100 Years Story of Takarabelmont
1921
Founding president
Hidenobu Yoshikawa
established Takara Chuzo Ltd.
1931
Production of
barber chair began.
1938
Renamed to
Takara Chukosho Co., Ltd.
1951 Sales Division separated from Takara Chukosho Co., Ltd. to become Takara Chair Sales Co., Ltd.
1953 Operations of Construction Division began.
1956
Nihon Enamel Co., Ltd.
(currently Takara Standard Co., Ltd.)
became a subsidiary.
Takara Company N.Y., Inc.
(currently Takara Belmont U.S.A., Inc.)
established in New York, U.S.A.
as our first overseas subsidiary.
1959
Belmont Chairs London Ltd. (currently Takara Belmont (U.K.) Ltd.) established to break into the
European market.
1963
Following progress in exports,
Takara Daishin Co., Ltd.
became a subsidiary.
1966
Entered into the field of
hair cosmetics through
the partnership with Wella AG
in West Germany.
Takara Company, Canada, Ltd.
Takara Company, Canada, Ltd.
established in Toronto.
Takara Company Paris S.A.R.L.
1967
Takara Company Paris S.A.R.L.
established in Paris.
Dental/medical devices launched.
Koken Inc.
1969 Purchase of Koken Inc. (currently Koken Manufacturing Co., Inc. [St. Louis, U.S.A.] )
Takara Company Europe GmbH
Takara Company Europe
GmbH established in Frankfurt.
Takara Chukosho Co., Ltd.
and Takara Chair Sales Co., Ltd.
merged and becomes
Takara Belmont Corporation.
1970
Participated in
the Japan World Exposition. (Osaka)
1972
Takara Belmont Para America
Do Sul established in Sao Paulo.
1973
Introduced esthetic beauty treatment using
machines into the Japanese market for the first time.
1974
Takara Esthetic Academy established.
Marble Products established.
1975
Singapore representative office established as a liaison
office for the Southeast Asian market.
1976
Partnership with Wella AG.,
West Germany dissolved.
Formed a partnership with
Vidal Sassoon (U.S.A.)
for the field of hair cosme
1977
Lebel Cosmetics launched through
the partnership with Goldwell Corp.
(West Germany)
1978
The first-stage construction
of the Shiga Kiki factory
completed and production
cosmetics, medical devices,
and wood products, etc.
began.
1982 Basic skin care products, “SOTHYS” launched through the partnership with Sothys S.A. (France)
1988 Established a joint venture, Presence Paris S.P.A. with Maletti S.P.A. (Italy)
1996
Established a joint venture, TS Belmont Co., Ltd.
with Ting Sing Trading Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
1997
Acquired ISO 9001 certification.
Takara International Nail College opened.
1998
Partnership established between Esthetic/Nail Department
and Creative Nail Design, Inc.(U.S.A.)
1999 Yoshikawa Gakuen school established.
2000
Acquired ISO 14001 certification.
Established a joint venture, Rassysa.com Corporation with
J.B. Craft Corporation.
Established a joint venture,
Takara Belmont (Korea) Corporation in Seoul.
2002
Takara Belmont (Taiwan)
Corporation established in Taiwan.
2006 A cosmetics R&D center was established at Shiga Plant.
2008
Computer system has been renovated,
and a new business system has been established.
2011
TAKARA BELMONT (SHANGHAI)
CORPORATION and
TAKARA SPACE DESIGN (SHANGHAI)
CORPORATION
established in Shanghai.
2012
Received Intellectual Property
Achievement Awards from the
Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry and the
Japan Patent Office.
BELMONT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
established in Vietnam.
2014
TAKARA BELMONT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
established in Singapore.