CORPORATE INFORMATION
COMPANY PROFILE
Company Profile
| Company Name | Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd |
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| Founded | October 1, 1941 |
| Established | January 27, 1950 |
| Capital | 65 million yen |
| President | Toshihiro Ito, Representative Director and President |
| No. of Employees | 189 (as of April 2021) |
| Business Activities |
Manufacturing of sealing parts for automotive and other engines (Main products: Gaskets, heat insulators, stainless-steel meshes, etc.) |
| Major Customers |
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| Sales | 4.36 billion JPY (2020) |
Corporate History
| October 1941 | Founded Kokusan Packing Company in Osaka, and began production of gaskets and packing seals for internal combustion |
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| August 1942 | Changed the company name to Kokusan Packing Manufacturing |
| January 1950 | Became recognized as a corporation, and changed company name to Kokusan Packing Co., Ltd. |
| April 1954 | Changed the company name to Kokusan Packing Industry Co., |
| March 1964 | Established the Toyonaka Plant in Toyonaka City, Osaka |
| July 1972 | Established the Hiroshima Plant (Hiroshima Plant No. 2) in Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima |
| October 1981 | Transferred the head office to Toyonaka City, Osaka, and changed the company name to Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd. |
| March 1984 | Opened a branch office in Hofu City, Yamaguchi |
| October 1985 | Established a new plant (Hiroshima Plant No. 1) for manufacturing metal head gaskets in Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima |
| October 1990 | Established KP. Parts Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. in Johor, Malaysia |
| July 1996 | Established an assembly plant in Bangkok, Thailand |
| May 1998 |
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| November 1998 | Acquired QS 9000 International Standard of Automotive Quality Management certification |
| June 1999 | [Hiroshima Plant] Recognized by Mazda Motor Corporation as a “Quality Assurance Excellence–Certified Factory” |
| October 1999 | Established the Okazaki Sales Office in Anjo City, Aichi |
| March 2000 | Expanded the Kyoto Plant |
| August 2000 |
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| April 2001 | Closed the Hofu Branch Office |
| February 2003 | Acquired ISO 14001:2004 International Standard of Environmental Management System certification |
| August 2003 | Expanded Hiroshima Plant No. 1 |
| March 2004 | Acquired ISO/TS 16949 International Standard of Quality Management System certification |
| January 2005 | Established WUXI KBK Technology Co., Ltd. in Wuxi City, Jiangsu, China |
| January 2007 | Established KOKUSAN PARTS (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. in Chonburi, Thailand |
| October 2011 | Closed the Okazaki Sales Office and the Osaka Head Office, and relocated the Osaka Sales Office (Toyonaka City, Osaka) |
| December 2011 | Acquired certification as a “Top 100 Manufacturers in Kansai 2011” by the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| February 2013 | Closed the Hiroshima Plants (Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima), and consolidated domestic production at the Kyoto Plant |
| October 2016 | Acquired “Youth Yell” certification from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Labor Bureau of Kyoto (98th company to receive such certification in Japan, and the 5th in Kyoto) |
| December 2016 | Relocated the Hiroshima Sales Office to Saijo, Higashi-Hiroshima City |
| December 2017 | Transition to ISO 14001:2015 International Standard of Environmental Management System |
| February 2018 | Transition to IATF16949 International Quality Management Standards |
| January 2020 | Shut down KP.Parts Industries(M)Sdn.Bhd.（Malaysia） |
| November 2020 | Recipient of the Outstanding Technology Award at the 2020 Kyoto Small and Medium Enterprises Technology Awards |
Organization Chart
Kokusan Parts Industry Co., Ltd
