Production
Putting the ESPEC ideal into products
ESPEC’s products can be used in more than 400,000 different ways depending on how each one such as our “test chambers,” “doors,” or “freezers” are combined with a multitude of optional parts. We also provide a lot of cus- tom-made devices to meet the special needs of our customers. The Fukuchiya- ma Plant houses a production line that is capable of handling a wide variety of small orders as it efficiently creates the necessary link between orders received and production. The plant is currently home to seven different facilities and, as evident by our newest facilities, QCC (QC circle) activities, 3S (Seiri; organized, Seiton; neat, Seiketsu; clean) activities, and other endeavors, ESPEC spares no effort in improving its production facilities to create goods of the utmost quality.
We also established the Fukuchiyama Training Center on site as the training base for our company's employees and those from other companies. Based on the concept, "The foundation for product creation is in the people," the Fukuchiyama Plant conducts a unique program of education and training. It has introduced an in-company proficiency measurement system in order to train and develop skilled employees able to efficiently produce high quality products, with many employees undergoing the test each year. These efforts, as well as the establishment of “Monozukuri Dojo” (our manufacturing training course), which offers a variety of curriculums for the acquisition and improvement of production-related knowledge and skills, make clear that our focus is on HR development.
Mother plant in the globally expanding ESPEC group Fukuchiyama Plant
The Fukuchiyama Plant began operations in 1974. The Osadano Industrial Park in Kyoto Prefecture established advanced self-imposed restrictions with regard to environmental impact, which was rare at the time. We selected it as our production center as we strived to create sophisticated and diversified products. Today, all the power used in the Fukuchiyama Plant is derived from renewable energy. The plant is home to various facilities such as the Fukuchiyama Training Center and the ESPEC History Hall P3 (P CUBIC), which exhibits a rebuilt workshop from the time our company was founded and displays our products to date, in addition to seven different manufacturing buildings. Many people from around Japan and abroad visit the plant.
Fukuchiyama Training Center
ESPEC History Hall P3 (P CUBIC)
- Year operations started: 1974
- Total area: 54,822m²
- Plant area: 18,039m²
Fukuchiyama Plant
1-7 Osadano-cho, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto 620-0853, Japan
TEL:0773-27-3131 FAX:0773-27-1132
Global Production System
With five overseas production facilities in China (Shanghai and Guangdong), the U.S. (Michigan and Colorado), and Korea, we are always striving to expand our production capability so we may globally offer the highest quality products. As the mother plant in the globally expanding ESPEC group, the Fukuchiyama Plant serves as the linchpin in our efforts toward ever more sophisticated and diversified product creation.
ESPEC NORTH AMERICA
(ESPEC NORTH AMERICA, INC.)
ESPEC NORTH AMERICA was established as our first overseas subsidiary in 1983. It has all development, production, sales, and service functions, and offers a wide array of product lineups to meet our customers' needs. It conducts the sales and service of its own products, including Global-N Temperature Cycling Chambers, Walk-In Temperature (& Humidity) Chambers, and Criterion Benchtop Temperature (& Humidity) Chambers, as well as those manufactured in Japan. It has obtained the second largest share of the U.S. market. By also providing QUALMARK-brand HALT/HASS testing chambers, ESPEC NORTH AMERICA can meet not only the testing needs of customers in the U.S., but also those in other countries throughout the world. At our Michigan Plant, a 12,081m² building has been constructed on a large site with an area of 53,540m², and our Colorado Plant is engaged in the production of HALT/HASS testing chambers.
SHANGHAI ESPEC ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT CORP.
SHANGHAI ESPEC was established in 1985 as the first production base in China. It already has a history of almost 30 years and has garnered the great trust of Chinese customers. It is engaged in the development and production of a number of products including Walk-In Type Temperature (& Humidity) Chambers, Temperature (& Humidity) Chambers, Convection Ovens, Temperature Chambers, and Desk-Top Type High-Temp Chambers. It constructed three 3,000m² plants, which are equipped with the latest production capacity, covering some 30,000m² of land area. It spares no effort in improving its production areas by, for example, introducing QC circle activities and a proficiency measurement system in order to efficiently provide higher quality products. It continues to engage in challenging activities such as the development of new products in consideration of the Chinese market, which is expected to expand more and more in the future.
ESPEC TEST EQUIPMENT (GUANGDONG) CO., LTD.
Established in 2013, ESPEC Test Equipment (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., which is fully funded by ESPEC, began operations in March 2014. Built in the Nansha District of Guangzhou (Guangdong), an area where the electronics and automobile industries are flourishing, it features a factory floor area of roughly 17,000m² spread out over a roughly 28,000m² site. ESPEC Test Equipment (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. is developing and producing “Low Temperature (& Humidity) Chambers,” “Rapid-Rate Thermal Cycle Chambers,” “Bench-Top Type Temperature (& Humidity) Chambers,” and “High Temperature Chambers” using production technology developed in Japan. The products manufactured here are sold not only in China but also throughout ASEAN countries and Europe. ESPEC Test Equipment (Guangdong) is striving to grow as a new base that supports ESPEC globally.
ESPEC KOREA CORP.
ESPEC KOREA was established in 2001. In 2006, the company constructed a plant equipped with the latest facilities in the Hyeongok Industrial Park in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, a region that serves as the country's center for the electronics and automobile industries. The plant is involved in the manufacture and sales of environmental testing equipment. The products manufactured by ESPEC KOREA are not even marketed in Korea, but are exported to Japan and ASEAN countries as well as Europe and the U.S. With Temperature (& Humidity) Chambers with Large, Double-sided Viewing Windows produced based on the high-power Thermal Chamber AR Series in 2019, for instance, efforts are always being made to upgrade and expand technologies and production capabilities to ensure the provision of high-quality products as ESPEC’s production base.
