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| Company name | UMAJIRUSHI Co., Ltd. |  |
| Location | Headquarters 〒 454－0011 3-16-27, Sanno, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-city Phone number （ 052 ） 322－2811 （ Key number ） Fax （ 052 ） 322－3344 |
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Komaki factory |
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| Business Initiation | September, 1896 |  |
| Establishment | June 18 th , 1973 | |
| Capital | 50 million yen | |
| Description of business |
Manufacture and sale of chalk and board erasers |
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| Representative Director Chairman |
Senichi Kato | |
| Representative Director President |
Yasutoshi Kato | |
| Corporate History | ||
| September 1896 | Sugitaro Kato, founding President, initiated the Kato chalk factory in Ikeda-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya-city, starting the sale of school chalk under the brand name of UMAJIRUSHI | |
| June 1933 | Yonosuke Kato took over the operation from Sugitaro Kato, and made effort in exporting along with domestic sales, exporting school chalk, blackboards 、 and slates to Manchuria, China, and Southeastern Asian countries. |  |
| March 1945 | Headquarters and factories were burned down due to the war | |
| October 1947 | Reconstruction was made at Higashide, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-city | |
| March 1955 | Relocation was made within Higashide due to road expansion program. New factory was built. | |
| March 1956 | Applied for JIS (Japan Industrial Standard) for our factory. | |
| April 1959 | Acquired JIS for our factory, stepping up exports as well as domestic sales. | |
| June 1959 | Started production of wooden blackboards for North America markets | |
| March 1961 | Started manufacture and sale of wooden blackboards for domestic market | |
| April 1970 | Placed emphasis on domestic sales and started manufacture and sale of stainless steel blackboards. | |
| April 1971 | The present Chairman, Senichi Kato took over operations from Yonosuke Kato, and embarked on the modernization of business management, and also started the manufacture and sale of large sized blackboards for schools. |  |
| August 1971 | Started production of whiteboards | |
| June 1973 | Reorganization took place and the name was changed from Kato chalk factory to UMAJIRUSHI Co., Ltd. | |
| May 1974 | Increased capital to 8 million yen | |
| October 1976 | Increased capital to 16 million yen | |
| November 1976 | Constructed new and advanced Komaki factory at 725 Irukade-shinden, Ohaza, Komaki-city, mainly for the production of blackboards | |
| February 1978 | Applied for JIS again because of the relocation of factory | |
| May 1978 | Acquired JIS for the chalk production factory | |
| October 1979 | Acquired JIS for the blackboard production factory | |
| January 1982 | Increased capital to 32 million yen | |
| June 1982 | Increased capital to 38.4 million yen. Embarked on the construction of a headquarters building | |
| February 1983 | Completed the construction of the headquarters building | |
| September 1984 | Opened Yokohama branch | |
| January 1986 | Completed enlargement of Komaki factory | |
| January 1992 | Completed construction of a building used for office work at Komaki factory | |
| December 1994 | Developed and launched an innovative line-drawing method using laser, in which lines are not erasable | |
| October 1995 | Opened Tokyo branch （ merging Yokohama branch ） | |
| September 1996 | Centennial | |
| November 1996 | Opened Osaka branch | |
| January 1997 | Increased capital to 50 million yen | |
| October 2000 | Acquired ISO9001 | |
| September 2002 | Senichi Kato, former President, was named Chairman, Yasutoshi Kato became President | |
| November 2002 | Acquired ISO9001 certification （ 2000 version ） | |
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March 2004 |
UMAJIRUSHI was given ”Aichi Brand Company” Certification (Aichi Prefecture certification number 010) as one of 59 manufacturing companies in Aichi prefecture that boast unique technology and are top-notch enterprises with a nation-wide standard. | |
| July 2005 | "Team minus 6%" participation | |
| September 2006 | Establishment 110th anniversary | |
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