Corporate Summary
Company Name
FUJITAKA Co., Ltd.
Head Office
3-5-16 Bekku-cho, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture 794-0026
Tokyo Office
FUJITAKA Building, 7-12-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Representative
Akira Fujitaka
Founded
1919
Capital Stock
¥20 million
No. of Employees
197 (including 24 apprentices & 19 part-timers)
Group sales
¥3.8 billion (FY2019)
Business Profile
Standards / manufacture / sale of towels
Affiliates
Doshin Senko Co., Ltd. (yarn dyeing, bleaching, and post-processing etc.)
2-1-7 Minamihoraicho, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture 794-0043
TEL 0898-32-3860 / FAX 0898-32-1785
Directly managed store
FUJITAKA TOWEL GINZA (sale of Fujitaka goods etc.)
FUJITAKA Building 1F, 7-12-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
TEL 03-6278-8852
Company History
“Fujitaka Towel” founded (1919)
“Fujitaka Shoten Joint Stock Company” established
Patent acquired for the horizontal-weave towel
Production of toweling blankets begins
“Fujitaka Co., Ltd.” established
Technology & design partnership with VOSSEN (a German company) and launch of production of the first licensed products in the industry
First manufacturer in Imabari to introduce an automatic sample warping machine
Distribution center completed
Introduction of CI
Completion of head office building
Introduction of TQC
Completion of Doshin Senko’s yarn dyeing plant/completion of integrated production
Acquisition of patent (No.3094324) for “removing the upper yarn”
Introduction of the Toyota Sewn Products Management System (TSS)
Launch of the world’s first full color towel - the “Five-colored Weave”
Acquisition of patent (No.4085097) for the “Five-colored Weave”
Received the Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award (METI) for the Five-colored Weave
Introduction of new dryers / diversification of textures
Introduction of the latest Rapier loom [R9500T] / enabling short delivery times thanks to the versatile loom
The “Yagi Store Main Office” Museum opened
The directly managed store
“FUJITAKA TOWEL GINZA” opened in Ginza
100 years since the company was founded
