About Us

Greetings

Our motto is “Reliable quality and accuracy” in domestic and overseas market and we have been trying our best to meet user’s needs for about 90years as a pioneer in industry since our founder Denjiro Kotera started manufacturing Japan’s first level in Ichioka Mnato-ku Osaka in 1919.
We inherit “Manufacturer’s sprit” and “Technology” since our establishment, and set up integrated production systems that allow experienced technician to conduct from processing materials to assembly.
We carry out manufacturing of vials, processing frames, adjusting assembling accuracy under high technology and quality control.
We also acquired quality management system ISO 9001 certification in July 2001 and we are committed to make all efforts to manufacture the product to meet user’s demands.
We devote ourselves to our duty, spread the technology of a predecessor to all the staff and move ahead.
We hope to receive your continued patronage in the future.

President
Tateki Kotera

 

History

Apr 1919Denjiro Kotera established “Kotera measuring instrument factory” and started manufacturing Japan’s first level in Ichioka Minato-ku Osaka-shi Osaka.
Apr 1944Established Akatsuki MFG. Ltd. in Ayabe-shi Kyoto and manufactured wooden emergency demand product for navy.
Feb 1945Osaka factory was burned down due to the war damage and moved to Ayabe-shi Kyoto and restarted manufacturing levels.
Aug 1945End of war. Restarted manufacturing levels on a large scale.
Apr 1976Changed company name to “Akatsuki MFG. Co., Ltd.” (capital 20,000,000yen).
Jul 1978Increased the capital to 30,000,000yen.
Nov 1993Built new head office.
Mar 2001Increased the capital to 40,000,000yen.
Jul 2001Acquired ISO9001certification.
Oct 2006Introduced laser maker.
May 2012Opened Tokyo office (Akabanekita Kita-ku Tokyo).
Sep 2012Opened Osaka office (Kosaka Higashiosaka-shi Osaka).
May 2021Opened Aichi office (Shintomi-cho Kariya-shi Aichi).

 

Company Profile

Head Office

Address53 Ishiburo Inokurashimmachi, Ayabe-shi, Kyoto, 623-0051 Japan 
EstablishmentApril 1944
CEOTateki Kotera
Phone0773-42-1001
FAX0773-42-2043
Emailinfo@kod-level.co.jp

 

Aichi Office

Address1F SOCIO Kariya Shintomicho
2-31-1 Kariya-shi Shintomi-cho, Aichi 448-0045 Japan 
Phone0566-95-8380
FAX0566-95-8390

*All product will be shipped from Kyoto head office. Please contact head office (Phone: 0773-42-1001) for product enquiry.

 

Products

Various aluminium level, iron level, wood level, small level for machinery built-in and all-purpose level
Various plumb bob, gradient gauge for drainage, slope gauge alminium level, slant rule, level with a goniometer, drain tube centering level, plumb bob with catch, cutter scale, level for survey pole and laser level

 

Request for catalog

Please contact us to request a catalog.
Inquiries on custom-made product and gifts are also welcome. Please feel free to contact us.

 

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