COMPANY
- Company name
- KAAZ CORPORATION
- President
- Masakazu Katsuya
- Head office location
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387-1 Saidaiji Gomyo Higashi-ku,
Okayama 704-8588, Japan
TEL +81-86-942-1122
FAX +81-86-942-1120
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- Capital
- JPY 100 million
- Establishment
- 1922
- Number of employees
- 100 (As of April 2023)
- Officers
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President Masakazu Katsuya
Director Hiroaki Tao
Director Masaki Nonaka
Director Yoshiaki Narusaka
Director Keiji Iguchi
Director Yasutada Adachi
Director Kenji Hirayama (non-executive)
- Auditors
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Auditor Hajime Tsurumi
Auditor Yoshinori Fujii (non-permanent)
Auditor Katsuyuki Tanikawa (non-permanent)
History
- 1922
- Opened a welding workshop in Okayama.
- 1930
- Started production of agricultural water-cooled engines.
- 1945
- The sales office and factory were lost during World War II.
- 1948
- The factory was rebuilt and engine production resumed.
- 1952
- Reorganized as a corporation and changed the corporate name to Tohi Kogyo.
- 1970
- Company name changed to KAAZ Machinery.
- 1974
- Kyushu sales office opened.
- 1986
- Company name changed to KAAZ Corporation.
An office was opened in Taiwan.
- 1994
- Launched sales of automotive LSD products.
- 2000
- Acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.
- 2002
- KAAZ celebrated its 80th anniversary.
- 2009
- The KAAZ 60 tournament was held.
- 2010
- The R&D office and test laboratory were completed.
- 2017
- A new factory was completed.
- 2022
- KAAZ celebrated its 100th anniversary.