Stable plastics moulder for cosmetics and daily goods, Kanto

What is for sale

This is a plastics moulding and assembly company based in the Kanto region that has operated for more than 30 years, mainly producing resin parts for cosmetics and daily goods brands. It specialises in multiple moulding techniques including insert moulding, combining metal and resin parts for clients. The owner is selling due to a lack of a successor and concerns about the long-term continuity of the business.

Because this is a share sale, the company itself, with its contracts, licences and bank account, transfers to the buyer rather than being re-applied for.

What is included

• Moulding dies and tooling
• Insert moulding know-how and technology
• Long-term contracts and relationships with major consumer goods clients
• Production, assembly and inspection equipment
• Existing staff (20 or fewer employees)
• Company entity including bank account and licences

Strengths (as the seller states them)

• Over 30 years of operating history
• Multiple moulding technologies including insert moulding for metal-resin composite parts
• Long-term direct contracts with major consumer goods manufacturers giving stable order flow
• Demand is relatively resistant to economic downturns due to focus on cosmetics and daily goods sectors

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

• Detailed financials such as cash balance, total assets, net assets and interest-bearing debt are hidden until buyer registers as a member
• Interest-bearing debt status is not disclosed in the public listing
• Seller plans to leave management after sale, so buyer must ensure smooth handover and retention of key client relationships
• Seller notes a need for future investment in production efficiency and equipment upgrades
• Broker success fee uses a tiered Lehman formula with a minimum of ¥25,000,000 on the first ¥200,000,000 of enterprise value, plus a 10% interim fee at basic agreement stage

Paying for it

If you stay overseas. No Japanese bank will lend to a new company whose director lives abroad. The realistic stack is your own cash plus asking the owner to take part of the price over 2 to 3 years. That one question is in every Deal Pack.

If you move to Japan. On a visa that lets you run a business, Japan Finance Corporation lends up to ¥72M at about 1 to 2 percent for exactly this. Once you have a Japanese company, the government pays two-thirds of due diligence and registered-broker costs, up to about ¥8M (round 16 closes 6 Nov 2026). The company's existing bank relationship comes with it.

What this listing says. The broker charges no fee at the NDA stage, an interim fee of 10% of the expected success fee at basic agreement, and a success fee on a Lehman sliding scale starting at a minimum of ¥25,000,000 for enterprise value up to ¥200,000,000; no information is given on existing loans, personal guarantees, or whether premises are owned or leased.

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