MONODZUKURI = not only "Manufacturing" but also encompasses the skills and attitude for creating better products.
B2B = "Business to Business" matching business needs between companies.

OSAKA has a high concentration of Japan's leading companies, as well as small and medium-size companies boasting core manufacturing technologies that support the worldÃÔ cutting-edge industries.

Solar cell and other new energy-related companies, manufacturers of flat panel displays, and companies with environmental technologies also concentrate in and around OSAKA.

OSAKA has the largest number of manufacturing companies in the country, and an industrial structure characterized by a well-balanced and diverse range of industries.

OSAKA Prefectural Government  has launched the “MONODZUKURI B2B Network” to spread the art of OSAKA’s MONODZUKURI throughout Japan and beyond.

The B2B Network is ...
... a system, the first of its kind in Japan, where OSAKA Prefectural Government teams up with financial institutions to match small and medium-size OSAKA companies featuring remarkable products or technologies with business demands, for instance for ultra-precision components or complex manufacturing technologies.

OSAKA's next goal is to spread the MONODZUKURI B2B Network mechanism overseas, in order to make technologies and products of OSAKA companies available to businesses worldwide.

- Number of manufacturing companies:

23,564 firms, the largest number in Japan
10% of Japan’s manufacturing companies are located in OSAKA.

- A “full-set” industrial structure

OSAKA has a “full-set” industrial structure comprising a good balance of wide-ranging industries.

• MONODZUKURI B2B coordinators, who have previous experience at general trading companies and major manufacturing companies, listen to customer needs and identify business demands.
• Utilizing corporate information available through local financial institutions, the MONODZUKURI B2B Network introduces to customers small and medium-size OSAKA companies capable of meeting the identified needs.
• Using the MONODZUKURI B2B Network service is free of charge, and the service is accessible via the Internet.

The B2B Network looks forward to serving you, the overseas customer, and to contributing to growth in your country through dissemination of OSAKA’s MONODZUKURI.

Please contact the MONODZUKURI B2B Network secretariat for inquiries.

Phone: +81 6-6744-4744　　Facsimile: +81 6-6744-4755
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. (Japan time)