Our Business

We are proud of our nearly 60% Japanese market share in building locks, and our products being used in 50 countries around the world is a core business for us.
More than 70 years of experience and know-how in the development of locks, as well as exhaustive quality management have made MIWA a global brand that can be relied upon, and this has translated into unparalleled support from our customers. Furthermore, recent years have seen us rapidly introducing cutting edge IT skills and biometrics technologies, and we are providing next-generation security systems that target future security needs.

1945

Company established (Head Quarters in Tokyo, Factory in Mie)

1955

First designed door lock“ HM series dead locking knob lock”

1957

First designed cylinder“ DISC cylinder”

1964

MIWA LOCK products were widely used for Tokyo Olympic game facilities

1967

Magnet key“ EC cylinder”

1982

First hotel Magcard lock system“ ALH series”

1988

Battery operated hotel Magcard lock system “ AL3H series”

PIN code lock“ TKL series”

1991

Rotary disk tumbler mechanism“ U9 cylinder”

1999

ISO9001 certified

2000

U.S.A. sales office opened

2003

Reversible dimple key “PR cylinder”

ISO14001 certified

2004

First RFID hotel card lock“ ALFH series”

2007

Code Changeable mechanism “ LB cylinder”

2011

RFID hotel card lock for international market“ ALV2 series”

2015

Intelligent push-pull electric lock “iEL Zero” with Raccess hands free key

2016

Mobile key hotel card lock“ ALVB series”

2017

RFID & PIN digital lock “PiACK II” & Hands free digital lock “DTRS”

HM series(1955)

DISC cylinder(1957)

EC cylinder(1967)

ALH series(1982)

AL3H series(1988)

TKL series(1988)

U9 cylinder(1991)

PR cylinder(2003)

ALFH series(2004)

LB cylinder(2007)

ALV2 series(2011)

iEL Zero series(2015)

PiACK II series(2017)

DTRS series(2017)

Security changes with the times. MIWA LOCK’s integrated research and development has given us further improved product development capabilities.

Development and Engineering Center (Mie, Japan)

Development and Engineering Center (Mie, Japan)

We ensure strict quality management through all stages, including design, production, and in specifications.　We are building a“ MIWA” brand that can be relied upon.

Durability test, mounted on actual doors

Lock durability test

Only the required quantities of the required products are delivered when they are needed. This has been made possible by our large scale + high-mix, low volume production.

The largest lock plant in Japan “MIWA LOCK Tamaki Plant” ISO9001 certified

The largest lock plant in Japan “MIWA LOCK Tamaki Plant” ISO9001 certified

The largest lock plant in Japan “MIWA LOCK Tamaki Plant” ISO9001 certified

The largest lock plant in Japan “MIWA LOCK Tamaki Plant” ISO9001 certified

We are moving forward together with regions, the planet, and the future. Our efforts towards the environment are an important issue for MIWA. “MIWA LOCK Tamaki Plant” ISO14001 certified

Discharge pond

Cyclone dust collector

Wastewater processing system