Corporate Outline and History
Corporate Outline
| Company Name | MIZUHO Corporation |
|---|---|
| Management | Group Chairman: Takashi Nemoto President & CEO: Hiroshi Nemoto Senior Managing Director & COO: Noriaki Nemoto |
| Head Office | 3-30-13, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JAPAN Tel.03-3815-3191 |
| Factory | Chiba Factory (Chiba) Gosen Factory (Niigata) |
| Center (Sales Office) | Sapporo, Sendai, Niigata, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka |
| After Service Customer Center | 2173-13, Ota, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-0808, JAPAN |
| Logistics Center | 2173-13, Ota, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-0808, JAPAN |
| Founded | June 6, 1919 |
| Established | November 30,1939 |
| Capital | ￥98,000,000 |
| Sales Revenue | ¥12,500,000,000 (fiscal 2017) |
| Employee | 600 |
| Bank | Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Hongo Branch MUFG Bank,Ltd. Hongo Branch |
| Products Category | Operating room equipment, Orthopedic implant, Neuro surgical implant, General surgical implant, and Veterinary implant Instruments |
| Main Productst | Operating tables, patient transfer devices, aspirators, sterilization orthopedic implants (plates, nails, joints, etc.), endoscopic surgical equipment, microsurgical equipment, bone wax, cerebral aneurysm clips, CT stereotactic equipment, surgical instruments (forceps, scissors), operating lights, ceiling arms, surgical brain systems. |
| Associated Companies |
Mizuho Medical Co., Ltd. |
Head Office
History
| 1919 | Eikichi Nemoto starts medical device wholesale business . The private enterprise is named Iwashiya Nemoto Eikichi Shoten. |
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| 1939 | Nemoto Eikichi Shoten Co., Ltd., is established. Mizuho Kogyo Co., Ltd.,is established and manufacturing initiated. |
| 1944 | The factory is relocated from Kita-ku (Tokyo) to Gosen City, and re-named Gosen factory. |
| 1947 | Manufacturing of operating tables is initiated at a specialized factory in Tokyo. |
| 1951 | The corporate name is amended to Mizuho Ikakogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1962 | Mizuho Ikakogyo Tsubame Seisakujyo Co., Ltd., is established, and production of surgical equipment from forged steel commences. |
| 1967 | Kansai Center is established in Osaka. Gosen Factory is newly rebuilt. |
| 1968 | Electrical Department of Tokyo Factory is detached and configured to establish Mizuho Ikadenki Co., Ltd. |
| 1969 | Kyushu Center is established in Fukuoka. |
| 1973 | Tokyo Factory is relocated to Funabashi and renamed Narashino Factory. |
| 1979 | Tohoku Center is established in Sendai. |
| 1981 | Mizuho Technical Training Center is established. Trading Department of the Head Office is detached and configured to establish Mizuho Medical Co., Ltd. |
| 1982 | Tokai Center is established in Nagoya. |
| 1983 | Merchandise Control Center is established. Takasago Packaging Co., Ltd., is established. Niigata Center is established in Niigata. |
| 1984 | FDA certification is acquired. |
| 1985 | Chugoku Center is established in Hiroshima. |
| 1986 | Hokkaido Center is established in Sapporo. |
| 1987 | On-line access established with Merchandise Control Center. |
| 1992 | New Head Office building is completed. |
| 1993 | Mizuho America, Inc. is established. |
| 1995 | Capital investment in Orthopedic Systems,Inc. (California, USA) amounting to major interest. |
| 1998 | The Head Office and Gosen Factory acquires ISO9001, ISO13485, EN46001 and MDD certification. |
| 1999 | Narashino Factory acquires ISO9001 and EN46001 certification. New facility at Gosen is completed. |
| 2000 | Divisional system is introduced |
| 2001 | The Kanto Sales Department of the Head Office is detached and configured to establish Mizuho Urban Co., Ltd. |
| 2002 | Mizuho purchases and acquires Orthopedic Systems,Inc. (California, USA) |
| 2003 | The Showroom of the OR systems is completed and established at the Narashino Factory. |
| 2004 | The Narashino Factory acquires ISO13485, MDD certification. |
| 2007 | Chang the company name from Orthopedic Systems,Inc. to Mizuho Orthopedic Systems,Inc. Mizuho(Thailand) Co.,Ltd. is established in Ayutthaya, Thailand. |
| 2008 | Tsurumi Logistics Center is established in Yokohama. |
| 2011 | Mizuho Medical Co.,Ltd. Shanghai office is established. |
| 2013 | Mizuho Logistics Co.,Ltd. is established. Mizuho Medical Co.,Ltd. Bangkok office is established. New facility at Chiba is completed. Second Head Office building is completed. |
| 2014 | The corporate name is amended to MIZUHO Coporation. |
| 2018 | Third Head Office building is completed. |