Sankosha

Sankosha manufactures gas discharge tube surge arresters for circuit protection from lightning and other over voltage events. Sankosha Corporation provides lightning detection, forecasting, and protection solutions. Its lightning protection solutions include two-electrode and three-electrode arresters, surface-mounted arresters, high voltage arresters, earthing related products, lightning transformers, railroad protective devices, semiconductor lightning protective elements, lightning observation equipment, external lightning protection products, protective devices, explosion-proof and power supply SPDs, and consulting solutions, as well as SPDs for LAN, solar power generation systems, communication equipment, and co-axial connectors. The company also offers information communication solutions, including obstruction lights, optical communication networks, metallic communication networks, system products, and storage box products; and environmental measures solutions, including lightning and meteorological observation devices, measurement and testing related products, obstruction lights, and optoelectronic devices. Its products are used in various applications, including wind farms, solar power installations, buildings, factories, railways, fire prevention equipment, dams, and houses. The company was founded in 1930 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with sales branches in Tokyo, Hokkaido, Tohoku, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It has international offices in Guangzhou City, Yangjiang City, and Nanjing City, China; Hong Kong; Torrance, California; Singapore; Jawa Barat and Jakarta, Indonesia; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Seoul, South Korea.