Company Information: History | OHTORI CORPORATION

History

November 2020	Chairman Hiroshi Okamoto was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun
June	Hiroshi Okamoto assumed office as chairman Takayoshi Okamoto assumed office as president
August 2019	Announcement of Health Declaration
July	Established Health Productivity Management Promotion Committee
June	Established OHTORI MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.
March	Absorption merger of J.E.C Co., Ltd.
August 2017	Established Market Development Section in Application Department
October 2016	General Affairs Department transferred to Ohtori Corporation from Okamoto Electronics
August	Consolidated Quality Assurance Department and Quality Management Department into Quality of Management Division
April	Established Quality of Management Division. It operated with subordinate departments of the Quality Assurance Department (renamed Quality Assurance Department) and newly established Quality Management Department
September 2015	Built Okamoto Electronics Naniwa Building
August	Held 75th Anniversary Ceremony
July	Established TAIWAN OHTORI COMPANY., LIMITED.
February	Established Nagoya Semiconductor Promotion Section
January 2014	Established EC department
October 2012	Established Global Marketing Division and Application Department
April	Established Manufacturing System Department
February	Established OHTORI ELECTRONICS VIETNAM COMPANY., LIMITED
October 2011	Acquired ISO27001 at all overseas bases offices and stock center
June	Acquired ISO9001 at Ohtori Electronics Consulting (Shenzhen) Company Limited / Increased capital to 350 million yen
March 2010	Transferred Overseas Support Department from Ohtori Corporation to Okamoto Electronics Corporation
October 2009	Established Communication Device Group and Roller Operation Group
July	Acquired ISO27001 at all domestic bases offices and stock centers
June	Amended Articles of Incorporation in order to start import / export
April	Established special sales department in Osaka, Tokyo, and Nagoya
October 2008	Acquired ISO27001 at the Overseas Support Department, Naniwa Sales Office, Osaka Product Center, Ohtori Corporation Trade Department, and Ohtori Corporation
July	Acquired ISO27001 at the Head Office and Kita Osaka Building
September 2007	Acquired ISO14001 at Ohtori Corporation, 4 overseas subsidiaries, and OHTORI HONG KONG LIMITED Shenzhen Office
April	Established the SB Department and Hiroshima Sales Office
March	Opened showroom at the Head Office (Head Office Showroom)
January	Established SB Promotion Division
December 2006	Acquired ISO 9001 at 4 overseas subsidiaries and Ohtori Corporation
March	Built the new office building for Kofu Sales Office
October 2005	Established Ohtori Corporation Overseas Support Department
September	Held the 65th Anniversary Ceremony / Established Compliance Department
May	Acquired the ISO9001 at Electrical Development Department
April	Established International Headquarters
December 2004	Established Fukuoka Stock Center
October	Established ASIC Design Center Nagoya Branch
April	Acquired ISO9001 at ASIC Design Center / Established OHTORI THAILAND CO., LTD.
October 2003	Established OHTORI HONG KONG LIMITED Shenzhen Office
September	Acquired ISO14001
July	Acquired ISO9001 at Tokyo Sales Headquarters
June	Acquired ISO9001 at Nagoya Sales Headquarters
April 2002	Established Tokyo Semiconductor Promotion Group
August 2001	Established Kanagawa Stock Center (transferred from Tokyo Product Stock Center)
May	Established ASIC Design Center Tokyo Branch
April	Established Products Procurement & Logistics Headquarters and Global Marketing Headquaters
November 2000	Established SHANGHAI OHTORI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
April	Established Inspection Department
December 1999	Established Ohtori Corporation Shanghai Representative Office
April	Established Special Sales Department / Established Semiconductor Promotion Group
December 1997	Acquired ISO9002 for our distribution system with Osaka Stock center as leader
April	Established ASIC Design Center
April 1996	Capital increased to 90 million yen / Established Kumamoto Sales Office
November 1995	Established Ohtori Electronics (SNG) Pte. Ltd.
