“AIKOSHA Watch Manufacturing” founded by Shotaro Hayakawa in Higashi-ku, Nagoya
We would like to introduce our company and business overview, major clients and industries, sales area, organization structure, awards, certifications, and the history of AIKOSHA.
Company Name | AIKOSHA Co., Ltd. |
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Address |
< Headquarters > 112-1, Takikawacho, Showa-ku, Nagoya-shi, 466-0826 TEL: (+81) (0)52-715-9977 FAX: (+81) (0)52-715-9978 < Hichiso Factory > 489, Kawanami, Hichiso-cho, Kamo-gun, Gifu-ken, 509-0402 TEL:(+81) (0)574-48-2125 FAX:(+81) (0)574-48-2126 |
Founded | October 1934 |
Established | May 1951 |
Board Members |
Representative Director and President: Fumihiro Hayakawa Director and Chairman: Masao Hayakawa Director: Renita Hayakawa Auditor: Koichi Kitagawa |
Capital | ¥30 million |
Number of Employees | 90 employees (as of Jun 2024) |
Major Partner Banks |
< Juroku Bank, Hoshigaoka Branch Bank of Nagoya, Fujigaoka Branch Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Imaike Branch Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Motoyama Branch |
Awarded the Monozukuri Brand Nagoya Award
Certified Youth Yell 2019
“AIKOSHA Watch Manufacturing” founded by Shotaro Hayakawa in Higashi-ku, Nagoya
With a capital of ¥2 million, brothers Tsuneo Hayakawa (as President) and Kiyoo Hayakawa (as Executive Vice President) begins “AIKOSHA Watch Manufacturing Co., Ltd.” in Suitosaki-machi 4-25, Higashi-ku, Nagoya (Present day: 2-9-36 Aoi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya).
Begins producing windup wall clocks
Establishes Kyowa Watch Co., Ltd. in joint investment with Seikousha Co., Ltd. in Hichiso, Koma-gun, Gifu, and begins assembling SEIKO brand watches.
Hichiso factory begins operation
Begins in-house production of clock movement mechanisms and OEM production (SEIKO)
Sumio Hayakawa appointed as president
Transfer of headquarters (Meitō-ku, Nagoya)
Transitions to the micro precision cutting business [NC Fabrication] and begins fabricating components for the winding stem of wristwatches and contact probes for energization inspection of printed circuit boards.
Capital increased to ¥10 million
Company name changes to “AIKOSHA Co., Ltd.
Masao Hayakawa appointed as president
Begins fabricating components (medical instrument components) for endoscopes
Constructs second factory in Hichiso-cho, Kamo-gun, Gifu-ken
Begins fabricating components for contact probes used in the energization inspection of semiconductors
Begins fabricating components (industrial equipment components) of ABS for automobiles
Begins custom assembly of micro components (contact probes and such for the energization inspection of electronic components < semiconductor and printed circuit board, etc. >)
Highlighted on NHK Television for the “world’s smallest needle point that maintains high-tech instruments
Awarded the Monozukuri Brand Nagoywa Award from the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Awarded as an honorable company.
Capital increased to ¥30 million
Transfer of headquarters (within Meitō-ku, Nagoya)
Begins machining center fabrication [MC Fabrication]
Begins custom X-ray inspections
Fumihiro Hayakawa appointed as president
Transfer of headquarters (within Showa-ku, Nagoya)
Certified for Youth Yell 2019