b'An Interview WithSunco IndustriesJapanese fastener specialist, Sunco Industries are at the forefront of the screw industry and are continuing to expand globally. They recently attended the Osaka EXPO 2025, where they shared their passion, knowledge, and culture with global visitors.We interviewed the team at SuncoDid you present or launch any newour mascot character, Industries about their presence atproducts or services? and Try-kun, the Higashi-Osaka EXPO in Osaka, learning more about theAt our booth, we prepared a number ofCity character.innovative Japanese fastener companyareas where visitors could touch, enjoyDid visitors get the chance to meet and how they operate within the industry. screws and deepen their understanding. SOCKET BOY at EXPO?Did you enjoy exhibiting at EXPO in OsakaThe centrepiece of the booth was aAt the event, our character SOCKET BOY this July? diorama made entirely from screws. Thisappeared at the booth and interacted with We feel that this was a meaningfulrepresented the venue for Osaka EXPOmany visitors, who took commemorative exhibition. Since this exhibition was2025 and featured over 1,600 screws.photographs.mainly aimed at general customersVisitors to the exhibition expressed theirIn addition, SOCKET BOY marched at the who are not familiar with the screwamazement at the fine detail and delicacyfront of the parade on Japan Day 3 July, industry, we took steps to deepen theirof the work and Its amazing how theattracting a lot of media attention.understanding of screws, which is notdetails are so delicately rendered! said something we usually focus on. Throughone of the visitors. SOCKET BOYs cheerful and friendly hands-on workshops such as displayingcharacter brought smiles to the faces of a diorama of the EXPO Osaka 2025 venueMayor of Higashi-Osaka City, Yoshikazu Nodavisitors and the booth was filled with a recreated with screws and making screw(second from left) and Socket Boy mascots friendly mood.key chains, we were able to delight manyCan you tell us what was featured customers. The booth was bustling everyin the recent edition of theday, and we received numerous positiveSOCKET BOY magazine?comments on social media about our booth and the screw diorama. The sixth issue, published in August 2025, Did you meet many customers andincludes a special feature on the Fastener companies at the EXPO? Fair Global held in Germany in March this year and a new section, NEJIDO, which During the exhibition, our booth attractedcovers the past and future prospects a large number of visitors at all hoursof Japanese screw manufacturers. of the day. At peak times, there wereThis edition has the largest number even crowds of people who could notof pages so far, with a total of 20. The fit into the booth area. On the first day,magazine also introduces the culture and the mayor of Higashi Osaka City, Osakahistory of Higashi-Osaka City, a city of Prefecture, where our distribution centremanufacturing, making it another highly is located, visited the booth and gave areadable volume.congratulatory speech. Will you be attending any other How important are exhibitions and showsOther visitors were given the chance toexhibitions or shows within the next year?such as EXPO in Osaka for businessesmake their own screw key rings. In thisAlthough we have no current plans to in Japan? workshop, visitors scooped screws withattend exhibitions, we are considering I think that our exhibition at Osaka EXPOa spoon or chopsticks and stuffed themdistributing SOCKET BOY magazine at 2025 was a good opportunity for peopleinto a round case to make their own keyvarious events around the world, in the in Japan to learn more about us andrings. The workshop was very popular andhope that many people will read the our screws. At fastener exhibitions, wethe queue was always long. magazine. We are distributing SOCKET often meet with people who are familiarThe booth also offered a variety of otherBOY at the Japanese American National with the screw industry, but this timeactivities, including the distributionMuseum, an exhibition of Japanese we feel that we were able to make theof the SOCKET BOYold cars that is held in California, USA, general public aware of screws throughmagazine and a photofrom 31st July to 12th November 2025. our exhibition. session with SOCKET BOY, The magazine is also distributed at the 8'