AN INTERVIEW WITH MASAKI NAKAYAMA Part 4

“Surviving manufacturers of cutting rules in Japan” We are proud of our sophisticated skills that make sure our cutting rules are precise in their specifications.  For example, we can work with as small an allowance of even ±20μm for width. The thickness of cutting rules varies depending on its intended use. The most used thickness…

AN INTERVIEW WITH MASAKI NAKAYAMA Part 3

“Surviving manufacturers of cutting rules in Japan” There are seventeen manufacturers of cutting rules in the world and two of them are in Japan. Nakayama Co., Ltd. has specialized in manufacturing cutting rules since the company was established in 1937. The cutting rules were originally used in cutting dies for paper and corrugated cardboard. However,…

AN INTERVIEW WITH MASAKI NAKAYAMA Part 2

Our policy is: Be flexible, adapt to customer’s requests, and put them into immediate practice. We focus on providing suitable blades for each customer with small lot production rather than making ordinary blades for mass production.  Raw materials used to make our cutting rules always meet Nakayama standards, which are far tougher than JIS (Japanese…