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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 April 1,2024)

Director and Auditor

President    Kazuhiro Egawa
Director    Takeshi Yoshida
Director    Jumpei Konishi
Director    Masafumi Takeshita
Director    Hisatake Okumura
Director    Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Director（outside）    Matsuji Nishimura
Director（outside）    Yukinori Michinaga
Director（outside）    Masako Narita
Standing Auditor    Masaya Honda
Auditor    Takaki Goto
Auditor（outside） Morio Matsunaga
Auditor（outside） Sunao Okaku
Corporate Officer

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 KUROSAKI 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