Home　≫　Corporate Information　≫ History History 1943 (Showa 18) Kiichiro Tanaka founded Kiichiro Tanaka after working as a director and manager of Suehiro Trading Co., Ltd. 1950 (Showa 25) Established Kiichi Tool Co., Ltd. (capital: 800,000 yen). Kiichiro Tanaka becomes the representative director. 1955 (Showa 30) Established the Osaka Keep Association to promote friendship with dealers and manufacturers. A new trade section will be established to expand sales of overseas transactions. 1958 (Showa 33) Opened Tokyo sales office. 1962 (Showa 37) Opened Nagoya sales office. Nagoya first cargo campaign 1967 (Showa 42) Opened branch offices in Fukuoka, Kanazawa, and Takamatsu. 1970 (Showa 45) Completion of new head office building. Received an award from the Chief of the West Tax Office for an excellent corporation. Opened a representative office in the Osaka Merchandise Overseas Stock Center (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). 1972 (Showa 47) Established sister company Esco Co., Ltd. President Kiichiro Tanaka received the Osaka Prefecture Industrial Achievement Award. 1973 (Showa 48) Ceremony event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of our founding. Kiichiro Tanaka is appointed as Chairman of the Board, and Kozo Tanaka is appointed as President and Representative Director. 1974 (Showa 49) Kiichiro Tanaka, Chairman of the Board, is appointed as a board advisor. 1975 (Showa 50) Received an award from the Governor of Osaka Prefecture as an excellent company. 1976 (Showa 51) With the establishment of the EDP section, centralized management of the head office and computer processing are in full swing. 1977 (Showa 52) Improve the nationwide organization of Esco chain stores. 1980 (Showa 55) 資本金9500万円に増資。 西税務署より優良法人認定を受ける。（3度目） 1981（昭和56）年 仙台営業所を開設。 1983（昭和58）年 創立40周年記念式典行事。 田中喜一郎相談役が長年にわたる 貿易関係の貢献により黄綬褒章を受章。 1990（平成2）年 北関東営業所を開設。 1991（平成3）年 株式会社エスコ　設立20周年。 中期経営計画をスタート。岡山ロジスティクスセンター開設。 1993（平成5）年 創業50周年記念事業として社会貢献活動を実施。 1996（平成8）年 ユーザー向け情報発信誌「THE TOOL CUE」を創刊。 上海事務所を開設。 田中康造社長、大阪府産業功労賞を受賞。 アメリカに現地法人KIICHI TOOLS AMERICA INC.を設立。（*2005年より業務一時停止中） 1997（平成9）年 社内電子メールによる情報網の整備化スタート。 1999（平成11）年 社内LAN全ユーザー化、イントラネットの充実強化。 2000（平成12）年 商品データベース等のCRMによる新しいシステム構築をスタート。 ヨーロッパ駐在事務所とオランダ現地企業との合弁会社KW TOOLS設立。 西税務署より優良法人表彰を受ける（7度目）。 2001（平成13）年 Promotion of IT and promotion of Esco Web / FAX OCR system are in full swing. Strengthen CRM activities with leading Chinese customers in Shanghai. 2002 (Heisei 14) Obtained ISO14001 certification. Promotion of IT by full-scale operation of product database. Group Kodama Shoji. Establish a local corporation in Shanghai. 2003 (Heisei 15) Grouped Ogawa Zen Co., Ltd. Established a local subsidiary, Kiichi Tool (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. 2004 (Heisei 16) Completed a new building next to the head office building. Kodama Shoji Headquarters, Zen Ogawa will move to the head office building, and the center of the Joyful-Cube group will be concentrated in one place. 2005 (Heisei 17) The Joyful-Cube Group Renovation National Convention was held, and group company employees from all over the country gathered in Osaka to hold an exchange event. 2008 (Heisei 20) Kozo Tanaka is appointed as Chairman of the Board and Kenichi Tanaka is appointed as President and Representative Director. 2009 (Heisei 21) Merged with Kodama Shoji Co., Ltd., a group company. 2011 (Heisei 23) Chairman of the Board, Kozo Tanaka is appointed as a director advisor. Received the Order of the Rising Sun Somitsu for Kozo Tanaka's contribution to the promotion and development of the industry over many years. Established K PLUS J TOOLS CO., LTD., A joint venture with a local Thai company. 2014 (Heisei 26) Moved to the holding company Joyful Kiichi Holdings Co., Ltd. Corporate information Company Profile History Organization chart ≫ Corporate Information　｜　≫ Top Message　｜　≫ Management Policy　｜　≫ Social and Environmental Initiatives　｜　≫ Recruitment Information　｜　≫ Site Map　｜ Copylight (c) Joyful Kiichi Holdings Co., Ltd. All Rghits Reserved