Kawata Mfg. Co., Ltd.. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture, sell and provide maintenance of pulverulent-granular bodies handling equipment, automated systems and metal mold equipment. Pulverulent-granular bodies handling equipment includes labor-saving equipment handling plastic materials, food materials and pharmaceutical materials used in such processes as storing, conveying, mixing, measuring, drying and coloring. Automated systems include plastic molding equipment peripherals. Metal mold equipment includes temperature controllers and coolers. Labor-saving equipment accounted for 79% of fiscal 2002 revenues and Temperature control equipment, 21%.