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Company Overview
A Message from the President
Maintaining our management philosophy of contributing to society through the development of our business, we focus on turning our customers' needs into reality. As a manufacturer of products such as outdoor protective housings/buildings, cleaning systems for various applications, and aluminum vans, our mission is to provide high-quality products, and to gain our customers' trust.
Company Overview
| Company Name | Kitamura Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
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| Established | May 1945 |
| Head Office | 1-3604-12 Ryokawa, Konan-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata 950-0322 |
| President & CEO | Taisaku Kitamura |
| Capital | 100,000,000 yen |
| Number of employees | 320 (as of July 31, 2013) |
| Business line | 1. Truck bodies 2. Insulated truck and refrigerated truck bodies and containers 3. Efficient loading equipment such as tailgate lifters 4. Special-purpose vehicles 5. Industrial cleaning machines, medical equipment cleaning machines, and environmentally safe systems 6. Protective housings/buildings for communications equipment 7. Disaster equipment storehouses 8. Automated efficient equipment, and wireless keys 9. Vehicle body maintenance, repair, and maintenance of protective housings for equipment |
| Locations of branches and offices | Tokyo, Sapporo, Sendai, Niigata, Nagoya, Kanazawa, Osaka, Takamatsu, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kumamoto |
History
| March 1936 | Founded as an automobile sheet metal manufacturer in Ryusakuba, Niigata City |
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| May 1942 | Discontinued a portion of automobile manufacturing, and shifted to munitions production |
| May 1945 | Established as Kitamura Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| September 1945 | Discontinued munitions production, and returned to automobile manufacturing |
| May 1948 | Started producing bodies for large buses |
| July 1952 | Received authorization from the Niigata District Land Transport Bureau to engage in the overhauling of ordinary vehicles |
| September 1954 | Received authorization from the Ministry of Transport as a truck body A-1 maintenance plant under the provision for authorizing maintenance business operators for good businesses |
| October 1963 | Relocated plant from Ryusakuba to Dekijima, Niigata City |
| April 1967 | Started production and sales of aluminum truck bodies, insulated vans and refrigerated truck bodies |
| June 1972 | Started production and sales of ultrasonic industrial cleaning machines and related devices |
| October 1973 | Started production and sales of bodies for small buses |
| December 1974 | Completed technical tie-up with VENCO (USA), and started production and sales of liftgates |
| May 1978 | Started production and sales of cassette bodies (mechanical self-desorption bodies) |
| October 1982 | Started production and sales of wireless anti-theft security systems (wireless keys) |
| February 1984 | Started production and sales of housings for equipment |
| April 1985 | Started installation and maintenance of vending machines |
| May 1988 | Started production and sales of moveable billboards |
| 1989 | Started production and sales of floor lifts |
| August 1993 | Relocated head office and plant from Dekijima to Ryokawa Industrial Park, Niigata City |
| September 1994 | Opened DeKKY401 shopping center as a redevelopment project of the old plant site |
| August 1995 | Commenced operation of joint Japan-China corporation 'Beijing Beiling Zhuanyong Qiche Youxian Gongsi' |
| April 1998 | Acquired ISO9001 certification for international standards of quality assurance (Housings Department) |
| July 1999 | Acquired permission to engage in general construction business and authorization as a first class architects office |
| July 2000 | Acquired ISO14001 certification for international standards of environmental conservation management (head office and plant) |
| 2005 | Awarded the Small and Medium Enterprises Research Center Award (currently the "Good Company Award") and district recognition |
| February 2005 | Acquired permission to engage in general construction business (telecommunications construction business) |
| September 2009 | Acquired a medical device manufacturing license |
| December 2010 | Started production and sales of module data centers |
| December 2011 | Started production and sales of power controller box for solar power generation systems |
| May 2012 | Acquired model designation for vehicle inrush prevention device |
| June 2012 | Acquired permission (from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) to engage in general construction business |