Correns Corporation

Correns Corporation
Native name	株式会社コーレンス
Type	Private
ISIN	🆔
Genre	Trading company
Founded 📆
Founder 👔	Claus Correns
Headquarters 🏙️	Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served 🗺️	Japan, Europe
Key people	Ivar Johansson (President)
Revenue🤑	13,679 million JPY (sales, 2022)
Members
Number of employees	170 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Correns Hong Kong Correns Europe
🌐 Website	Correns Corporation (English) Correns Corporation (Japanese) Correns Europe (English)
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Correns Corporation (株式会社コーレンス, Kabushikigaisha Kōrensu) is a Japanese trading company, founded in 1948^[1], which specialises in machinery and components.^[2] It was one of the first German companies allowed to operate in Japan after the repatriation of Germans at the end of World War Two, and assisted with the Japanese reconstruction.^[3]

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History

Founding

Correns Corporation was founded in Tokyo on April 1, 1948 as C. Correns & Co by German founder Claus Correns.^[1]

Correns had earlier began his career in China with the Hamburg-based trading company Siemssen & Co. in 1934, but later relocated to Japan in 1942.^[4]

After World War II, most German businesses in Japan were closed, and many German citizens were repatriated. However, Claus Correns was allowed to remain in Japan.^[3]

Postwar Activity

In the immediate postwar period, Correns (then known as C. Correns & Co.) was subject to Allied occupation proceedings, as documented in the following U.S. government case files. It was therefore one of the first German-owned businesses allowed to operate in Japan after 1945.:

Between 1945 and 1952, the company’s assets and accounts were monitored under the GHQ/SCAP Foreign Property Division / Enemy Property Branch.^[3]

In November 1948, documentation from GHQ’s Foreign Trade and Commerce Division lists C. Correns & Co. alongside with Kane Import Corp., suggesting a possible collaboration or coordinated commercial activity regulated under occupation oversight.^[5]

A mid-1949 case file from GHQ’s Industrial Production & Construction Branch includes the company in relation to the sale of steam vessels, indicating involvement in postwar asset transactions.^[6]

By the mid-1960s, C. Correns & Co. (株式会社シー・コーレンス商会) was headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, with a branch office in Umeda, Osaka. The company specialized in importing industrial chemicals, raw materials, and machinery from Europe, representing prominent manufacturers such as Degussa, BASF, Hachemie, and Dr. L.C.. Its product range included organic and inorganic chemicals, carbon black, pigments, silicone-based compounds, and materials for the electronics, rubber, and glass industries.^[7]

As of December 1966, the company had a paid-in capital of ¥34 million and reported annual revenues of ¥1.04558 billion. It employed 75 people at the time. The representative director continued to be Claus Correns, and the vice president was A. von Eisenhart-Rothe.^[7]

In the 1990s, Correns Corporation expanded its business activities in the field of industrial furnace systems.^[8]

Renaming

The company was initially established as a general partnership and formally registered as C. Correns & Co., Ltd. on December 17, 1954. It was renamed Correns Corporation on April 1, 1998. ^[4] ^[9]

Financials and business operations

As of 2022, Correns Corporation employs over 170 individuals and achieved a turnover of 13,679 million JPY. The company operates as a representative and distributor for primarily European suppliers. The company provides clients technical services and support, a service which is crucial for foreign companies wanting to succeed in the Japanese market because of Japan's unique business culture.

Correns Corporation imports specialized machinery for various industries. Including small-scale gasification power generation technologies.^[10]

Literature

Max Eli: Geschäftserfolge in Japan: Wie deutsche Unternehmen die Chancen ergreifen, Publisher: Gabler Verlag, published April 2004, ISBN 978-4-8165-0042-8
Claus Correns: Meinen Freunden zum Abschied, Publisher: Nansosha, published 1990, ISBN 340-912-586-8

