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Company Profile@Koto Electric Co., Ltd
Head Office
2-17-3  Ryusen  Taito-Ku,Tokyo  Japan
TEL@03-5808-1755 FAX 03-5808-1760
Representative President & CEO Susumu Harada
Established 'Aug 1947
Capital 97 million yen
Business
Offices
Tokyo Office Location
2-17-3 Ryusen Taito-Ku,Tokyo 110-0012,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
Factory
Scale
Site Area@29,761‡u@@Building Area@9,633‡u
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
206(until 31 March, 2011)
Sales Volume

5,000,000,000 yeniuntil 31 Mar, 2011j

Main Banks Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation(Kinshicho branch)
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd.(Komagome branch)
Board of
Directors
President / CEO: Susumu Harada

Managing Director / Operating Officer:
Shinji Harada
(Lamp Division: General Manager )

Operating Officer: Takanaga Shiba
(Lamp Division: Manager of Sales Group‡T)

Operating Officer: Kazuhiko koyama
(Lamp Division: Manager of Sales Group ‡U)

Operating Officer: Shigeo Onitake
(Hermetic Seals Division: Deputy General Manager / Manager of Production Group‡T)

Operating Officer: Shigeru Hioki
(Hermetic Seals Division: Manager of Production Group ‡U)

Operating Officer: Kotajima Tokio
(Hermetic Seals Division: Administrator of ISO at Kawaguchi Plant)

Operating Officer: Koichi Ueno
(Hermetic Seals Division:@Kumamoto Plant Manager )

Operating Officer: Shoko Kotobuki
(Koto Electric (Tangshan) Co., Ltd.: General Accounting Manager )

Operating Officer: Norimasa Ishikawa
iHead Office: Administration Department Manager /Business Planning Managerj

Auditor: Kazuma Kitano
Company History
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

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. @
2009 Koto establishes a Lighting Division in the Urawa office.
Relocated the head office registration from Saitama City in Saitama Prefecture to Taito-ku, Tokyo.

 

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