KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
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Native name | コクヨ株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kokuyo Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Co., Ltd. | |
| Traded as | TYO: 7984 OSE: 7984 |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded 📆 | |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | 6-1-1, Oimazatominami, Osaka, 537-8686, Japan, |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Revenue🤑 | Consolidated: 315,155 million JPY Non-consolidated: 165,687 million JPY (FY December 2018) |
| Consolidated: 14,231 million JPY Non-consolidated: 14,217 million JPY (FY December 2018) | |
| Total assets | Consolidated: 14,231 million JPY Non-consolidated: 14,217 million JPY (FY December 2018) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | Consolidated : 6784, Non-consolidated: 2019 (as of December 31, 2018) |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.kokuyo.co.jp/ KOKUYO Co., Ltd. official website |
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KOKUYO Co., Ltd. is a company that manufactures and sells stationery, office furniture, and office equipment. The brand message is "Inspiration is good." In addition, "Kokuyo no Yokoku" is also used in commercials. Typical products include the "Campus Note," which shipped a cumulative total of approximately 2.6 billion volumes over the 39 years from 1975 (Showa 50) to 2014. Accounting books are still widely used in IT.
Although it is an independent company, it has the capital of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as a shareholder.
Origin of trade name
The founder, Zentaro Kuroda, named it "national honor" to honor his hometown of Etchu (Toyama Prefecture). However, the old font "Kuni" was used.
History
- 1905 (Meiji 38) – Zentaro Kuroda opens the "Kuroda Cover Shop", which manufactures the covers of Japanese-style books.
- 1908 (Meiji 41) – Started manufacturing Japanese books.
- 1913 (Taisho 2) – Started manufacturing Western-style books.
- 1914 (Taisho 3) – The store name was changed to "Kuroda Kokumitsudo". Started manufacturing slips, stationery, and copy books.
- 1917 (Taisho 6) – The trademark is defined as "national honor".
- 1930 (Showa 5) – Started manufacturing binders.
- 1932 (Showa 7) – Launched a booklet with colored paper.
- 1936 (Showa 11) – Moved to the current location of the head office (Higashinari-ku, Osaka).
- 1938 (Showa 13) – Reorganized into "General Partnership Kuroda Kokumitsudo".
- 1949 (Showa 24) – Merged with KOKUYO Co., Ltd., Tokyo Kokuyo Shoten Co., Ltd., and Seibu KOKUYO Shoten Co., Ltd. to establish "Kuroda Kokumitsudo Co., Ltd."
- 1950 (Showa 25) – The first KOKUYO specialist agency is born.
- 1956 (Showa 31) – Flat file released.
- 1957 (Showa 32) – The specialized agency organization "National Kokuyo Specialty Store Association" is established.
- 1959 (Showa 34) – Launched surveying field notes.
- 1960 (Showa 35) – Launched filing cabinet.
- 1961 (Showa 36) – Changed the company name to "KOKUYO Co., Ltd." At that time, the world's premier paper product production factory "Yao Factory" started operation.
- 1964 (Showa 39) – Scrapbook released
- 1965 (Showa 40) – Steel desk released.
- 1966 (Showa 41) – Launched office chair.
- 1968 (Showa 43) – KOKUYO dealer organization "KOKUYO Jury Members" is established.
- 1969 (Showa 44) – The new head office building is completed, and the live office initiative to open the office space to the public begins. Changed the name of the KOKUYO specialty agency to "general store".
- 1970 (Showa 45) – Launched glue stick "Plit".
- 1971 (Showa 46) – Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange.
- 1972 (Showa 47) – Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange.
- 1975 (Showa 50) – Campus notebook released.
- 1978 (Showa 53) – The Osaka showroom is completed.
- 1979 (Showa 54) – Completed the Tokyo Shinagawa office building.
- 1981 (Showa 56) – CI introduced. The English KOKUYO logo is put out on the front.
- 1982 (Showa 57) – The Tokyo showroom is completed.
- 1983 (Showa 58) – File Box-FS released. Released the office swivel chair "Biotech Chair".
- 1986 (Showa 61) – Opened Office Research Institute.
- 1993 (Heisei 5) – Started operation of Mie factory that produces steel desks.
- 1994 (1994) – Started operation of Shibayama factory, which produces building materials.
- 1996 (Heisei 8) – Established "KOKUYO-IK (Thailand) Co. Ltd." in Thailand. Established "KOKUYO International Hong Kong Co. Ltd. (currently KOKUYO International Asia Co. Ltd.)" in Hong Kong.
- 1999 (Heisei 11) – "Malaysia factory" started operation. Launched universal design products.
- 2000 (2000) – Acquired ISO14001 company-wide integrated certification.
- 2001 (2001) – Kaunet Co., Ltd. started the office supplies mail order business.
- 2002 (2002) – Established KOKUYO Design Award.
- 2003 (Heisei 15) – Integrated "general stores" nationwide into sales companies. Established Honorary Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and started full-scale business in China.
