Hardlock Industry

Hardlock Industry Co., Ltd. (Japanese: ハードロック工業株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturer of industrial nuts. Its headquarter is in Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture. It was founded in 1974.

Hardlock Industry was founded in 1974. It developed the "Hardlock Nut", which is a type of self-locking nut. Since the Hardlock Nut was adopted for fixing rails of Hanshin Electric Railway, it has been adopted by many companies and has increased its market share around the world.

Its products were used in the bobsleigh sled by the Japan national team in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics,^[1] and also in the Tokyo Sky Tree.^[2]

References

↑ "【町工場から五輪へ】（１）ボブスレーのナット". 産経関西. 大阪市浪速区: 産経新聞大阪本社. 2010-02-08. エンタメ＆スポーツ. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
↑ "「人が喜ぶアイデアを」ハードロック工業社長若林克彦さん MSN産経ニュース". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

Other websites

Official website

[1] "【町工場から五輪へ】（１）ボブスレーのナット". 産経関西. 大阪市浪速区: 産経新聞大阪本社. 2010-02-08. エンタメ＆スポーツ. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.

[2] "「人が喜ぶアイデアを」ハードロック工業社長若林克彦さん MSN産経ニュース". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

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