Mihara Carbon Profile

Company name

Maehata Corporation 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, 1

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 Shoji Co., Ltd. establish and begin shipping business and graphite mining and sales

1950

Start importing and selling Korean amorphous graphite through importers such as Daiichi Tsusho (currently Mitsui & Co.)

1955

Became an agent for Daiichi Bussan (currently Mitsui & Co.), and begin importing and selling clay and flake graphite through the company

1980

Became an agent for Nippon Carbon Co. and begin importing and selling synthetic graphite electrodes, synthetic graphite, specialty carbon products, and graphite fossil oil coke through the company

1981

Hara Shoji Co., Ltd. was dissolved voluntarily, and its trading rights were inherited by Sanko Shosha Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Sanko Shosha Co., Ltd. establish a wholly owned subsidiary, Mihara Carbon Co., Ltd. Sanko Shosha Co., Ltd. is absorbed into Mitsui Bussan Metals Co., Ltd. and becomes a subsidiary of the company

1991

Mitsui Bussan Metals Co., Ltd. absorb Sanko Shosha Co., Ltd.

1996

Maehata Kozo acquired all shares of Mihara Carbon Co., Ltd. from 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 Nihon Kabaii Trading Group to Maehata corporation