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Company Outline
Company Outline
Company Name Shigi Shipbuiding Co., Ltd.
Address 3-36 Dejima Nishi-machi, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka, 590-0831, JAPAN
TEL +81-72-241-2033
FAX +81-72-244-1728
E-Mail info@shigi-sb.co.jp
Capital 100 million Yen
Number of
Full-time Employees
20 persons
Business Line Lifeboat, Rescue boat
Company History
1934 A wooden vessel factory was built and the shipbuilding industry started in Nishinari-ku, Osaka.
1942 We built a wooded wartime standardized boat.
1949 We were the first company in Japan to succeed in the trial production of a lifeboat made from steel and aluminum.
1950 Incorporated in November 25.
1957 We were the first company in Japan to succeed in the trial production of a lifeboat made from FRP.
1968 We were the first company in Japan to succeed in experiments with fire-resistance lifeboats.
1972 Head office relocated to our Sakai factory in November.
1999 The first free fall lifeboats manufactured domestically with technological know-how.
2007 New head office factory completed in December.
2008 Started in-house development and delivery of our free-fall lifeboats.
2009 Started in-house development and delivery of our FEL59 free-fall lifeboats.
2013 Our company as an only domestic specialized lifeboat manufacturer developed the new resilient lifeboat against tsunami and flood Life Seeder which can be installed ashore by lifeboat manufacturing development technology.