Furukawa Techno Material was established 67 years ago in 1958 as a subsidiary of Furukawa Electric Co. We began supplying nickel-based alloy materials to the automotive and electrical equipment industries, then added Nitinol alloys to our product line.

40 years ago, by 1985, Furukawa already had a vacuum furnace and actively melted Nitinol. From the beginning we have been a rare supplier who has the completely integrated production from melting to finished product. Along with the discovery of shape memory and superelastic properties of the alloy, we expanded supply for garments, antennas, eyeglass frames, household electronics, and many others thereby establishing manufacturing processes and capabilities. Today, we have 35 different Nitinol alloys (including ternary and quadruple alloys) for over 3000 customer specifications for custom wires and tubes.

In 1995, Furukawa began supply of Nitinol to medical purposes. For 30 years we have supplied Nitinol wire and tube for guidewires, stents, heart valve frames, and catheters to Japanese and World-wide markets. We are committed to providing customers with consistent high-quality products over a long period of time. The most significant advantage is the one-shot melting of VIM (Vacuum Induction Melting), which supply Nitinol with smaller and less inclusion, which produce Nitinol with stable mechanical properties by less variation of transformation temperatures. Equally important to the quality for medical devices is the traceability of raw material. This is assured by manufacturing at a single plant from melting in Japan. As an independent Nitinol supplier, we will continue to support the developments of numerous medical devices.