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Founded September 6, 1948 (Showa 23)
Capital 328 million yen
Annual Turnover 45.8 billion yen (fiscal year ending December 2024)
Employees 386
Business Manufacturing and sales of automotive parts
Sales of chemical products, electronic components, electrical materials, electrical equipment components, textile machinery, and logistics machinery and equipment
Board Members / General Managers
  • Representative Director and President
  • Yoshikatsu Miwa
  • Senior Managing Director
  • Hidekazu Hashimoto
  • Director
  • Katsuhiro Kito
  • Non-Executive Director
  • Syun-ichi Kamiya
  • Auditor
  • Shinji Matsuhiro
  • General Manager
  • Yuji Iwanaga
  • General Manager
  • Kengo Watanabe
  • General Manager
  • Katsunari Mase
  • General Manager
  • Hiroyuki Numata
  • General Manager
  • Tomoyuki Katashiba

History

  • Founding to 1970s
  • From 1980s to 1990s
  • Since 2000s
  • 1948 September Chugai Bussan Co., Ltd. was founded with capital of 200,000 yen.
    1962 September Tokyo sales office was opened
    1966 November Capital increased to 4 million yen
    1968 October New head office building was completed
    1969 May Osaka sales office was opened
    1970 October Construction of Miyoshi Plant Phase 1 was completed.
    Manufacturing of automotive sound insulation parts began.
    1972 November Capital increased to 16 million yen
    1973 January Kurashiki sales office was opened
    1974 February Capital increased to 32 million yen
    1975 October Construction of Miyoshi Plant Phase 2 was completed.
    1976 April Chiryu Distribution Center started the operations
    December Manufacturing of automotive sound absorbing parts began
    1977 May Capital increased to 48 million yen
    1978 January Fuji Polymer Industries Co., Ltd. was established.
    1979 February Hiratsuka branch office was opened
    July Hamamatsu sales office was opened
  • 1980 May Capital increased to 96 million yen
    1981 August Capital increased to 128 million yen
    1982 January Construction of Miyoshi Plant Phase 3 was completed.
    August Yonago branch office was opened.
    1983 April Construction of Miyoshi Plant Phase 4 was completed.
    November The company name was changed from Chugai Bussan Co., Ltd. to Chugai Co., Ltd.
    1984 November Acoustic measurement system "NoRAS" installed at Miyoshi Plant
    1986 December R&D building was completed at Miyoshi Plant
    1987 September The head office building was expanded and remodeled.
    The acoustic laboratory at Miyoshi Plant was completed.
    1989 July Miyoshi Plant main office building was completed.
    1990 November Kariya sales office was opened.
    1991 December Hitachi sales office was opened.
    1992 December Fukuoka Distribution Center started the operations.
    1994 September Chugai Bussan Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) was established.
    1997 August Construction of Miyoshi Plant Phase 6 was completed (5th Plant).
  • 2000 May Capital increased to 328 million yen
    2001 March Tottori sales office was opened.
    May Miyoshi District Office and Kariya Sales Office were certified to ISO 14001.
    2002 September Shanghai Chongwai Electronics Co., Ltd. was established.
    2004 February Tianjin branch office of Shanghai Chongwai Electronics Co., Ltd. was opened.
    Tianjin Ritegu Soundproof Accessories Co., Ltd. was established.
    2005 March Guangzhou branch office of Shanghai Chongwai Electronics Co., Ltd. was opened.
    2006 June NC Co., Ltd. was established
    November HAKKOSONIC Co.,Ltd. was established.
    2007 May Fukuoka Plant and Fukuoka sales office were established.
    Manufacturing of automotive soundproof parts began at the Fukuoka Plant.
    The scope of ISO 14001 certification was expanded to include Head Office, Tokyo Branch, Osaka Sales Office, Kurashiki Sales Office, Hiratsuka Sales Office, Hamamatsu Sales Office, Yonago Sales Office, Hitachi Sales Office, and Tottori Sales Office.
    August Chuo Insulation Co., Ltd. was established.
    2008 April The scope of ISO 14001 certification was expanded to include Fukuoka Plant.
    2010 September New building of Kariya branch was completed.
    Dongguan office of Chugai Bussan Co., Ltd. was opened.
    2011 August Changchun Office of Shanghai Chongwai Electronics Co., Ltd. was opened.
    2012 July Sendai sales office was opened.
    October CHUGAI BUSSAN(THAILAND)CO., LTD. was established.
    2013 December Miyoshi Plant and Fukuoka Plant were certified to ISO 9001.
    2014 January PT.CHUGAI BUSSAN INDONESIA was established.
    August Sendai Plant was established and Sendai sales office was relocated.
    2015 July CHUGAI AMERICA CORPORATION was established.
    2017 February Epoch Molding Co., Ltd. was established.
    May Kasugai Plant was established.
    2018 April The scopes of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification were expanded (company‑wide).
    2021 March Ogaki Satellite Office was opened.
    2022 December DC Fujioka was established.
    2025 June Okayama Sales Office was relocated.

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