Company Profile
Company Profile
| Company Name | Furusato Industries, Ltd. |
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| Head Office | Osaka Head Office/1-2-10, Minamishinmachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Tokyo Head Office/3-1-7, Heiwajima, Ota-ku, Tokyo |
| Representative | President and Chief Executive Officer Ryohei Furusato |
| Established | May 19,1959 |
| Officer | President and Chief Executive Officer Ryohei Furusato Senior Managing Director Katsuhiro Yamasita Managing Director Hideyasu Taniguchi Director Taketsugu Fujii Director Tetsuo Ota Director Wataru Fukuma Corporate Auditor Kenichi Takano |
| Share Capital | JRY 400 million yen |
| Number of Employees | 555 employees（As of December 31, 2023） |
History
1946~1970
| 1946 | Privately established in Fukushima-ku, Osaka |
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| 1955 | Independently devised turnbuckle forging method |
| 1958 | Built a factory in Fukushima-ku, Osaka to sell turnbuckles to hardware wholesalers in Osaka |
| 1959 | Established Furusato Iron Works Co., Ltd. Ryoichi Furusato assumed the position of President and Director |
| 1963 | Constructed Shiga Plant. Started production of braces Started organization based on chain store theory. Started direct sales to steel fabricators in Keihanshin |
| 1964 | Standardized braces and shifted to full-scale mass production |
| 1966 | Opened Shiga Sales Office to take the first step toward multi-store expansion |
| 1968 | Opened Kanto Sales Office (currently Saitama Sales Office) in Saitama Prefecture Started full-scale purchasing and sales of related products along with sales of own products |
| 1969 | Expansion and relocation of head office. Opened Nagoya Sales Office (currently Ichinomiya Sales Office) |
| 1970 | Receive investment from SME Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd. Started automation of Shiga Plant |
1971~1990
| 1971 | Constructed Saitama Plant and moved Saitama Sales Office there Started full-scale purchasing and sales of related products along with sales of own products |
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| 1973 | Renamed Furusato Industry Co., Ltd. Head office moved to Konohana-ku, Osaka |
| 1977 | Full-scale sales of steel construction materials other than rivets |
| 1980 | Expansion and relocation of head office to Nishi-ku, Osaka Osaka Distribution Center opens in Minato-ku, Osaka Full Brace receives Japan Building Center Performance Rating |
| 1986 | Listed on the New Section 2 of the Osaka Securities Exchange Shiga Plant Certified as a Plant Permitted for JIS Labeling Sales exceed ¥10 billion |
| 1987 | Saitama Plant Certified as a Plant Permitted for JIS Labeling |
| 1988 | Issued convertible bonds (in 30 million Swiss francs) |
| 1989 | Construction of Utsunomiya Plant. Sales exceeded ¥20 billion |
1991~2010
| 1991 | Issued convertible bonds (in 70 million Swiss francs) |
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| 1993 | Designated as a stock on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| 1996 | Utsunomiya Factory Acquired JIS Labeling Certification |
| 1997 | Opened Kanto Distribution Center |
| 1998 | Toyama Factory Acquired JIS Labeling Certification |
| 1999 | Kurume Factory Acquired JIS Labeling Certification |
| 2000 | G-net Corporation. Became a wholly-owned subsidiary through share exchange Acquired JIS certification at Kagawa Works and Sendai-Kita Works Started piping products business |
| 2003 | Headquarters moved to Chuo-ku, Osaka. Became Group Headquarters |
| 2004 | President changed. Ryuichi Furusato as Chairperson of the Board and Ryuhei Furusato as President of the Board Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2006 | Redesignated as the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Redesignated as the First Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange |
| 2007 | Acquired certification of the new JIS mark labeling system for all offices and plants following the revision of the Industrial Standardization Law Became a subsidiary of Gifu Shoji Co., Ltd. |
2011~
| 2015 | Established the Tokyo Head Office and changed to a two-head office system |
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| 2016 | Constructed a new Shiga plant Became a subsidiary of Security Design Co., Ltd. |
| 2017 | Furusato Industry Co., Ltd., with non-consolidated sales exceeding ¥30 billion |
| 2020 | Constructed a second Shiga plant |
| 2021 | Merged business with Maruka Co., Ltd., and established a joint holding company,Furusato Maruka Holdings Co., Ltd. Became a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Furusato Maruka Holdings |
| 2022 | Announced Medium-Term Management Plan "UNISOL" of Furusato Maruka Holdings |
| 2023 | G-net Corporation. and Security Design Co., Ltd. became Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Furusato Maruka Holdings |
| 2024 | Opened "Unisol Logistics Center Osaka (ULCO)" in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, in collaboration with G-net Corporation. Relocated Osaka Distribution Center |
