{"id":1012,"date":"2015-10-24T13:32:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T04:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/?page_id=1012"},"modified":"2021-11-26T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T04:03:11","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/co-profile\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corporate History<\/h2>\r\n
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1934<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo started to research the manufacturing of lacquer and starts to sell it.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1935<\/dt>\r\n
Sanei Chemical Industry is established as a lacquer specialty plant (in Horie Nishi-ku Osaka-shi).<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1938<\/dt>\r\n
Sanei Chemical Industry Corporation is moved to Fuse-shi and plant facilities are reinforced.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1945<\/dt>\r\n
Daia Seiko Incorporated is established (in Shinmachi Nabari-shi).<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1947<\/dt>\r\n
Daia Seiko Incorporated is renamed to Mie Yushikakou Incorporated
Nakamura head office and factory are completed (in Minowa Nakamura Nabari-shi).<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1954<\/dt>\r\n
Mie Yushikakou Incorporated bought out Sanei Chemical Industry Corporation.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1957<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo started to commercialize heat resistant paint \"Okitsumo\" and starts to sell it.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1964<\/dt>\r\n
Shigeji Yamanaka, Okitsumo's president (at the time) passed away. Katsutoshi Yamanaka took office as president.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1987<\/dt>\r\n
The company name is renamed Okitsumo Incorporated.
The log design is renewed.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1990<\/dt>\r\n
The current head office company building is completed.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1992<\/dt>\r\n
Nabari 21 Century Television Incorporated, a cable television provider, is set up.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1994<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo USA Incorporated is established in the U.S.A.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1996<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo International (Asia) Co., Ltd. is established in Thailand.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1997<\/dt>\r\n
Okitech Incorporated is established.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1998<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo received the International Quality Management System Standard ISO 9001 certification.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
1999<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo received the Environment Management System Standard ISO 14001 certification.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2000<\/dt>\r\n
Katsutoshi Yamanaka took office as chief executive officer and top manager.
Tomio Izuoka took office as president.
Japan Hydrotect Coatings Incorporated, a joint venture company
involving photocatalyst business with TOTO Kiki Ltd. (current TOTO LTD.), is established.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2002<\/dt>\r\n
Shigeharu Yamanaka took office as president.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2003<\/dt>\r\n
Zhongshan Okitsumo Co., Ltd. is established in Zhongshan, China.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2004<\/dt>\r\n
Nabari 21 Century Television Incorporated, a cable television provider, is renamed to Advanscope Incorporated.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2006<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo Incorporated is chosen as one of the 300 Dynamic Monozukuri SMEs in Japan by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2007<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo Tintas Do Brasil Ltda. is established in Manaus, Brazil.
Japan Hydrotect Coatings Incorporated, a joint venture company involving photocatalyst business with TOTO LTD., is renamed to TOTO Okitsumo Coatings Co., Ltd.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2008<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo Inc. India Liaison Office (Okitsumo resident officer's office) is established in Gurgaon, India.
Okitech Incorporated Takinohara Plant is established in Takinohara Nabari-shi, Mie.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2011<\/dt>\r\n
Katsutoshi Yamanaka is appointed director and senior advisor.
Okitsumo Paint (Changshu) Co., Ltd. is established.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2012<\/dt>\r\n
Katsutoshi Yamanaka, director and senior advisor, received the Order of the Rising Sun.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2014<\/dt>\r\n
\r\nOkitsumo is chosen as one of Global Niche Top 100 Companies (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The show room Okini is opened at the site of the head office.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2015<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo Europe, S.A. is established in Barcelona, Spain.<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2017<\/dt>\r\n
Okitsumo\uff08Paints\uff09India Pvt. Ltd.is established in Gurgaon, India<\/dd>\r\n\r\n
2020<\/dt>\r\n
A third factory was established on the premises of the main factory in Nabari, Mie Prefecture.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corporate History 1934 Okitsumo started to research the manufacturing of lacquer and starts to sell it. 1935 S...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":54,"menu_order":510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6303,"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012\/revisions\/6303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okitsumo.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}