by impregnating resin into carbon fibers arranged in sheet form.
Carbon Fiber Prepreg Processing Steps
Functional Film
Functional Film
We manufacture equipment to produce heat-resistant films and gas barrier films used in the food industry, as well as packaging films and shrink labels used for product packaging.
Functional Film Manufacturing Equipment
Functional films are manufactured by combining longitudinal stretching and transverse stretching to suit various applications.