- 2004 (2004) – All businesses of KOKUYO Co., Ltd. were spun off and shifted to a holding company system.
- 2005 (2005) – Started the office supplies mail order business "Easy Buy" in China. The corporate logo has been renewed on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
- 2006 (Heisei 18) – KOKUYO--Shimanto Yui no Mori Project started. "Vietnam factory" started operation. Participated in Actus Co., Ltd.
- 2008 (2008) – For products that are not sufficiently environmentally friendly, the "Eco-X mark" is displayed on the general catalog, and it is declared that all of our products will be environmentally friendly by the end of 2010. Opened "Eco Live Office Shinagawa", an environmentally friendly office in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
- 2009 (2009) – Made Urban Design System Co., Ltd. (currently UDS Co., Ltd.) a subsidiary.
- 2010 (2010) – KOKUYO Marketing Co., Ltd., KOKUYO China Sales Co., Ltd., and KOKUYO Kyushu Sales Co., Ltd. merged with KOKUYO Marketing Co., Ltd. as the surviving company. Established KOKUYO Vietnam Trading Co., Ltd. Achieved 100% environmentally friendly products (achieved zero "eco-x mark").
- 2011 (Heisei 23) – Introduction of executive officer system. Concluded a joint venture agreement with Pinghu Tailing Public Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. (Tailik) in Zhejiang Province, China. Acquired shares of Camlin Limited in India and changed the company name to "Kokuyo Kamurin". Integrated office furniture business in China into Honorary Furniture Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Integrate the group companies that have been spun off and transform the management system. Accelerated business development in the Asian market.
- 2012 (2012) – Agreed to succeed the business of China's No. 1 notebook maker, Shenzhen Cultural Supplies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. Opened office furniture showrooms in Shanghai and Singapore. Honorary Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shanghai factory started operation, notebook production started.
- 2013 (Heisei 25) – Opened Umeda Live Office and Umeda Showroom. Business succession of Indian notebook maker Riddhi Enterprises. Launched "KiSPA", a stationery sales and distribution catalog for corporations.
- 2014 (2014) – Changed the company name from KOKUYO Furniture Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to KOKUYO Furniture (China) Co., Ltd.
- 2015 (Heisei 27) – Merged with KOKUYO S & T Co., Ltd. and KOKUYO Furniture Co., Ltd., and returned to the operating company.[1]
- 2016 (2016) – Established KOKUYO & Partners Co., Ltd.
- 2018 (Heisei 30) – Of the furniture business, the store business, which manufactures and sells store fixtures, was succeeded to Sankyo Tateyama Co., Ltd. through a company split.[2]
Events
- Former executive of KOKUYO Furniture, a subsidiary of the company (at that time) Officer and Interior Construction Company ・ Oaks (Interior Construction Company) (currently closed) (2009) January 23, saying that the chairman and real managers deceived about 12 million yen in cash from the company in fictitious transaction Osaka Prefectural Police arrested on suspicion of fraud, and the company's head office also received house search on the same day [3] KOKUYO Furniture is 2005 to 2008 had a systematic rigging with the Air Self-Defense Force over orders for office furniture 2010, And has been punished by Suspension of Nomination for 6 months from Ministry of Defense (see Air Self-Defense Force Office Supplies Ordering Officer-made Conflict Case).
- From 2000 April to 2008 July, put a communication line under the floor of the office. Regarding the double floor panel (floor panel for free access floor) for laying, the company's office materials division at that time said that there was a risk that the strength of 3 products totaling 14.6 million sheets would not be certified by the evaluation organization. It was found in 2010 March that the strength was camouflaged and sold. It was discovered in an in-house investigation following the fraudulent case involving the interior work mentioned above. In response to this, the company has cut compensation for seven people, including Akihiro Kuroda President and Executive (Company) Officer.[4][5]
- Since 2013, in-house volunteers have participated in the "Isu-1 Grand Prix", which has been held all over the country since 2010, using their own office chairs. With this as a trigger, it has become a backup for national races. [6]
External link
- コクヨ
- コクヨのぶんぐ on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- コクヨショーケース on Facebook
- コクヨのぶんぐ on Instagram
- kokuyo's channel on YouTube
References
- ↑ 合併公告2015年4月21日
- ↑ "三協立山株式会社とのストア事業の会社分割（簡易吸収分割）契約締結に関するお知らせ" (PDF) (Press release). コクヨ株式会社. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ Arrested former executive officers of KOKUYO subsidiary Osaka Prefectural Police Department fraudulently in fictitious transactions Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Sankei Shimbun January 23, 2009
- ↑ コクヨ：強度偽装のフロア材販売 役員ら報酬カットへ 毎日新聞 2010年3月13日
- ↑ フリーアクセスフロア資材に関する品質性能評価の不正取得について コクヨニュースリリース 2010年3月12日
- ↑ "会社の事務椅子でレースしようぜ！「いす-1グランプリ」が熱い". 日経BP. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
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