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Management Philosophy
We, as a company, believe in the society to which we belong. Our growth is proof of the greater recognition we continue to receive from society, while our profit is a reward for our efforts to expand and continually meet society’s needs.Company Overview
Founding | September 1, 1951 |
Incorporation | January 24, 1973 |
Representative | Takumi Sakata, Representative Director and President |
Number of employees | 151 (as of December 2018) |
Line of business | (1) Design, development, manufacture, sale, installation and installation supervision of various types of housing construction fittings and hardware. (2) Business involving electricity generation using natural energy and the sale of electricity. (3) Design, development, manufacture, sale, installation and installation supervision of components used in the foundations of architectural and civil engineering structures. (4) Any and all businesses incidental to each of the foregoing. Our main fields of business include the design, development, manufacture, sale and installation supervision of metal folded-roof components and solar panel mounting hardware and frameworks for public facility (non-residential) and industrial use. |
Offices | [Head Office] Yoitamachi motoyoita 45, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata, 940-2403, Japan -Sales Division [Sanjo Factory] Kuribayashi 500, Sanjo-shi, Niigata, 955-0085, Japan [Agano Factory] 4024-16 Kagayaki-ko, Agano, Niigata 959-2206 VISIONARIUM [Tokyo Sales Office] Aqua Kanda Building 3th floor, Kandasudacho 1-28, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0041, Japan [Osaka Sales Office] No. 3 Nakajima Building 4th floor, Nishinakajima 5-11-10, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-0011, Japan |
Member Organizations | Japan Metal Roofing Association Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Member of the University-Industry Cooperative Research Committee Member No.175 of the Next-Generation Solar Power Generation System Committee (Science Committee Member No.175) |
History
1951 | Founded in Shimada, Sanjo-shi, Niigata as a manufacturer of (molding) planes |
1963 | Began manufacturing construction hardware — primarily, rain gutter receivers |
1965 | Began manufacturing angled hardware |
1973 | Incorporated; renamed as Sakata Ltd. Began manufacturing metal folded-plate roof components with a capital of 2.5 million yen |
1989 | Established a factory in Yoita-cho, Mishima-gun (currently Nagaoka-shi), Niigata |
1990 | Reincorporated as Sakata Co., Ltd. Began handling floor extension work (until the sixth phase of construction) in 1996 |
1993 | Opened the Osaka Sales Office |
1998 | Opened the Tokyo Sales Office |
2003 | Head Office certified under ISO 9001:2000 |
2004 | Consolidated all manufacturing functions of the Head Office/Factory into the Yoita Office for further rationalization |
2005 | Relocated the Head Office functions to Yoita, Nagaoka-shi for centralized management of all functions |
2008 | Stepped up solar-panel business operations |
2009 | Relocated the Tokyo Office for expansion of solar-panel business |
2010 | Certified under ISO-9001:2008 |
2011 | Registered under the Happy Partner Companies program (Niigata prefectural program in support of corporate gender equality) |
2013 | Head Office and Sanjo Factory certified under ISO 14001:2004 |
2014 | Construction of the Agano Factory (Agano, Niigata Prefecture) completed Received the Niigata Governor’s Award for Fiscal 2014 Received the Corporate Excellence Prize in the 48th Good Company Awards |
2015 | Received the 32nd Niigata Economy Promotion Award Received the 2015 Japan Design Space Association DSA Design Award Received the 2015 Good Design Award |