Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd. manufactures and sells motion control systems, press tools and die systems, and machine tools and measurement systems worldwide. Its products include ball screws, actuators, linear motion guides, surface grinding machines, laminated precision press tools for motor cores, precision metal press products, gauges, gauge blocks, measuring instruments, and wafer flatness measuring systems. The company also offers hydraulic tools, minimal quantity lubrication systems, clamping force testers, and machine gauges. Formerly known as Kuroda Gauge Manufacturing Co., Ltd., it changed its name to Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd. in June 1965, was founded in 1925, and is headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan.