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TRADE NAME DAISEN SANGYO CO.,LTD.
MAIN OFFICE Daisen Building 2-1-10,IMABASHI ,CHUO-KU,OSAKA-SHI,OSAKA,JAPAN
PRESIDENT PRESIDENT MASATAKA FUKUDA
FOUNDED 1831
ESTABLISHED APRIL 10,1935
CAPITAL JPY264 MILLION
EMPLOYEES 149(AS OF MAR.31.2022)
SALES JPY 59,603 MILLION (2021)
OUR BANKS Mizuho Bank Yotsubashi Branch
MUFG Bank Osaka Nishi Branch
Resona Bank Kitahama Branch
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Bingomachi Branch
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History

1831 Takebei Izumiya founded Kishimoto Shoten, a cutlery dealer in Sakai.
1935 Osaka Pig Iron Shokai (Izuohama-dori, Taisho-ku, Osaka City)established with capital of 500,000 yen by taking over part of the business of Kishimoto Shoten and its subsidiary Izukichi Shoten.
Kiyoji Shibata appointed as the first president
1936 Kichizaemon Kishimoto becomes the second president.
Capital increased to 1 million yen
Moved head office to 5-3 Minamidori, Nishinagahori, Nishi-ku, Osaka
1937 Capital increased to 2 million yen
1939 Kinzaburo Kishimoto becomes the third president.
1940 Opened Tokyo, Nagoya, Takamatsu, Hiroshima and Yahata Sub-Branch.
1941 Kishimoto Shoten, Itochu Corporation, and Marubeni Shoten merged to form Sanko Co., Ltd.Osaka Pig Iron Shokai becomes part of Sanko Co., Ltd.
1943 Company name changed to DaisenSangyo Co., Ltd.
1944 Katsujiro Kadota becomes the fourth president.
Sanko Co., Ltd., Kureha Boseki Co., Ltd., and Daido Trading Co., Ltd. merged to form Daiken Sangyo Co., Ltd.。became part of Daiken Sangyo Co., Ltd.
1945 At the end of the war, Daiken Sangyo Co., Ltd. was dismantled and the respective former trade names were restored.
Head office temporarily relocated to Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture (within Kimura Foundry) due to war damage.
After that, moved to Okawa-cho, Higashi-ku, Osaka.
1948 Became a designated wholesaler of Nippon Steel Corporation
Relocated the head office to 2-51 Azuchi-cho, Higashi-ku, Osaka
Opened Okayama Sub-Branch
Implemented an employee stock ownership plan
1951 Capital increased to 10 million yen
Opened Hiroshima Sales Office
Renamed the Tokyo branch Sub-Branch to the Sales Office.
1952 Capital increased to 20 million yen
Okayama Sub-Branch renamed to Sales Office
1953 Capital increased to 30 million yen
Opened Kyushu and Shizuoka Sales Offices and Hirohata Sub-Branch
1955 Capital increased to 50 million yen
Company song established
1956 Establishment of Chemicals Section. Take the first step to becoming a composite trading company.
1957 Capital increased to 100 million yen
1960 Opened Nagoya Sales Office
1961 Renamed Kyushu Sales Office to Fukuoka Sales Office
1962 Kihei Hirose becomes the fifth president.
1963 Amended the articles of incorporation and added general construction business to business purposes
1968 Capital increased to 150 million yen
1969 Opened Kawaguchi Sub-Branch and Matsue Sub-Branch
Capital increased to 180 million yen
1971 Opened Oita Sub-Branch
1972 Business tie-up with Kansai Pig Iron Co., Ltd.
1974 Capital increased to 240 million yen
Opened a first-class architectural firm
1975 Completion of Osaka Nanko Warehouse and start of Warehousing business
Opened Sendai Sub-Branch
1976 Yutaka Okada appointed as 6th president
1978 Relocated the head office to 3-11-10 Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka
Renamed Tokyo Sales Office to Branch
1979 Osaka Branch opened under Foundry Materials and Equipment Headquarters.
1983 Renamed Matsue sub-branch to Sales Office
1985 Capital increased to 264 million yen
Renamed Sendai Sub-Branch to Tohoku Sales Office
1986 Akira Ikeda appointed as 7th president
Start of employee shareholding association
1987 Established the Civil Engineering Materials Department (currently the Civil Engineering Department) and opened the Yokohama Sub-Branch.
1988 Opened Ehime Sub-Branch.
Renamed Kanto (Kawaguchi), Nagoya, and Hiroshima as Branches, and Yokohama as Sales Office.
1993 Renamed Ehime office to Sub-Branch
1997 Renamed Ehime Sub-Branch to Sales Office
2000 Akio Ohno becomes the eighth president.
2003 Opened Kure and Hirohata Sub-Branch.
2004 Relocated Tokyo and Kanto Branches to 11-7 Nihonbashi Kobunacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Established Foundry Equipment Department.
Acquired ISO14001 certification
2005 Relocated the head office to 2-1-10 Imahashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Established Real Estate Management Department
2006 Absorption-type merger of Kansai Pig Iron Co.
Renamed Kure Sub-Branch to Kure Sales Office.
2007 Opened Shanghai Liaison Office
2008 Opened Nagano Sub-Branch.
Opened Oita Sub-Branch.
Acquired all shares of Terajima Shoji Co., Ltd.
2009 Hirohata Sub-Branch renamed Himeji Sub-Branch.
Kimitsu Sub-Branch moved and renamed to Chiba Sub-Branch.
2010 Opened Takaoka Sub-Branch.
Moved the Nagoya branch to 3-9-29 Marunouchi, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
Shigekazu Shiba becomes the 9th president
2011 Established Shanghai Daisen Trading Co., Ltd.
2013 Established THAI DAISEN TRADING CO., LTD.
Masayori Yokoyama appointed as 10th president
2014 Moved Fukuoka Sales Office to 1-16-8 Hakataekihigashi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
2015 Acquired all shares of Maruesu Co., Ltd.
Integrated Tokyo Branch and Kanto Branch
Established Daisen Engineering Co., Ltd.
2016 Integrated the Steelmaking Fuels Department and the Steelmaking Plant Department.
2017 Masataka Fukuda becomes the 11th president
2018 Established Kurosaki Holdings Co., Ltd.
Kurosaki Holdings Co., Ltd. acquired all shares of Kurosaki Co., Ltd.
2019 Established VIETNAM DAISEN TRADING CO., LTD.
Established Daisen Agri Co., Ltd.
2021 Opened Yahata Sub-Branch.
Opened Kurashiki Sub-Branch.
2022 Kure Sales Office and Kurashiki Sub-Branch merged and renamed to Kurashiki Sales Office