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| Head Office |
2-17-3 Ryusen Taito-Ku,Tokyo Japan
TEL@03-5808-1755 FAX 03-5808-1760
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Representative |
President & CEO Susumu Harada |
| Established |
'Aug 1947 |
| Capital |
97 million yen |
Business
Offices |
Head Office :2-17-3 Ryusen Taito-Ku,Tokyo Japan
TEL@03-5808-1912 FAX 03-5808-1910
Urawa Plant :2-8-20 Sakuraoka,Chuo-ku,Saitama,Saitama 338-0832,Japan
TEL@048-853-8111@FAX 048-853-8115
Kawaguchi Plant :4-14-2 Aoki,Kawaguti,Saitama 332-0031,Japan
TEL@048-255-5211@FAX 048-256-5623
Kumamoto Plant :988 Fujita,Kikuchi,Kumamoto 861-1309,Japan
TEL@0968-25-4144@FAX 0968-25-4145
Ibaraki Plant :1279-2 Owada,koga,Ibaraki 306-0111,Japan
TEL@0280-76-8710@FAX 0280-76-8715
Ohsaka Sales Office :Verdy Kouei #702,
5-15-28 MinamiI-suita, Suita-shi, Ohsaka 531-0072, Japan
TEL@06-6318-5490@FAX 06-6318-5491 |
Factory
Scale |
Site Area@29,761u@@Building Area@9,633u |
| Businesses |
Manufacture and sales of specialty lamps for photographic, cinematographic, TV snd stage lighting.
Manufacture and sales of quartz crystal hermetic seals for watches and electronic devices.
Manufacturing and sales of lamps for aircraft lamp displays and optical filters. |
No of
Employees |
244(until 31 March, 2009) |
| Sales Volume |
4,200,000,000 yeniuntil 31 Mar, 2009j |
| Main Banks |
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation(Kinshicho branch)
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd.(Komagome branch) |
Board of
Directors |
President / CEO: Susumu Harada
Executive Managing Director / Executive Operating Officer: Toshirou Matsunaga
(Head Office: Business Planning and Business Development Manager)
Managing Director / Operating Officer: Shinji Harada
(Lamp Division: Division General Manager )
Operating Officer: Takanaga Shiba
(Lamp Division: Sales Manager)
Operating Officer: Shoko Kotobuki
(Lamp Division: Plant Manager)
Operating Officer: Kotajima Tokio
(Hermetic Seals Division: Administrator of Technology, Development and
ISO / R&D Manager
Operating Officer: Kazuma Kitano
(Hermetic Seals Division: Vice Division General Manager / Administration
Manager)
Operating Officer: Shigeo Onitake
(Hermetic Seals Division, Manager of First Production Division.
and Kawaguchi Plant)
Auditor Kuniaki Takahashi |
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| 1947 |
Koto sets up a head office and factory in Fukagawa, Koto-ku, Tokyo and begins the manufacture of large incandescent lamps for cinemato-graphic lighting. |
| 1956 |
Koto develops and starts the manufacture of hermetic seals for transistors and rectifiers. |
| 1957 |
Koto moves the head office and factory to Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo due to business expansion. |
| 1961 |
Koto establishes a factory in Urawa for the mass-production of hermetic seals and for meeting the increasing export demand for large specialty lamps. |
| 1965 |
Koto establishes Koshin Electric Co.,Ltd. in Ukima, Kita-ku, Tokyo to produce hermetic seals. |
| 1966 |
Koto moves the head office to Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo while the factory in Urawa focuses on manufacturing . |
| 1970 |
Koto moves Koshin Electric Co.,Ltd. to Aoki, Kawaguchi and establishes Kyushu Koto Electric Co.,Ltd. in Kikuchi, Kumamoto. |
| 1974 |
Koto develops and starts the manufacture of hermetic seals for quartz crystal and halogen lamps for the fishing industry. At the same time, Koto also starts developing direct view filament display for aerospace. |
| 1976
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Koto establishes a sales & marketing company, Ocean Lamp Co.,Ltd, to meet the increasing demand of halogen lamps in the fishing industry. |
1977 |
Koto Electric Co.,Ltd. merges with Koshin Electric Co.,Ltd, and Kyushu Koto Electric Co.,Ltd. and reorganized as the head office/Urawa Factory, Kawaguchi Factory and Kumamoto Factory respectively. |
1979 |
Koto develops and starts the manufacture of metal halide lamps. |
1983 |
Koto develops and starts the manufacture of 20kw halogen lamps for film and stage lighting as well as underwater metal halide lamps. |
1987 |
Koto develops compact arc metal halide lamps for stage and studio lighting.
The international sales division of hermetic seals gains independent of Koto and forms Wakoh Corporation.
Koto's 40th anniversary celebration with share capital doubled to 72million yen. |
1988 |
Koto establishes Koto Bunkogen Co.,Ltd. to meet the increasing need for new technology in light sources for spectral analysis in the photometering field.
Ocean Lamp Co.,Ltd. changes its name to Koto Luminous Corporation. |
1989 |
Koto establishes an office in Sanwamachi, Sashima-gun, Ibaraki to develop and manufacture light souces for spectral analytical instruments. |
1997 |
In line with its merger with ADLT Corporation(USA), Koto Luminous Co.,Ltd. renames itself as Venture Lighting Japan, Inc. and starts the manufacture and sales of retail lighting systems.
In line with business expansion, Koto moves the Lamp Division from Urawa office to Ibaraki while relocates the Hermetic Seals Division of the Kawaguchi office to Urawa. |
2001 |
Koto signs an exclusive contact with GE Lighting(USA) for marketing Koto's products in US and Europe and as a result, Koto closes down it's office - Koto Corporation- in US.
Koto's Hermetic Seals Division obtains ISO 9001 certification. |
| 2003 |
The Metal Surface Processing Group of Hermetic Seals Division ( Kawaguchi factory ) obtains ISO14001 certification.
The Domestic Sales division of the Specialty Lamp Division gains independent of Koto Electric and forms Koto Lighting Co.,Ltd.
Venture Lighting Co.,Ltd. changes its name to Koto Luminous Co.,Ltd. |
| 2005 |
Koto Electric Co., Ltd merges with Koto Luminous Co., Ltd to form Koto Electric Co., Ltd.
Koto establishes Koto Electric (Tanshan) Co., Ltd in Tanshan city, Hebei province, China . |
| 2006 |
Koto establishes a Lighting Division in the Urawa office. @ |
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