Our "Yamako Smart" appeared on the scene soon after the war, when staplers were still a rarity. Until then, documents were typically bound by drilling holes through the sheets of paper and tied with a string. The stapler is commonplace today, but in those days it was a truly revolutionary product.
In fact,WeI heard that the stapler was also called the "Three Sacred Treasures" of the stationery world.

The "Yamako Smart" was groundbreaking for its time, but it was also quite large and expensive. For this reason, it was widely adopted for shared use in the workplace.
Thus, Max began developing a more compact stapler, with the idea of enabling everyone to have their own stapler. This was how Japan's first handy stapler, the "SYC-10," was born. At just ¥200, less than half the price of the Yamako Smart, staplers became more and more widely used, transitioning from an office product to a personal tool.

After the company changed its name to MAX, the "SYC-10" was rebranded as the "MAX-10." As staplers became increasingly popular, "MAX" became synonymous with "stapler." When they wanted to buy a stapler at a stationery store, many people simply asked for a "MAX."
Eventually, in 1967, after continuous improvements, our staplers and staples were certified under Japan's system of industrial standards, JIS.

A stapler that can be used horizontally as well as vertically for saddle stitching.

The HD-10D was praised for its design focusing on operability and durability. It later became a popular standard product.

Although MAX made many innovations to staplers over the years, it went back to basics, to focus on "binding." We felt that stapling paper pages together should be much easier.
After much trial and error, in 1979 we developed a "light effort" mechanism that applied the physics of levers to reduce the force needed to operate the stapler. It was now possible to use a stapler using half the force previously required, so even young children could use a stapler effectively.

The "HD-10D," which was introduced in 1968, enjoys a total redesign, including a one-touch function that makes loading staples very easy.

"Hotchkuru" stapler can be used not only as a standard stapler but also as a saddle stapler. It was developed in response to customers' requests to make small booklets. It can also be used for paper crafts and paper box stapling, making it a very popular stapler.

Equipped with "light effort" and "flat clinch" mechanisms, this No. 10 stapler was capable of stapling together up to 26 sheets of paper. It was developed and sold as a commemorative model to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of MAX's first ever handy stapler.

"Vaimo11" was launched in 2008, and while its functions were highly satisfactory, some women with small hands said that they wished the body could be smaller.To address this issue, we designed the "Vaimo 11 STYLE" with a slimmer body and a more rounded design that fits women's hands more comfortably, while maintaining the high functionality of the Vaimo. Female employees took the lead in deciding on colors, and narrowed down the choices from among many samples. The result is a design with women in mind.

The compact stapler "SAKURIFLAT," which staples flat with light force, has a lovely two-tone design inspired by sweets, and achieves a maximum stitching capacity of 28 sheets.

The compact design allows you to carry it in a pen case or pouch. The design of the round button is inspired by the color palettes used by professional make-up artists. Even though it is small, it expresses the trustworthy image of a professional tool and the joy of beautiful colors.The product won the Good Design Award in 2016 and the Excellence Award in the Design Category of ISOT2016 (International Stationery & Paper Products Exhibition).

While maintaining the performance of the previous "Vaimo 11," the new "Vaimo 11" is small enough to fit in a small hand.
The new "Vaimo 11" features a polyhedron design, which is a departure from the rounded design of many previous models. Each edge is cut in the image of a diamond, expressing stylishness and a sense of luxury. The vivid colors are sure to look good at the office! Recommended for those who are particular about not only functionality but also design.

It can bind up to 32 sheets with a No. 10 needle, and pursues a clean binding shape and greater ease of use.
This is the third model in the popular Sakuri series with its compact size and light weight. It is becoming a standard stapler following the familiar HD-10D.

The Vaimo11 STYLE is the slimmest stapler in the Vaimo11 series.
The slim body is easy for women and people with small hands to grip, and the two-tone color scheme of fresh beige, pink, blue and white will brighten up your desk.

This is an antibacterial model of the "Papyler" series of paper staple staplers, featuring special staples for paper materials.
A plastic material with antibacterial properties is used for the handle, body cover, and staple cover, to ensure safety even after frequent contact with various human hands. This is the only MAX stapler certified to carry the SIAA mark.

