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Sugatsune's History
1930 “Sugatsune Shoten” is founded by Tsunesaburo Sugasawara.Sells European style furniture hardware. 1943 The company changes its name to “Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.”, manufacturing metal accessories for communication until the end of the war. 1949 The company starts manufacture furniture hardware and architectural hardware. 1968 Capital is increased to 50 million yen. Shin-ohashi Sales Office is moved to the site of Tokyo Factory (Adachi-ku, Tokyo), and Adachi Sales Office is set up. 1969 Chiba Factory is constructed on the Trading Estate at Matsuo-cho in Chiba. This marked the beginning of mass production. 1975 Osaka Sales Office (current Osaka Branch) is opened. 1982 A logistics centre (S.B.C) with a floor area of 4,026m 2 is completed at the site of Chiba Factory. Sugatsune America Inc. is established in the United States. 1987 Sugatsune Kogyo comes up with an original damper technology “Lapcon”. 1992 Sugatsune Kogyo’s President Sugasawara is presented with a Medal with a Blue Ribbon by the government of Japan. A new logistics centre (S.B.C) with modern facilities is completed. (Floor area of 8,884m 2 ) 1998 Sugatsune Kogyo’s President Sugasawara receives Gold and Silver Rays, an Order of the Sacred Treasure. A technical centre is built at the site of Chiba Factory. Nagoya Sales Office is opened. The company registers for ISO 9001 certification. 2004 Sendai and Fukuoka sales offices are opened. An office and showroom are established in Shanghai, China. 2005 The largest showroom in the industry in Japan is opened at Iwamoto-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. A large exhibition is held to commemorate the opening of the new showrooms in Tokyo and Osaka, and a new product presentation is held in Fukuoka and Sendai. Sugatsune UK is established in Great Britain. Shanghai Office is changed to Sugatsune Shanghai. 2006 A showroom is opened in Nagoya, and an exhibition is held to commemorate the opening of the new showroom. New head office building No.4 and No.5 are completed. 2007 A new building at logistics centre (S.B.C) is completed. (Floor area of 7,413m 2 ) Nagoya Sales Office is moved from Naka-ku to Kita-ku. 2009 The product concept “Motion Design Tech” is presented for giving further motion functions to the “opening and closing of doors or lids”. 2011 Kanagawa Sales Office is opened. Fukuoka Sales Office is moved and a showroom is opened. A showroom and sales office are opened in Chicago by Sugatsune America. 2012 Kyoto Sales Office is opened. 2013 Kyoto showroom is opened. 2015 Sugatsune Kogyo India Private Limited is established in India. A showroom is opened in Mumbai, India. A new logistics centre (SBW) is established in Osaka. 2016 Sugatsune Europe GmbH is established in Germany. Sugatsune Canada, Inc is established in Canada. 2017 The Monoflat LIN-X1000 wins a Reddot award. 2018 Sugatsune UK changes locations. Private exhibitions displaying new products are held in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. In total, exhibitions are held in 13 cities across Japan. Sugatsune EU opens a showroom in Düsseldorf. 2019 Sales office opens in Northern Kanto. The LDD-V100 door damper wins both the Red Dot design award and also the iF design award. The head office moves to a new location. 2020 Sugatsune Kogyo celebrated its 90th anniversary. 2022 Sugatsune Korea is established as a local subsidiary in South Korea. The first home shop after the war (1946)
No.500 Catalogue
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