MATSUURA & CO., LTD. - The history of the Company

Founder Matsuura Koushichi was born as the third son of the eighth Kameya Sakyo, Kashiwara, in foot of the Mt. Ibuki, Oomi country in 1845
And Koushichi had engaged a moxa dealer as family business, after that, he started working at Yamasakiyatahei store (Present : Tanakanao dyesyuff dealer) in 1868
He started dealing of transit of natural dyestuffs in 1877
Koushichi's steady sales policy and up-coming management made better sales ranked with other natural dyestuff dealer after ten years from doing branch houses.
The Second, Matuura Husazo (The first President of Matsuura Co & Ltd) was born as the third son of the ninth Kameya Sakyo.
At 1894 he started working with his uncle Koushichi when he was 11 years old.
Husazo got over much turbulence such as big recession or reaction recession after the Great War that happened in our country as a successor of Koushichi.
And he played an active part as a man of influence of the dye industry and had a big footprint for development as Matsuura dye wholesaler Corporation .and prosperity.


» Painter Hiroshige Utagawa of the Edo last stage was drawing the moxa store of Kameya Ibukido at Kashiwara of "the 69th Kiso-kaido way."	» The head office building in Osaka was completed 1987.

» History of Matsuura which has played a role of the wing which cultivates the future by chemistry.

1877	Opened the dealer of paints and herb to dye in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto city. The Matsuura store growed favorably by steady management policy and preoccupation operating measure.
1903	To follow on a market converting into synthetic dye from natural dye, Matsuura moved in the commercial city Senba in Osaka.
1908	The Nagoya store was established.
1915	The Tokyo branch was established and operating scale was expanded. The Matsuura store had hardened the foundation as a dye wholesale store from the second half of Meiji to the early stages of Taisho. Deal with domestic dyestuff of Nihon Senryoseizo.
1916	Developed into partnership company Matsuura dye store with the capital of 250,000 yen.
1919	Developed into Matsuura Store Co., & Ltd. (capital of 1 million yen).
1922	Relocating the head office to Osaka from Kyoto, a branch office is established in Wakayama and Fukuyama. Business is expanded nationally.
1923	The Great Kanto Earthquake -- a house and goods -- destruction-by-fire damage -- great.
1925	Hamamatsu branch office was established.
1930-1937	Deployment was aimed at overseas, in China and various parts of South Korean , and led the industry as "Matsuura of dye." The capital was increased to 2 million yen.
1938	Inabata and the Matsuura joint-investment company was founded to Manchuria.
1939	Home products division established. Cosmetics selling start (Bitaol Hompo)
1943	Chemical rationing Co., Ltd was established.
1945	End of the war. Nagoya and Osaka office building were destructed by fire.
1952	Capital was increased 6 million yen.
1956	Fukui branch office was established and the capital was increased to 12 million yen. Operating organization covering wide chemical articles were strengthened.
1964	A company name is changed into Matsuura & Co., Ltd.
1969	Management participation of the prime dealings maker as Sumitomo Chemical was obtained, and it newly started as a Sumitomo Chemical affiliate group company.
1973	The capital was increased to 30 million yen.
1977	Tokyo and the Nagoya branch office building were completed.
1987	Head office office building was completed.
1994	Strengthening sales operation by introducing of the business headquarter system.
1996	The capital was increased to 60 million yen.
1999-2000	Aiming at the further development, an organization is reorganized to 4 enterprise headquarters system of dye, a chemistry article, electronic equipments, and functional material, and activity was developed as a chemistry article special trading company.
2002	Sales departments ware unified.
2004	An affiliated company "Matsuyoshi International Trading (Shanghai), Inc." is founded in China (Shanghai).
2005	JPX Corporation acquired capital in digital IT related industry.
2007	"Matsuyoshi International Trading (Shanghai),Inc" was sold off. ISO14001 certification was acquired The 130th anniversary of founding the new director composition were faced. "Challenge, effort, and endurance" is developed with the motto as a Matsuura reform first year at the next generation.
2008	Hokuriku sales office was established.