Company
History
1947 ― 1972
- 1947
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Fujio Kondo founded Kondo Shoten as a private company in Izuo, Taisho-ku, Osaka.
Founder Fujio Kondo and his wife
- 1953
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Established Kondo Shoten Co., Ltd. with a capital of 2,500 thousand yen
and set up its head office in Izuo, Taisho-ku, Osaka.
Began production and sale of hardware for vessels. - 1955
- Changed the company name to KONDO IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
- 1956
- Began production of shackles at head office factory.
- 1957
- Opened Tokyo Satellite Office (currently Tokyo Branch).
- 1962
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Opened Tokyo Factory.
Began production of turn buckles (Respond to the increase in turn buckle demand,
switch production of shackle at head office factory to production of turn buckle). - 1964
- Opened Nagoya Satellite Office (currently Nagoya Branch) and Trade Division (currently International Sales Division).
- 1965
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Opened Fukuoka Satellite Office (currently Fukuoka Branch).
Began production of wire ropes. - 1966
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Opened Sapporo Satellite Office (currently Sapporo Branch) and Kyusyu Factory.
Kyusyu Factory at completion
- 1967
- Began production of scaffolding chains.
- 1970
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Awarded as an export-contributing company for 1970 by the Minister of International Trade and Industry.
Opened Sendai Office (currently Sendai Branch) and Hiroshima Satellite Office (currently Hiroshima Branch).
Certificate of an export-contributing company
- 1971
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Awarded the first certification from the Scaffolding and Construction Equipment Association of Japan.
Opened Osaka Office (currently Osaka Branch).
1973 ― 1988
- 1973
- Began production and sale of handware and screws for civil engineering and construction use.
- 1974
- Relocated the head office to Sakaigawa, Nishi-ku, Osaka.
- 1980
- Opened Yokohama Office (currently Yokohama Branch) and Niigata Office (currently Niigata Branch).
- 1981
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Began in earnest sales of temporary construction tools.
Opened Shizuoka Office.
Completed separator automatic line in Kyushu Factory. - 1985
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Body of turnbuckle for building was accredited as JIS No.1.
Established the New Business Division (Structural Steel Sales Division).
Opened Osaka Branch (currently Kansai Branch) in organization of the New Business Division.
- 1986
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Opened Saitama Office, Kanazawa Satellite Office (currently Kanazawa Office) and Kobe Satellite Office (currently Kobe Office).
Kyushu Factory recognized as JIS factory of turnbuckles and brace for the first time in the industry.
Opened Nagasaki Satellite Office (currently Nagasaki Office).
Began sale of synthetic resins, industrial plastic products, strings, bags, sheets, etc. - 1988
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Kyushu Factory authorized to display mark and number under the shaft assembly construction housing excellent joint metal fitting standards by Japan Housing Wood Material Technical Center.
Opened Kanto Office (currently Kanto Branch).
Completed the second factory A building in Kyushu Factory.
Began production of construction boards.
1989 ― 2001
- 1989
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Changed the company name to KONDOTEC INC.
Opened Kyusyu Office, Kagoshima Satellite Office (currently Kagoshima Office) and Takamatsu Office.
Kondo News at the time
- 1990
- Opened Tokai Office, Chukyo Office (currently Chukyo Branch) and Hachioji Office.
- 1991
- Opened Kanto Factory, Kitakanto Office (currently Kitakanto Branch), Tama Office (currently Kanagawa Office) and Keiji Office.
- 1992
- Opened Sapporo Factory and Koriyama Office.
- 1993
- Opened Yuki Satellite Office (currently Yuki Office).
- 1994
- Opened Matsumoto Satellite Office (currently Matsumoto Office).
- 1995
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Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange.
Advertisement at the time
- 1996
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Kanto Factory recognized as JIS factory of turn buckle for building.
Opened Hyogo Office and Aomori Satellite Office (currently Aomori Office).
Completed the second factory B and C building in Kyushu Factory.
Expansion of the production capacity of turn buckle for building. - 1997
- Opened Kitakyusyu Office.
- 1998
- Opened Hamamatsu Office.
- 1999
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Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Opened Chiba Satellite Office (currently Chiba Office) and Kanto Logistics Center.
Kyusyu Factory acquired certification of ISO9002 (currently ISO9001). - 2001
- Kanto Factory acquired certification of ISO9002 (currently ISO9001).
2002 ― Present
- 2002
- Kanto Factory acquired certification of ISO9001:2000.
- 2003
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Kyusyu Factory acquired certification of ISO9001:2000.
Kyushu Factory and Kanto Factory acquired certification of a manufacturing factory for anchor bolt for building structures.
Opened Homecenter Division (currently Homecenter Group). - 2004
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Opened Higashikanto Office.
Implemented Yantai Distribution Warehouse based on a contract concluded with a Chinese logistics trading company. - 2005
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Entered into an agency contact with pewag in Austria.
