Fukuvi Chemical
Fukuvi Chemical Industry is a Japanese plastics and building-materials manufacturer, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market (code 7871), that has launched the FUKUVI 3D Printing Hub to upcycle waste plastics, wood flour and spent coffee grounds into custom furniture, building products and monuments via large-format polymer 3D printing.
- CEO / Founder
- Mori Katsunori (森克則)
- Team Size
- 1001-5000
- Stage
- Public
- Latest Round
- IPO
- Key Investors
- Yagikuma Co., Ltd. (八木熊, ~12.4%); Nagase & Co., Ltd. (長瀬産業, ~11.9%)
Technology & Products
Key Products
FUKUVI 3D Printing Hub services (feedstock development, design, programming, printing, finished-product evaluation); wood-flour-filled filament; coffee-grounds-filled resin pellets for large-format printers; wood-biomass bench (500 x 400 x 600 mm, single- and three-color versions); wood-biomass planter (610 mm diameter x 420 mm high); core legacy products include building materials (interior/exterior decorative members, floor systems), resin industrial materials, and precision chemical products (anti-reflective functional resin panels, CFRP Tafujit).
Technological Advantage
World-class profile extrusion (異形押出成形) with 100+ extrusion machines, plus proprietary resin compounding for recycled/biomass feedstock; the hub adds die-free large-format material extrusion for short-run custom products, letting Fukuvi select the optimal process (extrusion vs. 3D printing) by application.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
An integrated design-to-evaluation service that converts customer- and municipality-specific waste streams (waste plastics, food residue, wood biomass) into compounded feedstock and finished 3D-printed products, combining in-house resin formulation with profile extrusion and large-format material extrusion.
How They Differentiate
Combines decades of resin formulation and profile extrusion with new large-format 3D printing, offering a single integrated route from a customer's specific waste stream to a finished, evaluated product - rather than only supplying printable material or only printing.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Corporations with waste-disposal challenges, municipalities, and educational institutions; also public-space and commercial-facility operators for outdoor furniture and landscape products.
Industry Verticals
Building materials and construction; public space and landscape design; furniture and interior products; industrial materials; precision chemical products
Competitors
Other Japanese plastics/building-materials manufacturers with profile extrusion and recycled-material lines; large-format polymer AM service providers targeting furniture and construction (e.g., recycled-filament 3D printing firms); conventional building-material and outdoor-furniture makers.
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Consolidated revenue ¥40,594 million (FY ending March 2026); consolidated employees 998; capital ¥2,193.9 million; listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market (code 7871) and Nagoya Main Market; market cap ~$128M.
Major Milestones
1953: Founded as Fukui Vinyl Industry Co., Ltd.; 2023-2027: 7th Medium-Term Management Plan with "circular business expansion" as a key strategy; 2024: Mori Katsunori appointed President & COO; 2026: Launch of FUKUVI 3D Printing Hub; ongoing joint research with Waseda University.
Notable Customers
Not disclosed (target segments: corporations, municipalities, educational institutions).