The "variable double-force" mechanism is a technology that varies the lever ratio to enable the "light effort" mechanism to function with pinpoint precision after the staple starts to penetrate the paper.
This design enables light effort with minimal stapler height. The stapler is also equipped with a long magazine holding 150 staples, capable of binding to a depth of 53 mm.
Selected as one of the "Good Design Best 100" in 2019 by the Good Design Award for its outstanding design and functionality in Japan.

After MAX began producing office staplers immediately after the war, the company grew steadily as a maker of stationery and office equipment.
With the aim of expanding its range of stationery and office products further, MAX released a staple gun that used staples instead of thumbtacks to put up posters and other items.
Although the product failed to become popular as an office tool, it became an essential item for plasterers, for fixing laths.

The nailer's ability to drive round nails made it popular in the packaging market, and the next target was the housing construction market. However, here we hit a thick wall. The traditional Japanese housing construction method prided itself on not using nails to join pillars at the joints. Therefore, at that time, we could hardly get carpenters and hardware dealers to pay attention to us.

In 1973, there was an unprecedented building boom. Carpenters were so busy that they finally started using nailers.
In 1974, in the midst of the oil crisis, the North American 2×4 construction method was approved by the Ministry of Construction, and the 2×4 construction method, also known as the "nailing method," was able to greatly appeal to the public as a powerful tool for construction sites.

At that time, the mainstream compressors for construction were large ones that could be lifted with both hands. The AK-615P, however, could be lifted with one hand. It exploded onto the market.

Today called the "High Pressure System", using three times the air pressure of previous nailers, the MAX "Super Nailer" was designed to deliver a powerful driving force, in a compact, lightweight matter.
Around 1.4 to 1.5 million homes a year were being constructed in this period. The number of active building carpenters in Japan was estimated to be 450,000 at the time. *From 1991 business statisics
Products like the Super Nailer were marketed with a long-term view, in the sense that they could help meet the demand for efficient construction work despite the expected decline in population and in active building workers.

Since the invention of the "Super Nailer", the world-first high-pressure nail gun developed by MAX in 1994, these nail guns have been enjoyed and supported by customers. We will continue to develop and offer products to meet the demands of increasingly diverse construction methods and materials.

The industry's first "recoil-absorbing mechanism" suppresses recoil during hammering, reducing the loss of force and achieving a beautiful finish without nail lifting even with light pressing.

With an "AI mode" that reduces the noise generated during air compression without reducing the discharge flow rate, which is directly linked to nailing efficiency, MAX was able to develop a very quiet compressor. Thanks to comprehensive motor improvements that also enables optimized automatic control by detecting the air use volume in real time, the compressor product had both excellent energy-saving performance and durability.
In 2017, this product evolved into the AK-1270E2 series, equipped with remote operation via smartphone, an industry-first feature.

Equipped with the world-first mechanism to ties by feeding two wires simultaneously and twisting them together, achieving a 30% higher tying speed,^*1 as well as a "pull back" mechanism that boosts the tying force by 50%^*2, and a "wire bending" mechanism that halves the protruding tie height to 12 mm^*3, this product increases the efficiency of rebar tying work.

*1-3: Calculated relative to the previous MAX RB-398 model released Oct. 2017.

Increasing the target rebar diameter beyond our previous model* makes this tool suitable for use on construction sites that use larger rebar, where manual labor was previously required, e.g., for columns, beams, pressure-resistant slabs, and the substructures of bridge piers.

* MAX RB-519A released in Nov. 2019

The work of tying rebar for floor surfaces involves extended time in a posture of looking downward and bending at the waist, thus minimizing back pain can be a challenge.
This model, the TWINTIER RB-401T-E, enables the work of tying to be performed in an upright walking position, thereby reducing strain on the back.
Since the tool can be operated with both hands, it also reduces strain in the arms, so handling is ergonomic.
The significant reduction in back strain suffered by workers also helps to improve the workplace environment.