Company Overview
| Company name: | Sanwa Ltd. | 
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| Representative Director and President: | |
| Takashi Inada | |
| Capital stock: | 35,000,000 yen | 
| Head office: | 6-2-51 Nishiki-cho Tachikawa City, Tokyo Japan | 
| Plant: | 6-2-51 Nishiki-cho Tachikawa City, Tokyo Japan | 
| Telephone: | 042-525-7138 | 
| Fax: | 042-525-7905 | 
| E-mail: | info@sanwa-jp.net | 
| Membership Associations: | |
Japanese Writing Instruments Manufacturers Association (JWIMA) Kunitachi Shokokai (Kunitachi Commerce and Industry Association) The Tachikawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry  | 
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| Manufacturing and Sales List: | |
| Machinery Branch: Marker pen/NIBS manufacturing machines, marker pen assembly machines, centerless feed machines and other automated systems.  | 
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| Pen Manufacturing Division: Water-based/permanent marker pens and pen NIBS / Paint markers/whiteboard pen tips / Eyeliner applicator.  | 
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| Main banks: | Tama Shinkin Bank, Higashi-Nippon Bank | 
Company history
- 1971
 - January - Sanwa Ltd. is founded.
 - 1985
 -   August – The Tachikawa factory is completed.
(the functioning body of the company relocates to the Tachikawa factory). - 1986
 -   Pen tip manufacturing begins. 
The first Japanese marker pen/pen tip manufacturing machine is developed and produced.
As a result of this, large scale production becomes a possibility.
After this, along with establishment of the new Tachikawa factory, the company begins to produce pen NIBS. 
Access
- By train:JR Nanbu Line, 15 minutes by foot from west Kunitachi Station
 - By car: 15 minutes from the Kunitachi/Fuchu interchange
 
