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PROFILE

Outline(as of March 31,2024)

Company name KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION
Capital 5,537,960,000
Employees 2,468(Consolidated 4,904)
Founding October 14,1918
Establishment June 1,1919
Shares issued 36,458,112
Listed exchanges Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime and Fukuoka Stock Exchange


Board of Directors (as of June 26,2024)

Directors and Corporate Auditors

Representative Director, President    Kazuhiro Egawa
Director    Takeshi Yoshida
Director    Jumpei Konishi
Director    Masafumi Takeshita
Director    Hisatake Okumura
Director    Naoki Furuta
Director(outside)    Matsuji Nishimura
Director(outside)    Takuji Kato
Director(outside)    Yumi Akagi
Full-time Corporate Auditor    Masaya Honda
Corporate Auditor    Takaki Goto
Corporate Auditor(outside) Morio Matsunaga
Corporate Auditor(outside) Sunao Okaku

Corporate Officers

Managing Corporate Officer Masafumi Takeshita


Managing Corporate Officer Takeshi Yoshida


Managing Corporate Officer Jumpei Konishi


Managing Corporate Officer Hisatake Okumura


Managing Corporate Officer Yoshiyuki Fukuda


Managing Corporate Officer Naoki Furuta


Managing Corporate Officer Akio Moriya


Corporate Officer Kohzoh Ohta


Corporate Officer Takeshi Yabu


Corporate Officer Ryusuke Miura


Corporate Officer Hidehiro Yamanaka


Corporate Officer Kenji Tomita


Corporate Officer Makoto Nakamura


Corporate Officer Takashi Matsunaga


Corporate Officer Yuzou Kawatsu


Corporate Officer Sachihiko Asaya


Corporate Officer Hajime Nishiyama


Corporate Officer Kazushi Akagi


Corporate Officer Kenzo Yamamoto

HISTORY

July, 1916 Established Kyushu Refractories Co.,Ltd. by Yasuzaemon Matsunaga.
October, 1918 Established as Krosaki Refractories CO.,LTD. (now KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION).
June, 1919 Kiln unloaded for the first time and full-fledged operation
May, 1949 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
October, 1956 Capital participation from Yawata Iron&Steel Co.,Ltd (now Nippon Steel Corporation).
April, 1985 Fine Ceramics Division established.
October, 1989 Made AMR Refractarios,S.A. the Subsidiary.
December, 1995 Wuxi Krosaki Sujia Refractories Co.,Ltd. established.
April, 1999 Merger with Krosaki Furnace Corporation.
April, 2000 Merger with Harima Ceramic Co.,Ltd. Name changed to Krosaki Harima Corporation.
May, 2002 Made Kyushu Refractories the Subsidiary.
August, 2002 Krosaki USA Inc., established.
January, 2003 Krosaki Harima (Shanghai) International Trading Co.,Ltd.,(now Krosaki Harima (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Co.,Ltd.)established.
January, 2004 SN Refratecture Tokai Co.,Ltd. established.
April, 2007 Made SN Refratecture Tokai Co.,Ltd. the Subsidiary.
July, 2009 Made Shin-Nippon Thermal Ceramics Corporation equitymethod affiliate.
August, 2009 Krosakiharima Europe B.V. established.
April, 2010 K&K CORPORATION, KROSAKI MACHINE INDUSTRIES CO.,LTD. and KROSAKI INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. merged. Name changed to KROSAKI HARIMA CERA CORPORATION.
April, 2010 Made joint venture regarding advanced ceramics sole business.
April, 2010 Krosaki Magnesita Refractories LLC established.
May, 2011 Made TATA REFRACTORIES LIMITED(now TRL KROSAKI REFRACTORIES LIMITED)the Subsidiary.
January, 2012 Made ARIAKE MATERIALS COMPANY, LIMITED the Subsidiary.
July, 2012 Merger with Kyushu Refractories Co.,Ltd.
April, 2015 Made KROHARI CHIKURO CORPORATION the Subsidiary.
December, 2016 Made TRL KROSAKI ASIA PRIVATE LIMITED and TRL KROSAKI CHINA LIMITED the Consolidated subsidiary.
November, 2018 Made Refractaria S.A. the Subsidiary.
June, 2019 100th anniversary of KROSAKI HARIMA CORPORATION.
April, 2021 Merger with KROSAKI HARIMA CERA CORPORATION
October, 2021 Merger with ARIAKE MATERIALS COMPANY, LIMITED