September	Established Nagoya Stock Center
July	Held 55th Anniversary Ceremony / Established Quality Assurance Division
January	Established Sendai Sales Office
November 1994	Established Sales Promotion Headquarters
April 1994	Established Product Headquarters and Global Marketing Headquarters
October 1993	Established Nagoya Sales Promotion Department
October 1992	Established Tokyo Sales Promotion Department
July	Established OHTORI HONG KONG LIMITED
May 1991	Established Okazaki Sales Office / Established Osaka Stock Center
September 1990	Katsuyoshi Okamoto assumed office as chairman Hiroshi Okamoto assumed office as president
September	Held 50th Anniversary Ceremony (Akira Saeki, SHARP CORPORATION Counselor, making a toast)
December 1989	Built the new office building for Kitakanto Sales Office
October	Established Nishinomiya Sales Office
September	Established Tsukuba Sales Office
October 1988	Established Kanazawa Sales Office
July	Established Hong Kong Representative Office of Ohtori Corporation
June	Established Hachioji Sales Office
July 1987	Built the new office building for Kyoto Sales Office
April	The late chairman Katsuyoshi Okamoto was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun
October 1986	Established Overseas Department at Ohtori Corporation
October 1985	Established Numazu Sales Office
August	Held 45th Anniversary Ceremony Established Fukuoka Sales Office
July	Okamoto Electronics Corporation (new) capital 50 million yen In May 1985, "Okamoto Electronics Corporation" with 30 million yen capital was renamed to "Ohtori Corporation", and started focusing on foreign trade of electronic components and management of real estates owned by the Okamoto Electronics Corporation. Also, we re-established "Okamoto Electronics Corporation" with a capital of 50 million yen and transferred sales departments to focus on the sales of electronic components.
May	Ohtori Corporation (new): capital 50 million yen
January	Built the new building for headquarters (The new headquarters building)
August 1984	Established Himeji Sales Office
October 1983	Established Kitakanto Sales Office
September	Established Electrical Development Department
July	Established Hamamatsu Sales Office
November 1981	Established Kyoto Sales Office
September	Established Kofu Sales Office
January	Built the new office building for Nagoya Sales Office
August 1980	Held 40th Anniversary Ceremony
March	Built the extension for Naniwa Sales Office
November 1978	The late Katsuyoshi Okamoto was awarded the Medal with Blue Ribbon (Medal of Honour), the first in the electronic component distribution industry (Medal with Blue Ribbon celebration at the Royal Hotel)
August	Established Akihabara Sales Office
March 1977	Established Naniwa Sales Office
March 1975	Held 35th Anniversary Ceremony
May 1974	Built the new office building for Tokyo Sales Office
June 1971	Awarded as an export-contributing company by the Minister of International Trade and Industry / Received a courtesy letter from Naniwa Tax Office
February	Awarded Excellent Specialized Distributor honor by the Governor of Osaka
October 1970	Held 30th Anniversary Ceremony / Increased capital to 30 million yen through several capital increases
July	Established Osaka Sales Office / Built a new office building / Established Sales Headquarters and Sales Promotion department
March	Established Nagoya Sales Office
May 1967	Established Tokyo Sales Office
July 1965	Established Overseas Department
March	Held 25th Anniversary Ceremony / Published the first issue of General Electronic Components Catalog
November 1960	Established Special SalesDepartment for consumer and IA manufacturers
August 1959	Built the annex building of the headquarters
February 1952	Transferred the headquarters to 4-8-8 Nihonbashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka (Headquarter in 1974)
July 1950	Established Okamoto Electronics Corporation with a capital of 500,000 yen
August 1949	Started wholesale of electronic components to the large local distributors
September 1940	Founder Katsuyoshi Okamoto (at the age of 77) — He left Shimura Musen Corporation in Tokyo and started up an distributor for electronic components in Nihonbashi, Osaka (Okamoto Electronics Corporation) with former consultants Keizo Okamoto and Hachiro Okamoto