SEIKO 正晃株式会社

Company Overview

Company Name Seiko CO., LTD
Headquarters 〒813-0062 3-34-33, Matsushima, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, 813-0062, Japan View on Google Maps
TEL：+81-92-621-8199(Main)
FAX：+81-92-611-4415
Offices Fukuoka 1・Fukuoka 2・Fukuoka West・Kitakyushu・Kurume・Oita・Saga・Nagasaki・Kumamoto・Miyazaki・Kagoshima・Okinawa・Yamaguchi・Tokyo・Relocation Office・Fukuoka Logistics Center・Shimonoseki Distribution Center
Established September 1, 1950
Incorporated March 4, 1955
Capital 50 million Japanese Yen
Annual Sales 75.9 billion Japanese Yen（Fiscal year ending June 2023）
Number of Employees 502（As of the end of June 2023）
Officers
Chairman
Masaya In
President
Masatoshi In
Vice President
Yoshio Nishimura
Executive Director
Chiaki Ishikawa
Director
Kenji Kinoshita
Director
Hiroshi Tsuda
Director
Masahiro Hidaka
Auditor Kosho Takahashi
Qualified Invoice Requestor Registration Number T4290001003374
Business Overview Sales of reagents for basic research, in vitro diagnostic, pharmaceuticals for animals, and chemicals for scientific and industrial use.
Sales and repair of physical and chemical instruments, medical devices, analytical instruments, and other machinery and apparatus.
Development and sale of software for the medical and research fields.
Contracted services for the construction and operation of inventory management systems for in vitro diagnostic and reagents.
Group Companies
Major Partner Banks Bank of Fukuoka／The Nishi-Nippon city bank／MUFG Bank／Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

History

1950s

  • September 1950

    Establishment of Seiko Chemicals Trading Co., Ltd.(3172 Showa Town Hakozaki , Fukuoka City)

  • September 1953

    Expansion and construction of the first phase of the head office, and expansion of warehouses

  • March 1955

    Establishment of Seiko Chemicals Co., Ltd.(Capital: 500,000 Japanese yen)

  • November 1957

    Second-phase expansion and renovation of the head office

  • April 1958

    First capital increase(Capital: 1 million Japanese yen)

1960s

  • July 1960

    Third-phase expansion and renovation of the head office

  • December 1962

    Fourth-phase expansion and renovation of the head office

  • April 1964

    Opening of the Kitakyushu Sales Office(Funamachi,Kokura Ward,Kitakyushu City)

  • October 1965

    New construction and relocation of the Kitakyushu Sales Office(Ota Town,Kokura Ward,Kitakyushu City)

  • December 1966

    Opening of the Kurume Sales Office(Towa Town, Kurume City)

  • February 1967

    Second capital increase(Capital: 4 million Japanese yen)

  • March 1967

    Fifth-phase expansion and renovation of the head office

  • June 1968

    New construction and relocation of the Kurume Sales Office(Nonaka Town, Kurume City)

  • November 1969

    Designation as an Excellent Declaration Corporation by the Hakata Tax Office

1970s

  • May 1970

    Third capital increase(Capital: 7 million Japanese yen)
    Opening of the Oita Sales Office(Takajo Honmachi, Oita City)

  • September 1970

    New construction and relocation of the head office(Matsushima, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City)

  • October 1970

    Opening of the Saga Sales Office(Tenjin Town, Saga City)

  • April 1972

    Fourth capital increase(Capital: 10.5 million Japanese yen)

  • September 1973

    Opening of the Chikuhou Sales Office(Nara, Tagawa City)

  • September 1975

    Relocation of the Chikuhou Sales Office(Sakura Town, Tagawa City)

  • December 1975

    Relocation of the Saga Sales Office(Nabeshima Town, Saga City)

  • December 1977

    Land purchase in Aso Akamizu, Kumamoto Prefecture, as an employee recreation area

  • December 1978

    Fifth capital increase(Capital: 21 million Japanese yen)

  • June 1979

    Completion of new construction for the Equipment Division office
    Completion of the second-phase new construction for the Kurume Sales Office

