・January 2018

New products were featured in two Japanese newspaper companies.

 

・August 2017

Say B♭ ligature was featured in Hamamatsu City Culture Promotion Foundation information magazine, "HCFnew."

 

・January 2017

I was elected as the Hamamatsu city representative music company and exhibited at the Hamamatsu booth at the NAMM show.

 

・December 2015

I was featured in the information magazine of the Hamamatsu City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, "NEWing."

 

・November 2015

Aluminum ligature was exhibited in Japanese commercial TV news.

 

・November 26, 2015

An award ceremony was held at Shizuoka prefectural government office.

 

・2015 Won the "2015 Good Design

Shizuoka" Highest prize "Governor Prize" award

　

・July, 2015

I was featured as a sound artist in the

Commemorative Member division of UNESCO Creative City Network Music Area. This was in the information magazine "Hamamatsu Hundred Elections"

 

・February, 2012

I was chosen as a featured Hamamatsu City Musical instrument craftworker out of 33 people.

 

・April, 2012

Industrial value of my ligature was recognized and I gave a lecture at Hamamatsu City's request.

 

・March 16, 2012

NHK BS 1 program, "Retto News" reported on the Say B♭ aluminum ligature in worldwide coverage

 

・February 2012

Aluminum ligature was reported on the NHK broadcast program.

 

・February 21, 2012

My business was approved as a new small/medium enterprise by Shizuoka prefecture.

 

・2012

I succeeded in developing the prototype over 5 years, and finally completing the aluminum ligature.

 

 

Biography:

I majored in chemistry during my school days and was later hired by a Japanese

automobile manufacturer. They appointed me as the under-coat painting division

technical manager in the second year.

After that, I took over the family business, 有限会社富永工業所＝Tominaga Industries, which my parents founded about 50 years ago. We run the factory that manufactures specialized motorbike parts.

I work as the aluminum alloy processing engineer. My hobbies have always been

clarinet and saxophone. That's why I have the unique experience to create my

patented aluminum ligature.