Sugatsune Kogyo UK Ltd

Sugatsune handles are a cut above the ordinary. Our goal is to craft beautiful products across a wide range of styles that pull you in with their exceptional quality and elegant form.

Look around any home or place of work, and you quickly realise how ubiquitous handles, pulls and knobs are. On cabinets and fitted units of all types and sizes – anywhere you can find doors, drawers, lids or flaps, in fact – you can bet on finding a handle of one type or another.

Sugatsune's Hooks possess the highest premium quality. They come in many different finishes including premium Zwei L (Mirror/Satin combination), Mirror, Satin, Polished, Silver, Black, Premium Zweil L, among many others. Our hooks are also available in a variety of different materials including Stainless Steel and Aluminum Alloy.

Sugatsune is globally renowned as one of the world’s leading storage solution specialists. As well as providing a peerless range of cabinet and architectural door hardware – components that help to keep storage areas enclosed, covered and tucked out of the way – we also specialise in shelving systems and related hardware.

Designed to match reliability with aesthetic appeal, our shelving solutions are widely chosen across residential and domestic interior design, as well as for commercial use in sectors like retail and hospitality. Manufactured with our signature attention to quality and detail, Sugatsune shelving systems also reflect the talent and taste of our world class design teams.

Sugatsune offers a wide range of catches and latches for furniture doors and industrial equipment. They are both used to keep doors closed, but differ in a few important ways.

Lockmaking is regarded as one of the most highly skilled of all crafts, and with good reason. A good key lock must strike a balance between robust, rugged strength and delicate precision – tough enough to resist brute force, but with barrel mechanisms intricate enough to repel any attempts to pick them.

Hinges play a defining role in cabinet and architectural door systems. A door is only a door if there is a means of opening and closing it. With the exception of sliding mechanisms, door motion depends fundamentally on hinges.

For that reason, hinges occupy a very special place in the Sugatsune range. Throughout the company’s history, we have poured all of our expertise in design, precision engineering and innovation into creating hinges that don’t just allow doors to work – they define the very essence of what a door can do.

Compared to conventional doors, lids and flaps can be surprisingly complex. For one, they can be hinged to open from a number of different positions and in a number of different directions – upwards, downwards, forwards, backwards.

In addition, gravity is always a big factor. For upward-opening lids and flaps, you have to push against gravity to open and keep them open. For downwards-opening flaps, you have to push against gravity to control the motion and keep them closed.

Motion is a Sugatsune speciality. We design and build the components that make drawers, doors, lids, flaps and more work flawlessly. We do this with an uncompromising focus on reliability, resilience and build quality.

Drawing on our peerless expertise in developing robust linear motion mechanisms for industrial applications, our drawer slide range prioritises durability. In place of the most basic tongue-and-groove runner solutions for drawers, we manufacture aluminium and stainless steel slides precision engineered to provide the smoothest running for the longest possible time.

Every interior designer appreciates the value of flexibility and choice when it comes to storage options. Creative use of fitted cupboards, closets, wardrobes and partitioned alcoves can become a focal feature of a room’s layout and design, providing practical solutions that are also big on style.

At Sugatsune, we are always looking for ways to open doors to new possibilities. The conventional wisdom is that doors provide access in and out of a room. They swing open, they swing shut. Case closed.

But as with so much of our product range, we look beyond what interior doors are supposed to do. To us, it is much more interesting to ask – what might they be capable of? For example, across our architectural door systems, we apply different types of motion, sliding and lateral opening, so that doors can be placed exactly where you want them to be, not where the dimensions and layout of the room dictate they have to be.

For freestanding cabinets and furniture, manufacturers have a choice whether to build them to stand stationary in position or to be mobile. For certain types of unit – computer desks, TV and stereo cabinets, filing cabinets, tables – the option to move them around easily and safely adds convenience and value. The simplest option is to install casters on the legs or base.

Electrical and digital appliances – computers, TVs & digital screens, stereos, smart speakers and assistants, mobile devices – are ubiquitous in modern homes and work spaces. And wherever there are electrical appliances, there are also cables, sockets and power points.

