Debt-free Saitama aluminium die-casting maker for automotive parts

What is for sale

This is a Saitama-based specialist manufacturer of aluminium die-cast precision parts, mainly for the automotive industry, handling everything from mould design and production through to mass manufacturing. The company has long-standing direct relationships with major domestic and overseas automotive parts makers. The reason given for sale is listed simply as "other", with no further detail provided.

Because this is a share sale, the buyer acquires the company itself, so its lease, licences, bank account and existing contracts generally transfer automatically rather than needing to be re-applied for.

What is included

• The operating company itself (shares)
• In-house mould design and production capability
• Casting, machining, assembly and inspection equipment and facilities
• ISO9001 quality management system and dedicated QC department
• Existing contracts with around 30 customers, including major automotive parts makers
• Employees (up to 200)

Strengths (as the seller states them)

• Full in-house production from mould design through casting, machining, assembly and inspection
• Strong technical capability in high-precision, high-pressure automotive hydraulic and functional parts
• Long-term direct trading relationships with multiple major domestic and overseas automotive parts manufacturers
• No external interest-bearing debt; parent company loan to be fully forgiven at transfer, leaving the company effectively debt-free

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

• Top few customers account for about 70% of sales, so continuity of these key accounts should be checked
• Detailed financials (retained earnings, cash, total and net assets) are hidden until the buyer registers as a member
• Minimum broker success fee is ¥25 million plus tax, which is significant relative to smaller deals
• Seller's answers to several due-diligence questions (owner's post-sale involvement, legal or tax issues, risk to staff/customer relationships) are unanswered in the listing
• Reliance on subcontractors for some processes like machining and surface treatment should be clarified

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 listing states the company has no external interest-bearing debt and that an existing loan from its parent company will be fully forgiven at the time of transfer; the broker charges an interim fee of 10% of the success fee plus a success fee calculated on a Lehman formula basis against total assets transferred, with a minimum success fee of ¥25 million plus tax.

Full rundown, with the catches: japandealflow.com/money