1980s

  • March 1980

    New construction and relocation of the Oita Sales Office(Mukahara Nishi, Oita City)

  • July 1980

    Construction of company housing (Matsushima, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City)

  • October 1981

    Sixth capital increase(Capital: 30 million Japanese yen)

  • February 1983

    Opening of the Yamaguchi Sales Office(Ogori Town, Yoshiki District, Yamaguchi Prefecture)

  • March 1983

    Opening of the Shimonoseki Sales Office(Akaneminami Town, Shimonoseki City)

  • August 1983

    Establishment of a mountain villa in Yufuin, Oita Prefecture, as an employee recreation facility.

  • August 1984

    Establishment of Sunlight Corporation (Kabushiki Kaisha Sanraito)

  • February 1986

    New construction and relocation of the Kitakyushu Sales Office(Usa Town, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City)

  • August 1986

    Establishment of Sanseiko Corporation(100% subsidiary)

  • November 1986

    New construction and relocation of the Head Office Building(Matsushima, Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City)

  • October 1987

    Seventh capital increase(Capital: 36 million Japanese yen)

  • September 1988

    Change of company name to Seiko Co., Ltd.

  • January 1989

    Eighth capital increase (Capital: 43.2 million Japanese yen)

  • September 1989

    New construction and relocation of the Oita Sales Office(Hagiwara, Oita City)

1990s

  • February 1990

    Issuance of the first corporate bonds (private placement, 100 million Japanese yen)

  • October 1990

    Ninth capital increase(Capital: 50 million Japanese yen)

  • November 1990

    Establishment of the Japan Clinical Reagents Wholesalers Association
    Election and appointment of Masashi In as the first chairman

  • January 1991

    Purchase of 15,500 square meters of land for the construction of a logistics base
    (Miyata Town, Kurate District, Fukuoka Prefecture)

  • February 1991

    Opening of the Tokuyama Sales Office(Sakuragi, Tokuyama City)
    Relocation and new construction of the Kurume Sales Office(Yamakawa Kutsugata, Kurume City)
    Relocation and new construction of the Saga Sales Office(Nabeshima, Saga City)

  • March 1991

    Change of fiscal year-end to March

  • April 1991

    Masaya In appointed as President and CEO
    Masashi In, former President, appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • February 1992

    Completion of the Seiko Ballpark (Miyata City, Kurate District, Fukuoka Prefecture)

  • March 1993

    Opening of the Kumamoto Sales Office(Nagamine Town, Kumamoto City)

  • July 1994

    Relocation and new construction of the Kumamoto Sales Office(Nagamine Town, Kumamoto City)

  • September 1994

    Relocation and new construction of the Shimonoseki Sales Office(Kamehama Town, Shimonoseki City)

  • February 1995

    Opening of the Okinawa Sales Office(Minamifukuhara Town, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture)

  • March 1995

    Construction of the Aso Training Center in Aso Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, as an employee training facility

  • March 1996

    The sales amount has reached 20 billion Japanese yen

  • April 1996

    Company name changed from Sun Seiko Co., Ltd. to Seiko Tech Co., Ltd.
    Establishment of Okinawa Seiko Co., Ltd.(100% owned subsidiary)

  • November 1996

    Acquisition of a recreational facility in Nijo Town, Itoshima District, Fukuoka Prefecture

  • April 1997

    Second issuance of corporate bonds(private placement, 100 million Japanese yen)

  • April 1998

    Acquisition of land in the YahataHigashida Media Park area
    as a relocation site for the Kitakyushu Sales Office

  • January 1999

    Relocation of the Kitakyushu Sales Office to Yahata Higashi Ward, Kitakyushu City
    At the same time, Chikuho sales office integrated into Kitakyushu sales office

2000s

  • June 2000

    Opening of the Miyazaki Sales Office(Ōmatsu, Miyazaki City)
    Opening of the Kagoshima Sales Office(Shinsakae-machi, Kagoshima City)

  • September 2000

    50th anniversary of founding

  • February 2001

    Completion of construction for the Miyazaki Sales Office

  • July 2001

    Chairman and CEO, Masashi In, resigns and assumes the role of Director and Advisor

