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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 |
| Paid In Capital |
2.1 billion yen |
Business
Offices |
2-17-3 Ryusen Taito-Ku,Tokyo Japan
TEL 03-5808-1912 FAX 03-5808-1910
Urawa Plant :7-9-1 Nishibori,Sakura-ku,Saitama,Saitama338-0832,Japan
TEL 048-853-8111 FAX 048-853-8115
Kawaguchi Plant :4-14-2 Aoki,Kawaguti,Saitama332-0031,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 36,221㎡ Building Area 11,781㎡ |
| 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 |
262(until 31 March, 2008) |
| Sales Volume |
4,584,000,000 yen（until 31 Mar, 2008） |
| 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 Shinji Harada
（Lamp Business Unit : General Manager）
Senior Managing Director Toshirou Matsunaga
（Head Office : Business Planning and Business Development Manager）
Managing Director Takanaga Shiba
（Lamp Business Unit : General Manager）
Managing Director
Michiharu
Osada
（Lamp Business Unit : Sales and Marketing Manager）
Managing Director Tsutomu Watanabe
（Lamp Business Unit : New Product Development Manager）
Managing Director Shoko Kotobuki
（Lamp Business Unit : Production Manager）
Managing Director Tokio Kotajima
（Hermetic Seals Business Unit : General Manager）
Managing Director Kazuma Kitano
（Hermetic Seal Business Unit : Assistant General Manager and Administration
Manager ）
Managing Director : Shigeo Onitake
（Hermetic Seal Business Unit : Production Manager ）
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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