NICHIDAI CORPORATION is a Japanese tooling and precision metal forming company founded in 1959 and incorporated in 1967. The company’s name is derived from combining “Nippon” and “die,” embodying its founding vision to be Japan’s premier die manufacturer. Headquartered in Kyotanabe, Kyoto, the company is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market (TYO: 6467).
The company specializes in precision tooling systems and high-pressure metal forming engineering, particularly net-shape cold, warm, and hot forging dies. Nichidai provides end-to-end engineering spanning tooling design, finite-element metal flow analysis, die production, and mass production of critical drivetrain and compressor parts for automotive and industrial machinery clients internationally.