The company name "Sugatsune" is a shortened form of the founder's name, Sugasawara Tsunesaburo. It was founded as Sugatsune Shouten in Kanda, Tokyo in 1930. The store was incorporated and changed its name to Sugatsune Kogyo Co, Ltd., and started manufacturing telecommunication hardware components until the end of World War II. Thereafter, the company started producing architectural and furniture hardware. Sugatsune first hardware was exported to the U.S. in 1949. Sugatsune is a source for hardware products and component hardware for homes, telecommunication devices, consumer electronics, and marine equipment. Several Sugatsune products have won the Good Design Award in Japan, administered by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Sugatsune is headquartered in Iwamotochō, Tokyo and the company has sales and distribution offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, China, and India.
Products
Sugatsune product range includes over 20,000 items. The items range from architectural furniture and hardware to industrial components. This includes hooks, catches, drawer slides, brackets, handles and more. It produces products for a variety of industries as diverse as cabinets, semiconductor fabrication plants, yachts, doors, and more. Sugatsune's hinges are used around the world and are recognized in the industry. MonoFlat Unison is a sliding door system that enables doors to move inward and slide sideways without use of door handles in order to close flush with the wall. The external surface of the door can be flush with the wall or surrounding enclosure, giving a monolithic appearance. Multimo is a multiple-motion door system for cabinets, allowing them be pulled out and slide sideways to allow more work space in front of the cabinet when the door is open. A damper provides smooth closing.
Brands
Lapcon is a damper mechanism for smooth door opening and closing of drawers and doors. Several products featuring the mechanism won Japan's Good Design Award. Lapcon mechanisms can be found in many different products, including cabinetry doors and toilet seats. Both Monoflat FAD and LIN-X use Lapcon Mechanisms and are lateral door opening mechanismw. FAD enables flaps and doors to open sideways without the use of a bottom rail. Doors equipped with FAD have a smaller opening radius compared to ordinary swing doors. Motion Design Tech, a line of products which focuses on the design of movement has achieved recognition in Japan and has been presented at trade shows around the world.
