Outline
| Company name | KATAYAMA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Co.,Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Representative | Hideki Katayama, President |
| Founded on | April 14, 1918 |
| Incorporated | August 9, 1948 |
| Capital | 30 million yen |
| Business lines | ◆Dealer： We sell and repair of physio-chemical, medical, and analytic instruments, as well as other devices and consumables ◆Manufacturer： We manufacture and sell reagents/Chemical products・Contract production・Functional phosphorus chemicals・Life sciences |
| Major customers | Private companies / Universities / Government offices |
| Number of employees | 206 (113,male and 93 females） <As of August 1, 2021> |
| Headquarters | 2-5-10, Dosho Machi, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 541-0045, Japan [MAP] TEL：+81-6-6203-3441 FAX：+81-6-6222-3804 |
| Reference bank | MUFG Bank / Osaka Sales Department Juhachi-Shinwa Bank / Osaka Branch Senshu Ikeda Bank / Dojima Branch |
Company history
Since our founding, we have been involved in many fields chiefly centered on reagents.
By supplying reagents and related instruments needed for preventive medicine, environmental analysis, and biotechnology, we have been making our contribution to supporting people's health and shared well-being.
This being our goal, we make every effort to supply highly reliable products.
- April 14, 1918 （Founding）
- A shop was opened in Hirano Cho, Chuou Ward, Osaka, and named Inoue Chemical Medicine
- February 1929
- The company name was changed to Inoue Chemical Medicine Shop, a limited partnership
- July 1932
- The company name was again changed, this time to Katatayama Chemical Medicine Shop, a limited partnership
- August 9, 1948年
- Incorporated Company name changed to Katayama Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- July 1951
- The Amagasaki plant was opened at the current location
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March 1958
- The Amagasaki plant was approved as a JIS certified plant by MITI (the Ministry of International Trade and Industry), a ministry of the Japanese government
- August 1963
- The Okayama sales office was opened
- October 1973
- Construction of headquarter building was completed at the current location, and the company was moved in
- June 1980
- The Tokyo sales office was opened
- July 1980
- The Tokushima sales office was opened
- September 1986
- The Tsukuba sales office was opened
- August 1989
- The Sanda distribution center was opened
- May 1991
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The Ikeda sales office was opened
- April 1997
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The Yamaguchi sales office was opened
- August 1997
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The Okayama sales office was opened
- February 1998
- The Sanda plant was constructed
- March 2001
- An operating tie-up was made with Sigma Aldrich Japan
- December 2001
- The Toyama sales office was opened
- May 2002
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The Osaka sales office was opened
- June 2002
- A new warehouse was constructed on the Sanda business site
- May 2003
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The Kanagawa sales office was opened
- Feburary 2004
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The Kobe R&D center was opened
- August 2004
- The Amagasaki plant recelved ISO9001 certificatgion
- March 2007
- Moved the Tokushima sales office to current location
- March 2007
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The Minoh site was opened
- August 2010
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The Kanagawa sales office was opened
- April 2018
- The Hikari sales office was opened
- April 2018
- Celebrate the 100th anniversary of our founding
- January 2021
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Moved the Kanagawa sales office to current location
