Company Overview
| Company name | ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. |
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| Head office | 1 Maeyama, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-1436,Japan |
| Capital | 300 million yen |
| Date establish | 1920 |
| Number of employees | 223(as of April, 2016) |
| President/CEO | Ryosuke MASUJIMA |
| ＴＥＬ | +81-268-38-3111 |
| ＦＡＸ | +81-268-38-8532 |
| ＵＲＬ | www.organ-needles.com |
| Business activities | Planning, designing and sales of sewing machine needles, knitting machine needles, felting machine needles and electronic components. |
| Main Factory | 1 Maeyama, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-1436, Japan Tel: +81-268-38-3111 Fax: +81-268-38-8532 |
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| Technical Development Center | 1077-1 Shimonogo, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-1211, Japan Tel: +81-268-39-0111 Fax: +81-268-39-0566 |
Business Development Center | 1160 Aokubo, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-0155, Japan Tel: +81-268-36-4310 Fax: +81-268-36-4220 |
| Tokyo Office | Organ Bldg., 3-16-1 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0015, Japan Tel: +81-3-3833-1081 Fax: +81-3-3835-7848 E-mail: tokyo@organ-ndl.co.jp |
| Osaka Office | Organ Bldg., 1-4-2 Tanimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-0012, Japan Tel: +81-6-6941-9735 Fax: +81-6-6943-6782 E-mail: osaka@organ-ndl.co.jp |
History
| 1920 | Production of gramophone needles starts in Minami-Senju, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo |
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| 1931 | First export of gramophone needles as designated needles by RCA Victor |
| 1939 | Sewing machine needle production machine is completed. Production of them starts under the ORGAN brand |
| 1945 | Main factory is evacuated from Tokyo to Ueda-shi in Nagano due to the war and begins operation |
| 1950 | First export of sewing machine needles to the United States |
| 1954 | Production of knitting machine needles begins |
| 1963 | Name change to ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. |
| 1964 | The prize is awarded by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry for contribution to export expansion |
| 1967 | TAIWAN ORGAN NEEDLE TRADING CO., LTD. is established |
| 1970 | KYUSHU ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established in Kumamoto |
| 1974 | ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established in Hong Kong |
| 1977 | Business partnership with R+M GMBH in Germany begins |
| 1981 | ORGAN NEEDLE (SINGAPORE) CO., PTE LTD. is established |
| 1995 | ORGAN NEEDLE (VIETNAM) CO., LTD. is established |
| 1999 | Receives ISO9002 approval for the felting needle department |
| 2001 | ORGAN NEEDLE (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. is established |
| 2002 | Receives ISO9001 approval for the knitting machine needle department |
| 2003 | Receives ISO9001 approval for the sewing machine needle department CHONGQING ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established |
| 2006 | Receives ISO9001 approval for the development department |
| 2007 | Receives ISO9001 approval (company-wide) CHONGQING MASUJIMA ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established |
| 2009 | R+M GMBH in Germany changes name to ORGAN NEEDLE EUROPE GmbH |
| 2012 | Merges with ORGAN TECHNICS CO., LTD. |
| 2015 | ORGAN NEEDLE TRADING VIETNAM CO., LTD. is established |
| 2016 | Consolidate production section of ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. into NIHON PLATING CO., LTD. Changes name of NIHON PLATING CO., LTD. to ORGAN NEEDLE PRODUCTION CO., LTD. |
