COMPANY
Business History
Since 1900's
History of HRD
1902~1946
- Harada Shokai was founded in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
- Harada Ichiro became president.（President until April 1944）
- Osaka branch office was opened.（Promoted to a branch in January 1919, closed in May 1922）
- Harada Shokai's trading department was incorporated in Dalian, China.
- Mukden branch office was opened.（Promoted to branch office in January 1919, closed in 1945）
- Harada-gumi was incorporated into a privately owned business.（Harada Gumi Joint Venture）
- Tokyo branch was opened.
- Osaka branch was reopened.（Harada-gumi headquarters opened in Osaka in March 1932）
- Nagoya office was opened.（Promoted to a local office in October 1939, and a branch office in 1946）
- Tsubakimoto Chain Manufacturing Co., Ltd. have handled roller chains.
- Xinjing branch office was opened.（Promoted to branch office in February 1939）
- Kokura branch office was opened.（Closed in 1945）
- Harbin branch office was opened.（Closed in 1945）
- The Dalian office was separated from Harada Gumi and Harada Shoji Co., Ltd. was incorporated.（Capital: 500,000 yen）
- Harada Shoji Co., Ltd., a Manchurian corporation, was established in present-day Mukden, China.（Capital: 1 million yen）
- Tianjin branch office was opened.（Closed in 1945）
- Beijing branch office was opened.（Closed in 1945）
- Organizational reform was implemented.
Japanese Corporation Harada Shoji Co., Ltd.（Head office: Dalian）
Manchuria Corporation Harada Shoji Co., Ltd.（Main store: Mukden）
- Seiichi Harada was appointed president.（President until July 1982）
- Harada Shoji Co., Ltd. was established and registered to restart the business after the war.（Capital: 500,000 yen）
1951~1969
- Himeji branch office was opened.（Later, in October 1972, it was promoted to the Himeji Sales Office.）
- Capital was increased. New capital 10 million yen.
- Miboro Representative Office was opened.
- Shizuoka branch office was opened.（Later, in April 1973, it was promoted to Shizuoka Sales Office.）
- Capital was increased. New capital 20 million yen.
- Toyota branch office was opened.（Later, it became a sales office and was promoted to Toyota branch in July 1999.）
- Capital was increased. New capital 30 million yen.
- Otsu branch office was opened.（In July 1965, it was merged into the Kyoto branch office.）
- Hamamatsu branch office was opened.（Later promoted to a sales office. In April 2000, merged with Toyohashi Sales Office.）
Yokkaichi branch office was opened.（Later promoted to a sales office. Merged with Nagoya branch in October 2009）
- Yokohama branch office was opened.（Later promoted to a sales office. In December 1981, merged with the Tokyo branch.）
- Capital was increased. New capital 50 million yen.
- Chiba branch office was opened.（November 1975: Merged with the Tokyo branch）
- Merged with Matsuoka Shoten and opened a Kyoto branch office.（January 1969: Promoted to Kyoto Sales Office）
- Hiroshima branch office was opened.（Promoted to Hiroshima Sales Office in April 1968）
- Kobe representative office was opened.（Later promoted to a sales office. In April 1990, merged with Himeji Sales Office）
- Tsu branch office was opened.（In April 1976, merged with the Yokkaichi Sales Office）
- Omuta branch office was opened.（Abolished in October 1973）
1970~1999
- Toyohashi branch office.（In March 1975, merged with the Okazaki Branch Office.）
Harada Kogyo Co., Ltd. was established.（Disbanded in March 1985）
- Capital was increased. New capital 100 million yen.
- Atsugi branch office was opened.（Abolished in March 1975）
- Western branch was opened.（Abolished in April 1973）
- North Kanto branch was opened.（Abolished in March 1976）
- Okazaki branch office was opened.（Later promoted to a sales office. Merged with Toyota Sales Office in October 1996.）
- Shiga Representative Office was opened.（Abolished in July 1978）
- Takashi Kimata was appointed president.（President until June 1991）
- Capital was increased. New capital 115 million yen.
- Capital was increased. New capital 132,250,000 yen.
- Capital was increased. New capital 152,087,500 yen
- Capital was increased. New capital 174,900,600 yen
- Tahara branch office was opened.（In April 1996, merged with the Toyota Sales Office）
- Toyama branch office was opened.（Promoted to Toyama Sales Office in April 2001）
- Capital was increased. New capital 201,135,650 yen.
Shigeyuki Tanaka was appointed president（President until June 1999）
- Kyushu branch office was opened.（Promoted to Kyushu Sales Office in July 2008）
- Akiyoshi Kaneko was appointed president.（President until June 2006）
2000~
- Toyohashi Sales Office was opened.
- The in-house developed environmental product "HS Collector" went on sale.
- Celebrated the 100th anniversary of founding.
- Obtained environmental management system certification (ISO14001)
The company name was changed to HRD Corporation.
- Established a local subsidiary in Thailand. (HRD THAILAND CO.,LTD.)
Laser group was launched
- Shinji Okuma became president.（President term until June 2013）
- Obtained quality management system (ISO9001) certification.
- Sendai sales office was opened.
- HRD THAILAND CO., LTD. increased its capital.
- Masashi Shimoda was appointed president.（Term of office as president until June 2021）
- Ryosuke Harada became president.