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Corporate Profile |
| Company Name | Takasago Industry Co., Ltd. | |
| Established | September 5, 1953 | |
| Capital | JPN Yen 200,000,000.- | |
| Directors | Chairman | Mr. Sadazo Sakami |
| President | Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe | |
| Executive Managing Director | Mr. Tatsuya Suzuki | |
| Director | Mr. Kazuhisa Kagohashi | |
| Director | Mr. Hitoshi Ando | |
| Director | Mr. Akira Kagohashi | |
| Director | Mr. Yamaji Kidera | |
| Director | Mr. Masatoshi Nakashima | |
| Auditor | Mr. Shouji Ogiri | |
| Auditor | Mr. Takashi Taki | |
| Number of Employees | 277iAs of July 1, 2005j | |
| Fiscal Year | April 1 - March 31 | |
| Main Banks | The UFJ Bank, Ltd., Tajimi branch | |
| The Juroku Bank, Ltd., Dachi branch | ||
| Location | Head Office & Factory | 2321-2 Dachi-cho, Toki-city, Gifu-pref., 509-5401 Japan |
| Imari Factory | 120-2 Nagahama, Higashi Yamashiro-cho, Imari-city,Saga-pref., 849-4271 Japan |
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| Mikawa Office | 1-60 Kuriyama-cho, Hekinan-city, Aichi-pref., 447-0873 Japan |
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| Awaji Office | 735-3 Aza Nishihara, Matsuho Kotsuro, Seitan-cho, Mihara-country, Hyogo-pref., 656-0340 Japan |
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| History |
| 1931 | September | Takasago Manufactory was founded by Mr. Kiyoshi Suzuki in Dachi-cho, Toki-city, Gifu-pref. and designing and manufacturing of ceramic kilns and related devices were started. |
| 1953 | May | Above manufactory was reorganized and Takasago Industry Company Limited was established. |
| 1957 to 1966 |
Main factory was shifted to the present location. Own mosaic tile plant was also built within the same site. Present Takasago's foundation was consolidated during this period. | |
| 1965 | February | Takasago established its first affiliated company, Takasago Tile Co., Ltd. and started manufacture of unglazed mosaic tile at Kamado-cho, Mizunami-city, Gifu-pref. |
| 1966 | April | Nagoya Small and Mediun Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd. became one of main share holders of Takasago. |
| October | New main office was completed at the present locaiton. | |
| 1968 | March | Imari Factory was established and ceramic kiln building and glazed roof tile production were started at Higashiyamashiro-cho, Imari-city, Saga-pref. |
| 1970 | January | Takasgo participated in establishment of Fancy Tile (presently Guocera Tile Industries) in Malaysia, with Hong Leong group and supplied the plant equipment and technical know-how for manufacture of mosaic and wall tiles. |
| 1973 | April | Participated in establishment of Alborz Ceramic Company in Iran and supplied the plant equipment and technical know-how for manufacture of glazed mosaic tile. |
| 1974 | March | Complete the first multi-channel roller kiln in Japan at own tile plant in Dachi-cho, Toki-city, under technical collaboration with S.I.T.I., Italy. |
| September | Established Hsu Chan Ceramic Engineering Co., Ltd., in Taiwan under joint venture with Orient Ceramic Co., Ltd. and started kiln building there. | |
| 1975 | February | Participated in establishment of Fil-Mosaic Corporation in Philippines with Fil-Hispano Ceramics Inc. and supplied the plant equipment and know-how for manufacture of glazed mosaic tile. |
| July | Developed the continuous tunnel kiln for smoked roof tiles and built the first kiln within the main factory site. | |
| 1976 | March | Opened Mikawa Office at Kuriyama-cho, Hekinan-city, Aichi-pref. |
| 1977 | March | Set up a small tableware plant within the main factory site and started manufacture of unique white tableware using a "MICRO KILN" and a roller kiln. |
| 1978 | February | Introduced a super wide high performance tunnel kiln at Imari Factory for firing of glazed roof tiles. |
| 1979 | March | Obtained JIS (Japan Industrial Standard) certification for mosaic file production and products. |
| 1981 | July | Expanded the machining dept. and build a new factory building with various computer controlled machine tools at the main factory site. |
| October | Required entrastment from Japan Small amd Mediun Enterprises Corporation to develop the "fully automatic computer-controlled tunnel kiln". | |
| 1982 | December | Built two new factory buildings and expanded the fan manufacturing shop and the burner assembling shop. |
| 1983 | July | Built a new building for test-firing kilns. |
| 1985 | February | Completed design of the "fully automatic computer-controlled tunnnel kiln", built a model kiln at the main factory site and presented the results of development works to the public. |
| 1986 | November | Developed the fully automatic mosaic tile manufacturing plant and supplied the first one in Japan. |
| 1987 | February | Developed the reduction firing roller kiln and built the first one for the customer's test firing at the test-firing shop in the main factory site. |
| June | Developed the computer software for monitoring, management and control of continous kilns. | |
| September | Takasago Tile Co., Ltd. introduced the fully automatic unglazed mosaic tile plant. | |
| 1988 | March | Mr. Yoshitake Suzuki became president of Takasago Industry Co., Ltd. Mr. Kiyoshi Suzuki took up chairman's post. |
| October | Miyazaki Takasago Industry Co., Ltd. deversified its business with manufacture of advanced ceramic products. | |
| 1990 | January | Innovated whole designing system with newly introduced CAD (computer aided designing) system. |
| 1993 | March | Supplied a pilot plant for waste regeneration to Funabashi-city, Chiba-pref. |
| 1994 | September | Opend Awaji Office at Seidan-cho, Mihara-country, Hyogo-pref. |
| 1997 | July | Supplied a fully automatic roof tile manufacturing plant to Trost Dachkeramik, Germany. |
| August | Upgraded whole designing system by replacement of the former computers and introduced CAD system with the up-to-date high power computers and high performance. | |
| 1999 | December | Approved ISO 9001. |
| 2001 | October | Developed "Batch Type Micro Wave Heated Kiln" Supplied 2nd roof tile plant Trost Dachkeramik, Germany. |
| 2002 | April | Introduced "Cost Management System" |
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