Aikawa Gathers Forces to Give Papermakers a Choice in Stock Preparation Solutions

摘要

For many years, Aikawa Iron Works worked quietly to build its foundation as a premier supplier of stock preparation technologies in Japan. Its acquisitions of specialist companies such as AFT Screen Plates of Canada, Finebar of the USA, and POMTechnology of Finland were conducted with little fanfare. "Perhaps we have operated under-the-radar," admits Masaki Aikawa, Chairman of the Aikawa Group. "But that has been our style. We put performance ahead of self-promotion."