Mihara Carbon Profile

Company name

MIHARA CARBON CO.,LTD

Representative

CEO Kozo Maehata

Head Office Location

5F Sankei Building, 1-3-1 Kanda Izumicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0024
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TEL:+81 03-3862-9005
FAX:+81 03-3862-8903

Capital

10 million yen

Established

May 22, 1981

Number of Employees

7（as of November 1, 2024）

Certification

JIS Q 9001: 2015 (ISO9001: 2015) Registration number Q4172

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Mihara Carbon History

1912

Mr. Hara, originally from Goto, Kyushu, acquires mining rights for a graphite mine on the Korean Peninsula

1918

HARA TRADING COMPANY LIMITED establish and begin shipping business and graphite mining and sales

1950

Start importing and selling Korean amorphous graphite through importers such as DAIICHI BUSSAN COMPANY(currently MITSUI & CO.,LTD.)

1955

Became an agent for DAIICHI BUSSAN COMPANY(currently MITSUI & CO.,LTD.), and begin importing and selling clay and flake graphite through the company

1980

Became an agent for NIPPN CARBON CO.,LTD and begin importing and selling synthetic graphite electrodes, synthetic graphite, specialty carbon products, and graphite fossil oil coke through the company

1981

HARA TRADING COMPANY LIMITED was dissolved voluntarily, and its trading rights were inherited by SANKO TRADING CO.,LTD an affiliate of MITSUI & CO.,LTD. SANKO TRADING CO.,LTD establish a wholly owned subsidiary, MIHARA CARBON CO.,LTD.

1991

MITSUI BUSSAN METAL MATERIALS CO., LTD.(currently MITSUI BUSSAN METALS CO.,LTD.) absorbed SANKO TRADING CO.,LTD

1996

Kozo Maehata acquired all shares of MIHARA CARBON CO.,LTD from MITSUI BUSSAN METAL MATERIALS CO., LTD.(currently MITSUI BUSSAN METALS CO.,LTD.)
Osaka office open

1997

Nagoya office open

1998

Head office relocate (Kanda 155 Building, 1-5-5 Kanda Izumicho, Chiyoda-ku)

2008

ISO 9001 certifie

2009

Head office relocate (4F Sun Center Building, 1-8-11 Kanda Izumicho, Chiyoda-ku)

2012

Head office relocate (5F Sankei Building, 1-3-1 Kanda Izumicho, Chiyoda-ku)

2013

The group name was change from JAPAN CHINA COALS TRADING Group to MAEHATA CORPORATION Group.