TOMOE GROUP

TOMOE GROUP

Group Overview

Tomoe Group Overview
Chief Executive OfficerChief Operating Officer
Nobuhiro Yanase, Chairman and CEOHideto Yanase, President and COO
Establishment
Founded on May 1947
Employees
147 (as of March 31, 2019)
Yearly Sales
Group’s consolidated
total
11.1 billion yen (Actual in FY 2014) 9.4 billion yen (Actual in FY 2015) 10.5 billion yen (Actual in FY 2016) 13.0 billion yen (Actual in FY 2017) 14.5 billion yen (Actual in FY 2018)
Tomoe Group Overview
TOMOE CO., LTD. TOMOE SYSTEM INC. TOMOE SHANGHAI INC. TOMOE (THAILAND) CO., LTD. TOMOE (USA) COMPANY LIMITED.
History of Tomoe Group
May
1947
Founded to sell automotive parts
June
1951
Incorporated with 1 million yen in capital
June
1957
Acquisition of Columbia Co., Ltd. to launch wholesale distribution in Hokuriku, Shikoku and Sanin region
July
1964
Headquarters building built
April
1967
Trading division established separated from Automotive parts division to enhance the construction machinery and industrial vehicle business
March
1974
Trading division renamed to Industrial equipment division
March
1983
Hiroshima sales office opened
July
2002
Automotive parts division and Industrial equipment division spun off from Tomoe Shokai into separate companies. Automotive parts division called Tomoe Co., Ltd., and Industrial equipment division called Tomoe System Inc.
November
2003
Akashi logistics center (ALC) opened
November
2006
Acquisition of ISO 9001 certification (Tomoe Co., Ltd.)
February
2007
Acquisition of ISO14001 certification
March
2008
Komatsu sales office opened
June
2009
Tomoe Shanghai Inc. established (100% subsidiary)
June
2011
Acquisition of ISO 9001 certification (Tomoe System Inc.)
November
2011
Tomoe System Inc. established by split-up
June
2012
Tomoe (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established (100% subsidiary)
August
2014
Tomoe (USA) Company Limited. established (100% subsidiary)
May
2019
Kanto office opened(Tomoe System Inc.)