Company Profile

Company Profile

Domestic Group Company Information

  • Taiyo Chemicals Co., Ltd.

    Representative Director Kazunaga Uenishi
    Establishment 1954/ 9/ 6
    Capital 6,300 million yen
    Employees 21 people
  • Taiyo Giken Co., Ltd.

    Representative Director Katsunori Ito
    Establishment 2014/ 2/ 4
    Capital 800 million yen
    Employees 117 people
  • Taiyo Unimak Co., Ltd.

    Representative Director Yasuhiro Mikura
    Establishment 1987/ 4/ 20
    Capital 1,000 million yen
    Employees 7 people

Head Office Information

Location 644-0003 Wakayama Prefecture, Gobo City, Shima, 584
0738-22-3551

*For inquiries regarding mahjong tables, please contactTokyo Sales OfficePlease.

area Site area: 19,198 square meters (head office and factory) 
Building: 9,200 square meters
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Business Content
  • Group company management business
  • Overseas base management business
  • New product planning and development business
  • Agricultural business
  • Injection Molding Business
  • Resin Compound Business
  • Mahjong product manufacturing business
  • PET recycling business
  • Mahjong class business
Bank
  • Kiyo Bank/Gobo Branch
  • Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank/Tanabe Branch
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation/Wakayama Branch

Factory, branch and sales office information

Mihama Factory 〒644-0044 
90, Wada, Mihama-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
Osaka Branch 〒540-0026 
Osaka, Osaka City, Chuo-ku, Uchihonmachi, 2-3-8,
Daiapalace Building Honmachi, #506
Tokyo Sales Office 〒105-0004 
Tokyo, Minato-ku, Shimbashi, 2-16-1,
New shimbashi Building, #617
TEL:03-3519-5522 FAX:03-3519-5543

*For inquiries regarding mahjong tables, please contact our Tokyo office.

Hokuriku Sales Office 〒922-0831 
1-90-1, Saiwaimachi, Kaga City, Ishikawa

Overseas office information

Shaoxing Taiyo Plastics Co., Ltd. Shangpu Town Industrial Park, Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, CHINA
Representative: Jin Mingqian URL: http://www.taiyopl.com/
Qingdao Lili Industry and trade Co., Ltd 500M north to houguzhen community, xiazhuang subdistrict, chengyang district, qingdao city, Shandong Province, CHINA
Representative: Luan Pishuai

History

  • 1954

    September 9: Taiyo Chemicals Co., Ltd. is established.
    Started as an integrated production factory for export buttons using urea resin.

  • 1956

    Developed urea resin base material for lacquerware

  • 1958

    Started manufacturing plastic artificial pearl beads

  • 1962

    Increased capital from 200 million yen to 800 million yen

  • 1963

    Started developing mahjong tiles and began manufacturing them the following year in 1964.

  • 1967

    Capital increase to 1,250 10,000 yen

  • 1975

    Completed automatic molding system for mahjong tiles and game-related products, and began mass production.

  • 1983

    Successfully molded plastic coating on cast gas pipe joints

  • 1984

    Introduced NC electric discharge machines to strengthen the mold production department.

  • 1985

    Taiyo Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s capital is doubled to 2,500 million yen.

  • 1987

    On West Co., Ltd. established (April)

  • 1988

    Succeeded in developing a fully automatic mahjong table, and began manufacturing and sales.

  • 1992

    Shanghai Taiyo Chemicals Co., Ltd. (currently Shaoxing Taiyo Plastics Co., Ltd.) was established as a Sino-foreign joint venture.

  • 1994

    Established Shanghai Lili Plastic Products Co., Ltd.

  • 1997

    In April, Taiyo Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. was merged with Taiyo Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Capital increase to 3,150 10,000 yen

  • 1998

    Quality Control SEC established

  • 1999

    Became a JIS certified factory for polybutene pipe fittings for water supply.
    On West Co., Ltd. changed its name to Taiyo Studio Co., Ltd.

  • 2001

    Kickoff towards ISO9001/2000 certification
    Started manufacturing plastic joints for floor heating and baths.

  • 2002

    Obtained ISO9001/2000 certification (May 2002)
    Manufacture of heater panels for electric floor heating
    Development of recycled PET

  • 2004

    Two of our environmentally friendly products, "Kids Mate" (recycling trays) and "Eco Hands" (elastic paving blocks),
    Certified as a Wakayama Prefecture Recycled Product (March)
    Obtained ISO14001 certification (June)
    Taiyo Chemicals Co., Ltd. celebrates its 50th anniversary (founded on September 1954, 9).

  • 2006

    Taiyo Studio Co., Ltd. changed its name to Taiyo Unimak Co., Ltd.

  • 2009

    Merged Shanghai Lili Plastic Products Co., Ltd. with Shaoxing Taiyo Plastics Co., Ltd. (January)

  • 2011

    Exhibited at the New York Gift Show (February)

  • 2012

    Established Qingdao Lili Trade Co., Ltd. (China)

  • 2014

    Taiyo Giken Co., Ltd. established
    Received investment from Osaka Small and Medium Enterprise Investment and Development Co., Ltd. and increased capital to 6,300 million yen.

  • 2015

    Entered the hydroponic cultivation business

  • 2018

    Started sponsoring mahjong tables for M League
    EC site AMOS official store opened (January)

  • 2024

    New head office warehouse completed

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