Tomy
K. K. Takara Tomy (Japanese株式会社 タカラ トミー, Kabushiki - gaisha Takara Tomi, Eng. Tomy Company, Ltd.. ) Is a toy manufacturer with headquarters in Katsushika, Tokyo. According to the company, the company is the fourth largest toy manufacturer in the world. Among the most famous articles by Tomy including " Beyblade " Duellierkreisel, " Thomas the Tank Engine " license products and the clack pirate.
History
The company Takara Tomy was born on 1 March 2006 from the merger of the KK Takara (株式会社 タカラ) and K. K. Tomy (株式会社 トミー). Since Tomy internationally was a well known brand for preschool products, while the products of Takara were marketed internationally by other companies such as Hasbro, was an international name of the company Tomy Company, Ltd.. selected.
History Takara
The company was founded in 1955 in Takaramachi, Katsushika, Tokyo as YK Satō vinyl Kogyosho (有限 会社 佐藤 ビニール 工業 所, Yugen - gaisha Satō binīru Kogyosho, dt "Plastic Commercial Satō GmbH" ) was founded. In 1959, newly organized as a corporation KK Satō vinyl Kogyosho (株式会社 佐藤 ビニール 工業 所, Kabushiki - gaisha Satō binīru Kogyosho ). In the next few years it was called more times - first in 1960 in KK Takara vinyl Kogyosha (株式会社 宝 ビニール 工業 所, Kabushiki - gaisha Takara binīru kōgygōsho ), in the following year the name Takara was then written in Katakana (株式会社 タカラ ビニール 工業 所, Kabushiki - gaisha Takara binīru kōgygōsho ); In 1966, the company changed its name as K. K. Takara (株式会社 タカラ).
As of 1984, the shares are publicly traded in 1986 grew Takara in the second division ( " Medium-sized Entities " ) and 1991 in the 1st Division ( " large company" ) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
History Tomy
Tomy was (富山 玩具 制作 所, dt " toy making Tomiyama " ) founded in 1924 by Eiichiro Tomiyama (富山 栄 市 郎) in Nishisugamo, Toshima, Tokyo as Tomiyama Omocha Seisakujo. 1925 saw the move by Taihei, Honjo ( now part of Sumida ), Tokyo, and 1927 by Terajima, Mukaijima ( now part of Sumida ), Tokyo.
A reorganization of the company changed it in 1927 to a limited partnership GK Tomiyama Kojo (合资 会 社 富山 工场, Goshi - gaisha Tomiyama Kojo ) around. 1941 was founded Taiyo Mokkōjō (太阳 木工 场, dt "sun Sawmill " ) in Tateishi, Katsushika, Tokyo.
1952 called the company in G.K. San'yo Omocha Seisakujo (合资 会 社 三阳 玩具 制作 所, dt "three solar toy-making " ) and organized in the following year as a public company San'yo Kōgyō KK (三阳 工业 株式会社) new. In 1959, the distribution arm Tomiyama Shoji KK as (富山 商 事 株式会社) independently and in 1963 there was again a renaming of San'yo Kōgyō KK to Tomy Kōgyō K. K. (トミー 工業 株式会社) and Tomiyama Shoji KK to Tomy K. K. (トミー 株式会社).
1968 burned down the headquarters and was transferred to Tateishi 1969. 1989 merged Tomy Kōgyō K. K. with the former sales department Tomy K. K. to K. K. Tomy (株式会社 トミー).
Daughters societies were created in 1970 in Hong Kong (. Tomy (Hong Kong) Ltd ), 1982 in the United Kingdom (. Tomy UK Ltd ), 1985 France ( Tomy France SARL. ), 1987 in Thailand (Tomy (Thailand) Ltd.. ) And 2004 in the People's Republic of China ( Tomy ( Shenzhen) Ltd.. , and Tomy (Shanghai) Ltd.. ).