  • August 2001

    Medix Corporation becomes a subsidiary through M&A

  • September 2001

    Land purchase in Shinsakae Town, Kagoshima City, for relocation of the Kagoshima Sales Office

  • October 2001

    Merger of Okinawa Seiko Co., Ltd. and Medix Corporation
    Change of name to Seiko Medix Co., Ltd. (100% owned subsidiary)

  • January 2002

    Opening of the Tokyo Sales Office opens(Hongo, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo)

  • March 2003

    The sales amount has reached 30 billion Japanese yen

  • April 2003

    Relocation and new construction of Kagoshima Sales Office(Higashi Hirakimachi, Kagoshima City)

  • October 2003

    Establishment of Saga Seiko Co., Ltd. (100% owned subsidiary)

  • December 2003

    Completion of new construction at the Yamaguchi Sales Office
    Completion of construction of three sales warehouses on the premises of the Shimonoseki Sales Office

  • March 2004

    Third issuance of corporate bonds(private placement, 500 million Japanese yen)

  • April 2004

    Opening of the Nagasaki Sales Office(Kurimomachi, Isahaya City)
    Opening of the Regional sales office

  • November 2006

    Designation as 8th Excellent Declaration Corporation by the Hakata Tax Office
    (Continuous since 1969)

  • June 2007

    Establishment of Shanghai Seiko Trading Co., Ltd. in China(100% owned subsidiary)

  • August 2008

    Relocation and new construction of Nagasaki Sales Office(Tarami Town, Isahaya City)

  • March 2009

    Relocation of Tokyo Sales Office to Seiko Shinjuku Building(Wakaba,Shinjuku-ku,Ward)

  • April 2009

    Promoting the Tokyo Sales Office to branch status.
    Subsidiarization of Biotech Lab Co., Ltd. through M&A

2010s

  • March 2010

    The sales amount has reached 40 billion Japanese yen

  • September 2010

    60th anniversary of founding

  • March 2014

    The sales amount has reached 50 billion Japanese yen

  • September 2014

    Establishment of the SPD Center

  • April 2015

    Opening the Ryogoku Sales office(Sumida Ward, Tokyo)
    Acquisition of Kimura Seisakusho Co., Ltd.(Kita Ward, Osaka) by Biotech Lab Co., Ltd.

  • October 2015

    Subsidiarization of Frontier Science Co., Ltd. through M&A
    Establishment of Seiko Holdings Co., Ltd.

  • April 2016

    Science Sales Department in Tokyo Sales Office and Ryogoku Sales Office, Seiko are separated and integrated into Biotech Lab Co., Ltd.

  • April 2017

    Relocation of Seiko Corporation Tokyo Sales Office from Shinjuku Ward to Sumida Ward

  • September 2017

    Subsidiarization of Takeuchi Chemical Co., Ltd through M&A

  • November 2017

    Reconstruction and new construction of Saga Sales Office(Nabeshima Town, Saga City)

  • July 2018

    Establishment of Fukuoka Nishi Sales Office(Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture)

  • August 2019

    Relocation and new construction of Fukuoka Logistics Center(Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City)
    Simultaneous integration of the SPD Center

  • September 2019

    Relocation of Tokyo Sales Office from Sumida Ward to Nerima Ward

2020s

  • September 2020

    70th anniversary of founding

  • October 2020

    Subsidiarization of Seiko Estate Co., Ltd. through M&A

  • March 2021

    The sales amount has reached 60 billion Japanese yen
    The sales amount of Seiko Group has reached 100 billion Japanese yen

  • April 2021

    Establishment of the Engineering Sales Department

  • February 2022

    Transfer of Scrum Co., Ltd., a Seiko Group, to Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd.

  • June 2022

    Change of fiscal year to June

  • April 2023

    Opening the SEIKO Store at "itoLab+" in the Kyudai Shinmachi Research and Development Next-Generation Base.

  • July 2023

    Masatoshi In, Representative Director and President, assumes office.
    Masaya In, former President, assumes office as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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