Began sale of grade 10 sling chains and parts.
Opened Sanyo Office and Kyoto Office. - 2006
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Opened Akita Office and Fukushima Office.
Acquired an ordinary construction business license (scaffolding and earthwork). - 2007
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Opened Hokkaido Office.
Opened Shiga Factory and Minamikyusyu Office.
Shiga Factory acquired certification of ISO 9001: 2008.
Sapporo Factory recognized as JIS factory of turn buckle for building. - 2008
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Shiga Factory recognized as JIS factory of turn buckle for building.
Sapporo Factory acquired certification of a manufacturing factory for anchor bolt for building structures.
Opened Hokuetsu Office.
Sapporo Factory acquired certification of ISO 9001: 2008. - 2009
- Shiga Factory acquired certification of a manufacturing factory for anchor bolt for building structures.
- 2010
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Acquired shares of Sanwa Denzai Co., Ltd. (the business of electrical equipment) to make the company a consolidated subsidiary.
Integrated Hokkaido Office into Sapporo Branch.
Integrated Hokuetsu Office into Niigata Office.
Integrated Minamikyusyu Office into Kagoshima Office.
Opened Osaka Office, Sanwa Denzai Co., Ltd. (a consolidated subsidiary) - 2011
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Kyushu Factory recognized as JIS factory of anchor bolt.
Designated as the First Section stock by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Stock Exchange.
Shiga Factory recognized as JIS factory of anchor bolt.
Additionally acquired an ordinary construction business license (steel structure) Kanto Factory recognized as JIS factory of anchor bolt.
Selected as margin trading issue of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- 2012
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Implemented Stock split (1: 2).
Sapporo Factory recognized as JIS factory of anchor bolt.
Opened Tohoku Office.
Established KONDOTEC INTERNATIONAL (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
Implemented public offering and allocation of new shares to third party. - 2013
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Changed the name of Trade Division to International Sales Division.
Established the Development Sales Division.
Opened Railroad & Environment Group and Homecenter Group.
Changed the name of New Business Division to Structural Steel Sales Division.
Kyusyu Factory recognazed as JIS factory of wire rope clip. - 2014
- Acquired shares of CHUOH GIKEN Co., Ltd. (the business of design and manufacture of machinery and devices) to make the company a consolidated subsidiary.
- 2015
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Opened Purchasing Division and Morioka Office.
Kyusyu Factory acquired certification of ISO 9001:2015. - 2016
- Opened Nagano Office, Kumamoto Office and Business Strategy Department (currently Management Strategy Department).
- 2017
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Eliminated East Japan Manufacturing Division and West Japan Manufacturing Division, and set four Factories directly under the Manufacturing Headquarters.
Opened E-commerce Group.
Opened Okinawa Satellite Office. - 2018
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Opened Okayama Office.
Shiga Factory acquired certification of ISO 14001: 2015. - 2019
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Acquired labor-saving and image processing equipment business from Mechatro Engineering Co., Ltd.
Transfer merchandise purchase business of Purchasing Division to International Sales Division and Delivery Division respectively, and abolish Purchasing Division.
Acquired shares of TECBUILD CO., LTD. (changed the company name from HIROSE KOSAN CO., LTD.)(the business of scaffolding construction service and sales of related materials,rental of scaffolding equipment) to make the company a consolidated subsidiary.
Completed the second factory in Shiga Factory.
Opened Quality Assurance Department. - 2020
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Acquired shares of TOKAI STEP CO.,LTD.(the business of scaffolding construction service for civil engineering and architecture) to make the company a consolidated subsidiary.
Kanto Factory acquired certification of ISO 14001:2015
Changed to a company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee. - 2021
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Changed the name of Quality Assurance Department to
SDGs promotion Department to work actively towards achieving SDGs targets.
Acquired shares of FUKOKU, Ltd.(the business of
scaffolding construction service for civil engineering
and architecture) to make the company a consolidated
subsidiary.
Established an intermediate holding company,
"Nippon Scaffolding Holdings Co.,Ltd.",by an
incorporation-type company split to manage
subsidiaries which provide scaffolding construction
services.
Acquired shares of KURIYAMA ALUMINUM Co.,Ltd.
(the business of development and manufacture of aluminum extrusions) to make the company a consolidated subsidiary. - 2022
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Kyushu Factory acquired certification of ISO 14001:2015
Opened Gunma Office.
Shifted to the new Prime Market from the First Section under the previous Tokyo Stock Exchange structure. - 2023
- The former Structural Steel Sales Division was split into the Eastern Japan Structural Steel Sales Division and Western Japan Structural Steel Sales Division.
- 2024
- Opened Hokkaido Office. Acquired shares of UEDA CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. (the business of scaffolding construction service for civil engineering and architecture/ machine and equipment installation work) to make the company a consolidated subsidiary.