Kojima Industries Corporation
Company Profile
■URL
https://www.kojima-tns.co.jp/en/
■Address
Business Overview
-The Company manufactures interior and exterior automotive parts and is a member of the Toyota Group.
-The Company manufactures composite parts incorporating technology on electronics, plastic, and iron.
Shareholders
-Unlisted Company
Products
Interior
-Assist grips/Long assist grips
-Camera cover
-Antenna amp
-Microphone
-Overhead console
-Instrument panel ornaments
-Door pockets
-Center cluster
-Cup holders
-Box sub assembly console
-Heater control
-Upper console
-USB sockets
-Registers
-Switch bases
-Electronic inside handles
-Decorative panels
-Rear seat center arm rests
Zero Emission
-Oil separator
-V-ribbed pulleys
-Insulators
-Balancer
-Ring gears
-Direct clutch
-Oil strainer
-Turbo tube
-Cowl louvers
-Lower absorber
-Over fenders
-Fender liners
-Battery case
-Rocker molding
-Floor covers
-Clips and clamp
-Battery trays
-Exhaust and drainage pipes for FCVs
-End plate
-Cell separator
-Collision prevention part (intermediate mount)
-Water-cooling cooler
History
| Jan. 1950 | Established with the capital of 500 thousand yen. |
| Jan. 1959 | Renamed as Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd. |
| July, 1968 | Set up Takaoka plant in Sumiyoshi-cho, Toyota-city. |
| Jan. 1978 | Established Fujioka Research Center in Fujioka-cho, Nishikamo-gun, Aichi Pref. |
| May, 1990 | Established Eiwa Research Institute. |
| Dec. 1997 | Set up Moriso Plant in Miyoshi-cho, Nishikamo-gun, Aichi Pref. |
| May, 1999 | Established Kojima Research Institute. |
| Dec. 2002 | Completed the construction of Kurozasa R&D Technical Center. (Miyoshi-cho, Nishikamo-gun, Aichi Pref.) |
| Jan. 2007 | Started operations of "Production preparation center"at the headquarters. |
| Feb. 2007 | Received the outstanding award for cost improvement and the superior award for quality management from Toyota Motor. |
| Feb. 2008 | Received outstanding awards for quality management and cost improvement, and the special award for standardizing components from Toyota Motor. |
| Feb. 2009 | Received outstanding awards for quality management and cost improvement, and the special award for standardizing components from Toyota Motor. |
| June, 2009 | Became the world’s first winner of France-based Dassault Systemes’ Dassault award for its outstanding development performance using the CATIA system. |
| Feb. 2010 | Received the special prize for becoming the winner of the cost improvement award for 30 years in a row, the outstanding award for quality management, the components standardizing award, and the emergency value analysis (VA) award from Toyota Motor. |
| Feb. 2011 | Received outstanding awards for quality management and cost improvement, the value analysis award, and the technology development award from Toyota Motor. |
| Feb. 2012 | Received six awards from Toyota, including "Excellent Quality Control", "Special Quality", "Excellent Improvement in Cost Management", "Technical Development", "Parts Standardization", and "Mass Innovation". |
| Feb. 2013 | Received four awards from Toyota: "Excellent Quality Control", "Excellent Improvement in Cost Management", "Value Analysis", and "Technical Development". |
| Jan. 2014 | Acquired 76% shares in Iwate Kasai (currently called Tohoku KAT) from Kasai Kogyo, making Iwate Kasai the Company's subsidiary. |
| Feb. 2014 | Received "Excellent Quality Control", "Excellent Improvement in Cost Management", "Technical Development", "Parts Standardization", "Excellent TNGA Promotion", and "Value Analysis" from Toyota. |
| Feb. 2015 |
Received "Excellent Improvement in Cost Management Award" and "Excellent TNGA Promotion Award" from Toyota. |
| Feb. 2016 |
Awarded the Outstanding Performance Award for Cost Improvements and the Excellence in Advancing TNGA Award, from Toyota. |
| Mar. 2016 | Completed the Komaba Plant, which is a hub supplying parts throughout the Company. |
| Mar. 2017 |
Awarded the Outstanding Performance Award for Cost Improvements and the Excellence in Advancing VA Award, from Toyota. |
| Feb. 2018 |
Received "Excellent Improvement in Cost Management", "Technical Development Award" from Toyota. |
| 2021 |
Awarded the following from Toyota Motors: Excellence in Quality Control, Price Improvement Award, Smart Standard Award, Excellence in VA Promotion. |
