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1925
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Koukichi Muto began a sole proprietorship
in the Torigoe area of Asakusa in Tokyo and set
up the shop Azumaya-Itoten, which primarily sold industrial
sewing thread. |
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1950
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Established Azumaya-Itoten Co., Ltd.
with capital of \1 million. Koukichi Muto appointed
president. |
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1957
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Established branch office at 10-9,
Misuji 1-chome, Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
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1963
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Opened the Ashikaga Sales Office in
Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi Prefecture. |
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1964
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Increased capital to \18 million. |
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1967
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Completed Head Office building. Opened
the Gifu Sales Office. |
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1970
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Increased capital to \36 million. |
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1971
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Completed construction on Azuma Building
No. 2 at 10-9, Misuji 1-chome, Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
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1973
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Relocated the Ashikaga Sales Office
to the Ashikaga Wholesale Business Housing Complex in
the Tonyamachi area of Ashikaga-shi. |
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1974
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Opened the Noshiro Sales Office in
Noshiro-shi, Akita Prefecture.
Opened the Furukawa Sales Office in Furukawa-shi, Miyagi
Prefecture.
Opened the Koriyama Sales Office in Koriyama-shi, Fukushima
Prefecture.
Opened the Yamagata Sales Office in Yamagata-shi, Yamagata
Prefecture.
Opened the Yokote Sales Office in Yokote-shi, Akita Prefecture. |
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1975
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President Koukichi Muto appointed chairman
of the board.
Vice President Jiro Muto appointed president. |
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1980
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Relocated the Furukawa Sales Office
to a new building. |
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1981
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Opened the Takanosu Sales Office in
Takanosu-cho, Kitaakita-gun, Akita Prefecture.
Opened the Ibaraki Sales Office in Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki
Prefecture. |
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1982
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Relocated the Yokote Sales Office to
a new building.
Increased capital to \56 million. |
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1983
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Opened the Kobe Sales Office in Kobe-shi,
Hyogo Prefecture. |
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1984
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Opened the Hirosaki Sales Office in
Hirosaki-shi, Aomori Prefecture.
Relocated the Koriyama Sales Office to a new building.
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1986
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Transferred the Kobe Sales Office to
Osaka-shi and opened the Osaka Sales Office. |
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1987
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Consolidated the distribution center
along with Head Office expansion.
Relocated the Takanosu Sales Office to a new building.
Opened the Iwaki Sales Office in Iwaki-shi, Fukushima
Prefecture. |
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1988
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Implemented an online system that networked
the Head Office and the Furukawa, Ashikaga, Koriyama and
Noshiro Sales Offices. |
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1989
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Campany name has been changed to Azuma Co.,Ltd.
Established Akita branch in Akita city Akita pref.
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1990
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Relocated the Yamagata and Hirosaki
Sales Offices to new buildings.
Opened the Sapporo Sales Office in Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido.
Opened the Asahikawa Sales Office in Asahikawa-shi, Hokkaido.
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1995
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Opened the Shanghai Business Office
in Shanghai, China
Opened the Tsuruoka Sales Office in Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata
Prefecture. |
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1996
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Relocated the Ibaraki Sales Office
to a new building. |
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1997
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Relocated the Shanghai Business Office
in China to accommodate expansion.
President Jiro Muto appointed chairman of the board.
Vice President Kihachiro Muto appointed president. |
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1999
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Established the Shiga Distribution
Center. |
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2000
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Relocated the Osaka Sales Office.
Established Azuma International Trading (Shanghai) Co.,
Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
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2001
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Relocated the Asahikawa Sales Office
and the Sapporo Sales Office. |
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2002
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Closed the Akita Sales Office. |
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2003
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Opened the Hanamaki Sales Office in
Hanamaki-shi, Iwate Prefecture.
Opened the Niigata Sales Office in Niitsu-shi, Niigata
Prefecture.
Relocated the Osaka Sales Office. |
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2004
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Established Azuma International Trading
(Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China.
Relocated the Shiga Distribution Center to the Gifu Sales
Office.
Relocated the Niigata Sales Office to Gosen-shi, Niigata
Prefecture. |
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2006
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Approved ISO 9001：2000
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2008
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Ibaraki Sales Office closed.
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2009
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Sapporo Sales Office moved to new Office.
Asahikawa Sales Office closed.
Approved ISO 9001：2008
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2010
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Niigata Sales Office closed.
Iwaki Sales Office closed.
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2011
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Azuma International Trading(Guangzhou) moved to new Officce.
Established Hanoi Vietnum Representative Office.
Established Azuma International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Wuhan Representative Office
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2012
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Azuma International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Wuhan Representative Office moved to new office.
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2013
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Established Azuma VIETNAM INVESTMENT AND TRADING Co., Ltd. in VIETNAM.
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2014
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Azuma International Trading (Ｇuangzhou) moved to new office
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2015
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AZUMA VIETNAM INVESTMENT AND TRADING CO.,LTD.moved to new office
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2016
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Tsuruoka Sales Office closed.
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2017
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Hanamaki Sales Office closed.
Takanosu Sales Office closed.
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