Everything began with the mines.

The history of Furukawa Co., Ltd. dates back to 1875 when the founder, ichibee Furukawa began the copper mine operation. From around 1900, our business began centering on the copper mine operation. We worked to innovate technologies with mining machines, such as imported rock drills, and owing to these technologies, the Ashio Copper Mine leaped ahead by producing the largest amount of copper in Japan.

Expansion of the management of mines and development of efforts in various fields.

At Furukawa Co., Ltd., applying the technologies cultivated through the maintenance of imported rock drills, we developed the first domestic hand-held rock drill. This was the start of our rock drill business. During the same period, we began developing pumps for slurry transportation at copper mines and coal pits.
In 1918, the predecessor of the current Furukawa Company Group, Furukawa Mining Co., Ltd. was established and the technologies and products developed at the Ashio Copper Mine were applied in a wide range of fields by Furukawa Mining Co., Ltd.

Contributed to the post-war rebuilding of Japan and the growth of the Japanese economy through the development of infrastructure for the nation.

Japan advanced towards the war between other countries and during the war, everyone in Japan had to cooperate in the war effort. To meet this demand, we reorganized the businesses and invested further into equipment and facilities by increasing capital.
After the war, we continued our path of development alongside the recovery of the Japanese economy and focused our energy on growing fields like machinery and electronics.

Starting our journey as the Furukawa Company Group and aiming for even greater corporate value.

In 1989, we changed the company name from Furukawa Mining Co., Ltd. to Furukawa Co., Ltd. and made a fresh start.
We restructured the organization through the selection and concentration of the businesses and accelerated global expansion of the Machinery Segment.
In 2005, we spun off businesses and adopted a Group management system, and began as the Furukawa Company Group.

Aiming to becoming a company that continually transform to embody our Management Philosophy.

In 2020, we were greatly affected by the global pandemic of COVID-19.
At the Furukawa Company Group, we will continue contributing to the creation of social value in the form of social infrastructure development and the bringing to fruition of a safe and environmentally friendly society, while we will go about generating corporate value by providing infrastructure, products, technologies, services, and other elements serving to aid in the solving of social issues."