COMPANY PROFILE/HISTORY

Company overview

Comapny name

TORQ Inc.　（In Japanese:トルク株式会社）

Company address

2-7-4, Minamihorie, Nishi-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka, 550-0015, Japan

Founded

August,1926

Established

June 18, 1941

Capital

2,712,335,720 yen

Board members

Representative Director and President	Toshiyuki Higaki
Managing Director	Eijiro Enokihara
Director	Shigenobu Hamanaka
Director (outside company)	Maki Okada
Director (outside company)	Tatsuhiko Masamoto
Director (Fulltime Audit and Supervisory Board Member)	Makoto Shibata
Director (Audit and Supervisory Board Member, outside company)	Yoshitsugu Sakamoto
Director (Audit and Supervisory Board Member, outside company)	Taichi Fukuda

Employees

Main: 176 （As of October 31, 2023, excluding loaned employees）
Consolidated: 241（As of October 31, 2023）

Stock listing

Listing on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Securities code

8077

Business content

Domestic sales of rivet screws, fastening products etc. and import / export of rivets

Comapny structure

5 minutes walk from 'Sakuragawa Station' on the Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line or 'Sakuragawa Station' on the Hanshin Electric Railway Namba Line.

History

August,1926	Founder, Mr. Masaharu Kobayashi founded Kobayashi Masaharu shop in Osaka city. Started to sell bolts, nuts and rivets in general.
June,1941	Kobayashi Shoji Co., Ltd. established
July,1943	Renamed to KOBAYASHI METALS LIMITED
October,1961	Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange Second Section.
April,1970	Kyushu Branch opened.
April,1970	Higashi Osaka Distribution Base opened.
November,1970	Sapporo branch opened.
December,1970	Tokyo office opened.
March,1971	Listed on the first part of the Osaka Securities Exchange market.
November,1976	Promoted the Tokyo office to a branch, renamed to the Tokyo branch.
June,1984	Mizushima office opened.
May,1988	Northern Kanto office opened.
April,1989	Promoted Mizushima sales office to branch, renamed to Sanyo branch.
September,1989	Atsugi Sales Office opened.
November,1990	Establish Saitama Sales Office.
December,1990	Tohoku branch opened.
July,1994	Nagoya branch opened.
July,1995	Hiroshima sales office opened.
March,1997	Moved Atsugi Sales Office, renamed as Yokohama Sales Office.
May,1998	Integrate the Kita Kanto Sales Office and Saitama Sales Office and relocated it as the Kita Kanto branch.
July,1998	100% acquisition of Nakaichi Corporation stock. Renamed as KOBAX CO., LTD. And started operating as a sales subsidiary.
August,2009	Integrate our concrete business division into KOBAX Corporation.
December,2011	Shikoku sales office opened.
January,2012	Transferred Nakasho Machinery Metals Co., Ltd.'s business to Nakasho Machine Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, and started operating.
July,2013	Due to market integration between the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange, listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
October,2014	Hokuriku Sales Office opened.
October,2016	100% acquisition of shares of OWAHAGANE Industry Co.，Ltd., started sales as a sales subsidiary.
July,2017	100% acquisition of NAKAJIMAKOKI CORPORATION. stock, started sales as a sales subsidiary.
April,2018	Relocated the Yokohama office, renamed the Keihin branch office.
September,2018	Okinawa Sales Office opened.
November,2019	Kagoshima Sales Office opened.
April,2020	Renamed to TORQ Inc.
March,2021	Integrated the Keihin Sales Office into the Tokyo Branch.
April,2022	The Higashi-Osaka Center was relocated and opened as the Taisho DC.
April,2022	Belongs to the prime market due to the reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market.

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