Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells personal protective equipment (PPE) in Japan and internationally. It offers protective clothing and gloves, eye protectors, reusable respirators, disposable respirators, powered air purifying respirators, supplied-air respirators, self-contained breathing apparatus, gas and particle respirators, personal fall-arrest systems, ear-muffs and plugs, fit testing equipment, heatstroke preventative equipment, holding stretchers, oxygen meters, and other products. The company is also involved in the manufacture and sale of instrument, chemical, and material related to safety and health; and disaster-prevention in the plumbing and industrial fields, as well as inspection, maintenance, repair of PPE; and providing education on industrial accident prevention. It serves textile, chemistry, oil, chemical, automobile, machine, electricity, electric power, gas, iron and steel, shipbuilding, heavy, fishery, mining, transportation, warehouse, construction, food, and healthcare industries, as well as government and public offices. Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.