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: Kaisha Nenkan 会社年鑑 [Japan Company Yearbook], Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1954, p. 119. The entry lists the founder (Claus Correns), business type (export/import), address (Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo), and capital at the time of establishment. Survey date: January 1954.
↑ “株式会社シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: 日本化学工業会社名鑑 [Japan Directory of Chemical Companies], Tokyo: Kagaku Kōgyō Nippōsha, 1967 edition, p. 869. Survey date: December 1966. Entry includes address, capital, products, executives, and staff count.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 GHQ/SCAP Records, Foreign Property Division, Enemy Property Branch, Accounts File (Case File), 1945–1952, Box 10087, File 6, CPC 37602–37604, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), RG 331.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Arai Ken (2000). "Shūsenzen tainichi doitsujin no taiken (3): Shūsenzen tainichi doitsujin memowāru kikitori chōsa" 終戦前滞日ドイツ人の体験（3）:「終戦前滞日ドイツ人メモワール聞取り調査」 [Experiences of Germans living in Japan before the end of the war (3): Recollection interview survey of Germans who stayed in Japan before the end of the war] (PDF). Collection of Cultural Essays (in 日本語): 111–118 – via CORE. (This document refers to the company not as コーレンス but instead as コレンス.)
↑ GHQ/SCAP Records, Economic and Scientific Section, Foreign Trade and Commerce Division, General Export & Import File, 1945–1952, Box 6754, Folder 14, November 1948, ESS(C) 05759, NARA, RG 331.
↑ GHQ/SCAP Records, Economic and Scientific Section, Industrial Production & Construction Branch, Topical File 1945–1950, Box 7098, Folder 23, June–August 1949, ESS(A) 08124, NARA, RG 331.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 “株式会社シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: 日本化学工業会社名鑑 [Japan Directory of Chemical Companies], Tokyo: Kagaku Kōgyō Nippōsha, 1967 edition, p. 869. Survey date: December 1966. Entry includes address, capital, products, executives, and staff count.
↑ “サーモテック'97海外出展企業紹介 [Thermotec ’97 Overseas Exhibitor Introduction],” Kōgyō Kanel (Industrial Heat Processing), Vol. 34, No. 3, 1997, p. 71.
↑ “シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: Kaisha Nenkan 会社年鑑 [Japan Company Yearbook], Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1954, p. 119.
↑ "国内における熱分解ガス化の実績 [Domestic track record of pyrolysis gasification]" (PDF). [木質バイオマスエネルギーに係る基礎知識] [Basic knowledge about wood biomass energy]. 日本化学工業会社名鑑 [Japan Directory of Chemical Companies]. NEDO [national research and development agency of Japan]. 2022-07-22. p. 554. Retrieved 2025-05-26.

External links

Official website
Eli, Max Geschäftserfolge in Japan, p. 97, at Google Books
Explanation of Japanese Trading companies by Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc.

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[Kana1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: Kaisha Nenkan 会社年鑑 [Japan Company Yearbook], Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1954, p. 119. The entry lists the founder (Claus Correns), business type (export/import), address (Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo), and capital at the time of establishment. Survey date: January 1954.

[Kana2-2] “株式会社シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: 日本化学工業会社名鑑 [Japan Directory of Chemical Companies], Tokyo: Kagaku Kōgyō Nippōsha, 1967 edition, p. 869. Survey date: December 1966. Entry includes address, capital, products, executives, and staff count.

[Kana3-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 GHQ/SCAP Records, Foreign Property Division, Enemy Property Branch, Accounts File (Case File), 1945–1952, Box 10087, File 6, CPC 37602–37604, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), RG 331.

[:0-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Arai Ken (2000). "Shūsenzen tainichi doitsujin no taiken (3): Shūsenzen tainichi doitsujin memowāru kikitori chōsa" 終戦前滞日ドイツ人の体験（3）:「終戦前滞日ドイツ人メモワール聞取り調査」 [Experiences of Germans living in Japan before the end of the war (3): Recollection interview survey of Germans who stayed in Japan before the end of the war] (PDF). Collection of Cultural Essays (in 日本語): 111–118 – via CORE. (This document refers to the company not as コーレンス but instead as コレンス.)

[5] GHQ/SCAP Records, Economic and Scientific Section, Foreign Trade and Commerce Division, General Export & Import File, 1945–1952, Box 6754, Folder 14, November 1948, ESS(C) 05759, NARA, RG 331.

[6] GHQ/SCAP Records, Economic and Scientific Section, Industrial Production & Construction Branch, Topical File 1945–1950, Box 7098, Folder 23, June–August 1949, ESS(A) 08124, NARA, RG 331.

[Kana5-7] 7.0 ^7.1 “株式会社シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: 日本化学工業会社名鑑 [Japan Directory of Chemical Companies], Tokyo: Kagaku Kōgyō Nippōsha, 1967 edition, p. 869. Survey date: December 1966. Entry includes address, capital, products, executives, and staff count.

[8] “サーモテック'97海外出展企業紹介 [Thermotec ’97 Overseas Exhibitor Introduction],” Kōgyō Kanel (Industrial Heat Processing), Vol. 34, No. 3, 1997, p. 71.

[KaishaNenkan1954-9] “シー・コーレンス商会 [C. Correns & Co.],” in: Kaisha Nenkan 会社年鑑 [Japan Company Yearbook], Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1954, p. 119.

[Gas-10] "国内における熱分解ガス化の実績 [Domestic track record of pyrolysis gasification]" (PDF). [木質バイオマスエネルギーに係る基礎知識] [Basic knowledge about wood biomass energy]. 日本化学工業会社名鑑 [Japan Directory of Chemical Companies]. NEDO [national research and development agency of Japan]. 2022-07-22. p. 554. Retrieved 2025-05-26.

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