In Japanese, hinges are known as “choutsugai” – literal translation, “paired butterflies”.

It is a straightforward visual reference, the two leaves of a standard hinge opening symmetrically around a central pivot like the wings of a butterfly.

At Sugatsune Kogyo UK Ltd, we take pride in being the UK branch of Japan’s leading component hardware manufacturer, Sugatsune Kogyo, which has been setting industry standards since its founding in Tokyo in 1930. Since establishing our UK presence in 2005, we have specialised in precision-engineered components, offering an extensive range of lid supports and small cabinet systems. Our innovative products, including soft-close stays with patented Lapcon damper technology, lift-assist stays for heavy lids, and free-stop torque stays that hold open at any angle, are designed to enhance convenience, safety, and accessibility. Committed to quality, innovation, and exceptional customer service, we are a trusted supplier for professionals in architecture, furniture making, and various industrial sectors.

In many applications across industry, the conventional open/close motion of swing and sliding doors just isn’t suitable.

Whether it is a matter of minimising projection so doors do not impede the space around them or maximising the size of the aperture to improve access, Sugatsune has developed a range of superior solutions designed to provide industrial customers with flexibility and functionality beyond what they can get from standard hinges and sliding systems.

From doors to drawers, lids to shutters, Sugatsune hardware allows our customers to get a grip on opening and closing systems. Whatever the industry, whatever the application, we manufacture handles, pulls and knobs to suit every purpose.

Hanging and suspension systems are used for many different purposes across business and industry. From shelving and wall-mounted equipment to tucking cabling and piping out of the way, the common need across industrial use cases is for safe, reliable, durable solutions.

Sugatsune offers a wide range of catches and latches for furniture doors and industrial equipment. They are both used to keep doors closed, but differ in a few important ways.

Locks play a vital role in physical security. From securing premises to assisting with health and safety management by preventing unauthorised access to equipment and machinery, locking systems have an incredibly wide range of applications.

Not all equipment or storage solutions in industry can sit stationary. The ability to move machinery, materials and merchandise around efficiently and safely is a critical requirement for operations across warehouses, distribution centres, factories, retail outlets and much more.

Casters provide the wheels to keep these operations moving. Mounted to racks, cabinets, frames, carts or directly to equipment casing, these components provide a vital function keeping the cogs of industry moving.

Leveling glides are height-adjustable legs used to ensure equipment and storage units (and what they contain) are kept level regardless of whether the floor is even or not.

The Sugatsune range includes solutions suitable for the largest and smallest of applications, from ultra heavy-duty options capable of bearing massive loads of up to 107,873 N / 11,000kgf to miniature varieties which can be easily height adjusted by hand.

In addition to strength and durability, our world-class engineers also develop leveling glides with specialised added functionality, such as swivel functions which help to compensate for the most uneven of floors, and anti-shock systems developed to prevent units from shaking in the event of an earthquake.

Sugatsune Kogyo UK Ltd, established in 2005, is the UK branch of Japan's leading component hardware manufacturer, Sugatsune Kogyo, founded in Tokyo in 1930. Sugatsune UK We specialise in precision-engineered components, offering an extensive range of industrial and architectural hardware products, including hinges, handles, pulls, knobs, and catches. Sugatsune UK Our commitment to quality, innovation, and exceptional customer service has made us a trusted supplier for professionals in architecture, furniture making, and various industrial sectors.

Sugatsune manufactures a wide range of industrial components not listed under the main sections of our catalogue.

Sugatsune Door Handles display some of the highest notions of premium quality. They come in many different finishes including premium Zwei L (Mirror/Satin combination), Gold Plating, Painted, Black Nickel, Black / Anodised, Steel Anodized and more. They are available in many different materials including Stainless Steel.

At Sugatsune Kogyo UK Ltd, we specialise in providing high-quality lever handles that combine functionality with aesthetic appeal. Our extensive range includes designs suitable for various applications, all crafted with precision engineering to ensure durability and smooth operation. Whether for residential, commercial, or industrial use, our lever handles are designed to meet the highest standards of quality and performance.