Graphic Arts Products
Aion Superfinishing Stones
Nikken Sandpaper

Electronics & Glass
PVA/Poly Rollers
Bearings
Shafts & Gears
Castings
Powdered Metal


Shima American
is listed and rated with
Dun & Bradstreet:
4A1


Shima Trading, LTD., Japan was established in 1904 to import chemical products from North America.

Shima Trading is one of the oldest family-owned trading companies in Japan.

Shima American Corporation, USA, was established in 1963 in the United States as an importer, exporter and distribution facility.

In 1963, Shima began selling Nachi bearings. During the bicycle boom in 1970, the company used chartered Jumbo Jets to import Izumi roller chain and Futaba bicycle parts. In 1973, they became the exclusive distributor of Kanebo PVA stones for the printing industry.

Continuing to expand, Shima American began importing and marketing The Sammy sport towels and The Absorber shammy for automobiles for Kanebo, Ltd., in 1980. In 1999, the Cool N' Dry PVA towels were introduced to many new markets including golfing and pet care.

Again in 1980, an arrangement was made with Perigot of Paris, making Shima American the exclusive importer of depilatory waxes for the beauty industry.

Kanebo PVA brush rollers and abrasives were introduced in 1982 to the semi-conductor and hard disk industries. In 2001, Shima entered a strategic alliance with Merocel offering the premium UltraPure PVATM brush rollers for critical cleaning in these high technology applications.

In 1996, Shima American developed Micro-Check® X-Y-ZTM software for Windows platform. In 2001, the new robotic, 3D Laser-MicTM System using proprietary software with the latest PC notebook was introduced. Shima has over thirty years of experience in the printing, converting and graphic arts industries and is a leader in their product and application areas.

New USA corporate headquarters were opened in Glendale Heights, Illinois in 1998.

Shima American's USA expansion to the heart of the Silicon Valley in San Jose, California leads the industry with a world class facility offering laboratory analysis, polymer conversions, Class 1000 and Class 100 clean rooms for high technology customers. The facility distributes technology products including UltraPure PVATM brush rollers and a comprehensive clean sponge product line. Today, products from around the world are offered to numerous markets in North, Central and South America.