KODO CO., LTDO

SERVICE

General trading company for non-ferrous metals

As metal professionals
The main business of the KODO Group is to work as a trading company that supplies non-ferrous metals and special metal materials. As professionals in metal materials, the KODO Group has an eye for discerning quality, abundant procurement channels, and a supply system that can respond immediately to any order from our customers. We accurately grasp the functions that our customers require from materials, propose, and supply metal materials that meet their needs. We always strive to find the best solution from the customer's perspective to satisfy all conditions they require, such as quality, quantity, cost, and delivery date.
All metals, according to the customer's wishes
The KODO Group handles a wide variety of metals. In addition to copper materials for automotive electrical equipment, phosphor bronze materials used in terminals and connectors, and copper alloy materials that support the IT industry such as semiconductors, we also handle a wide range of aluminum materials such as for pressing, sheet metal working, and die casting, and stainless-steel materials for precision parts. We deliver shapes such as plates, strips, wires, bars, tubes, and foils in specifications that meet the needs of our customers. We can meet all your needs from a single coil or a single piece, and also handle specially processed products such as plating and stepped shapes.

Bronze

Brass

Phosphor bronze

Copper Alloy

Aluminum

Stainless

Iron
Parts
Others

Application
Electronic apparatus, automobile, automobile electronic component, semiconductor, transportation, measurement apparatus, precision apparatus, information communication apparatus

PRODUCTS

Bronze

  • Name
  • JIS Code
  • Main Usage
    • Oxygen-free copper
    • C1020
    • Busbars, electrical applications, chemical industry applications
    • Tough pitch copper
    • C1100
    • Busbars, electrical applications, stills, gaskets
    • Phosphorus deoxidized copper
    • C1220
    • Water heaters, gaskets

Brass

  • Name
  • JIS Code
  • Main Usage
    • Brass
    • C2600
    • Terminal connectors, etc.
    • C2680
    • Snap buttons, camera parts, terminal connectors, wiring accessories
    • C2700
    • C2801
    • Wiring accessories, automotive operating valves, nameplates, instrument panels, etc.
    • C3604
    • C3713

Phosphor bronze

  • Name
  • JIS Code
  • Main Usage
    • Phosphor bronze
    • C5102
      C5111
      C5151
      C5190
      C5191
      C5192
      C5210
      C5212
      C5240
    • Springs for electrical and electronics equipment, switches, lead frames, connectors, diaphragms, bellows, fuse clips, slide bearings, bushings

Copper Alloy

  • Name
  • JIS Code
  • Main Usage
    • Nickel silver
    • C7701
      C7521
    • Cases for crystal oscillators, transistor caps, sliding pieces for volume, watch dials, ornaments, Western tableware, medical equipment, building applications, wind instruments
    • Beryllium copper
    • C1700
    • High-performance springs, springs for relays, springs for electrical equipment
    • C1720
    • Titanium copper
    • C1990
    • Switches, connectors, jacks, relays
    • Other copper alloy
    • Cemented carbide

Aluminum

  • Name
  • JIS Code
  • Main Usage
    • Pure aluminum
    • A1050
      A1100
      1N30
    • Light reflectors, lighting fixtures, ornaments
    • Al-Cu alloy
      (Duralumin)
    • A2017
      A2024
    • Aircraft materials, various structural materials
    • Al-Mn alloy
    • A3003
    • General equipment, building materials, ship materials
    • Al-Mg alloy
    • A5052
    • Ship, vehicle and building applications, beverage cans, general sheet metal
    • Al-Mg-Si alloy
    • A6061
      A6063
    • Ship and vehicle applications, and general structures

Stainless

  • Name
  • JIS Code
  • Main Usage
    • Stainless
    • SUS304
      SUS301
    • Home appliance applications, automotive parts, connector shells
    • SUS430
    • Kitchen equipment, building parts, automotive moldings

Iron, Parts, Others

  • Name
  • JIS Code
  • Main Usage
    • Nickel alloy
    • 42 alloy
    • Sensor parts, spring parts, resonant devices
    • Permalloy
    • Motor control parts, transformer cores, various shields
    • Iron, iron-base alloy
    • Enameled rectangular wire
    • Motors, sensors, solenoids, transformers, etc.
    • Decorative surface treatment for aluminum
    • Panels, signboards, nameplates, etc.
    • Porous metal
      (Aluminum honeycomb material, sintered material)
    • Panels, rectifiers, light diffusers, heat-dissipating components, electromagnetic shields, sound-deadening materials, various filters, sensor covers
    • In-house special processing technology
      (Irregular cutting, burr-free slitting)
    • Busbar use, switches, connectors, base materials for clad metals, etc.
    • Heat-dissipating component/member
    • For various heat dissipation, circuit boards, industrial equipment, power supply units, etc.
    • Material for busbar
      (Copper, aluminum, plating, metallic powder coating)
    • Automotive (EV, HEV, etc.), smart meters, switchboards, power supply parts, etc.

RECYCLE

Establish a self-contained resource recovery and recycling system

Direct procurement

Procure metal
from a supplier

Supply of non-ferrous
metal raw materials

Supply of highly functional
electronic materials

Providing the latest domestic
and international information

Processing to meet
customer needs

Supporting customers
in their waste disposal

Recovery of various
raw materials including
non-ferrous metals

5 types of
metal cleaning

Stable supply of
high-quality raw materials

in real time

Sorting and recycling

Procure metal from a supplier

Slitting, leveling & shearing, irregular cutting

In order to cover the whole country, we are fully equipped with “slitting functions” at our East Japan Logistics Center, West Japan Logistics Center, and Kanagawa Logistics Center. We also have logistics bases that are capable of “leveling and shearing” and “irregular cutting.”

Processing to meet customer needs

5 types of metal cleaning

Metal cleaning apparatus
Drum-type magnetic separator
Critical cleaning equipment
Manual separation

Sorting and recycling

Metals

Copper / Cooper alloy

Iron / Iron-base alloy

Aluminum

Other