Sekisui House

Sekisui House K. K. (Japanese積水ハウス 株式会社Sekisui hausu kabushiki - gaisha, Eng. Sekisui House, Ltd.. ) is a Japanese company with headquarters in Osaka.

The company is engaged in construction. Sekisui House was founded on 1 August 1960. Company president is Toshinori Abe (as of 2008). The company employs around 16,700 people (as of 1 April 2008).

Sekisui Heim M1

With the development of " Sekisui Heim M1 " together with the architect Katsuhiko Ohno early 1970s, the prototype of a system based on highly prefabricated room modules dwelling produced in industrial production, the company gained worldwide attention. 1971 produced about 260 houses in the first prototypes. The concept of " Sekisui Heim M1 " was included as one of 145 outstanding buildings of modern architecture in Japan in the DOCOMOMO JAPAN list.

Sekisui House in Europe and Germany

In the early 1970s tried Sekisui House, providing a foothold in Europe. With the founding of the Dutch Enschede Sekisui Systembouw and in cooperation with the building society Schwäbisch Hall of the German market was the target. In 1973 the company opened a factory in West Germany with the aim of producing 500 manufactured homes annually. Due to higher than assumed production costs but have only about 120 are sold every year. In 1982, the factory was closed. On 15 July 1975, the Sekisui Germany Bau GmbH, headquartered in Cologne, a 100 % subsidiary of the Japanese parent company, established for the distribution of manufactured homes produced in Germany. After the end of production, the company dedicated to the real estate leasing business. On 17 November 2005, the dissolution of the company was announced and completed by March 2007 with a loss of 137 million yen. Another subsidiary in Germany was founded in April 1981 Pro- House & Renta. Apartment rental GmbH. From 1972 to 2004, the shares of Sekisui House KK were listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange from 1977 to 2005 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.