Company Overview
Heart Corporation designs, develops and sells a fun range of candies and toy candy for children's enjoyment stimuration and enrichment. (The Internet is not sold.)
Company Overview
| Capital | ¥93,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Ikawa Junichi |
| President | Horiuchi Akira |
| Director | Komoda Yasushi (Director, Development) |
| Director | Kameoka Tetsuya (Director, Business Operations) |
| Director | Suzuki Yoshihiro (Director,General affairs) |
| External Director | Kaneda Ouna |
| External Director | Kuramoto Kenichi |
| Number of Employees (including part-time) | 137 |
| Banks | Mizuho Bank Matsuyama branch Japanese policy finance corporation Matsuyama branch Resona Bank Asakusa branch Iyo Bank headquarters The Ehime Bank central expert branch Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Oshiage branch office Awa Bank Matsuyama branch Shikoku Bank Matsuyama Hommachi branch |
| Head Office | 3-14-2 Kinshi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. 130-0013 Tel: +81 3 3622-5655 Fax: +81 3 3622-5650 |
| Ookaga Office | 3-150-8 Ookaga, Matsuyama, Ehime. 791-791-8505 Tel: +81 89 952-0810 Fax: +81 89 952-8101 |
| Branch Offices | Sendai, Takaoka, Gifu, Osaka, Kyoto, Wakayama, Matsue, Tokushima, Kochi, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Miyazaki |
| Product Line | Candy toys and fancy candies Valentine's Day and White Day merchandise Gift candies for merchandise at Christmas and other occasions |
| Main Distribution Sources | [Western Japan] Nationwide chains of mass retailers Regional chains of mass retailers Convenience stores Family restaurants Tourist gift and souvenir outlets Route sales to stores Other [Eastern Japan] Wide-area and local candy wholesalers General merchandise wholesalers Convenience stores Other |
| Affiliated Company | Heart Creation Ltd. Flat 507,5/F,New Mandarin Plaza Tower A,14 Science Museum Road, T.S.T East,Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2311-7810 Fax: +852 2301-4810 |
| Annual Sales | 4.7 billion (2009) |
In-house Information System
All employees are closely linked through a computer information system (Lotus Notes/Domino).
Each section actively makes available external information obtained by the individual departments and the progress status and level of achievement of departmental projects, promoting reciprocal information sharing.
Also, head office, Ookaga office, and the Hong Kong office are connected via a teleconferencing system which helps facilitate quick decision making.
All employees are closely linked through a computer information system (Lotus Notes/Domino).
Each section actively makes available external information obtained by the individual departments and the progress status and level of achievement of departmental projects, promoting reciprocal information sharing.
Also, head office, Ookaga office, and the Hong Kong office are connected via a teleconferencing system which helps facilitate quick decision making.
Company History
| January 1952 | Founded in Matsuyama. |
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| July 1963 | Ikawa Shoten Ltd. established. |
| June 1966 | Tokyo branch opened. |
| January 1970 | Headquarters building built. |
| November 1971 | Received Superior Reporting Corporation commendation from the Takamatsu Regional Taxation Bureau's Matsuyama Tax Office. |
| September 1973 | Fukuoka branch office opened. Tokyo branch building built. |
| February 1974 | Received an award from the Matsuyama Chamber of Commerce and Industry for long-term contribution to regional industry promotion. |
| September 1974 | Takatsuki (Osaka) branch office opened. |
| November 1976 | Received Superior Reporting Corporation commendation. |
| November 1978 | Company name changed to Ikawa Co., Ltd. after restructure. |
| November 1980 | New headquarters annex built. |
| April 1983 | Affiliate, Heart Co., Ltd., established. |
| May 1983 | Received an award from the Matsuyama Chamber of Commerce and Industry for a 30-year contribution to regional industry promotion. |
| November 1983 | Received Superior Reporting Corporation commendation. |
| September 1985 | Saga branch office opened. |
| April 1986 | Kanazawa, Wakayama and Okayama branch offices opened. |
| September 1987 | Oita branch office opened. |
| January 1988 | Shimonoseki branch office opened. |
| March 1988 | Tokushima and Kochi branch offices opened. |
| April 1988 | Kurume and Kagoshima branch offices opened. |
| November 1988 | Received Superior Reporting Corporation commendation. |
| September 1989 | Yonago branch office opened. |
| March 1992 | Affiliate, Carnival Co., Ltd., established. |
| September 1992 | Distribution center built. |
| November 1992 | Received Superior Reporting Corporation commendation. |
| September 1993 | Second stage of the distribution center construction work completed. |
| April 1994 | Affiliate, Aska Co., Ltd., established. |
| March 1995 | Initiated the 3Cs campaign to build a positive corporate culture. |
| June 1996 | ICAS business computer network installed. |
| October 1997 | Commenced computer network operations for all employees. |
| November 1998 | Received Superior Reporting Corporation commendation. |
| April 2000 | Subsidiaries consolidated into a single company, Heart Co., Ltd., to standardize the manufacturer's brands to the Heart brand. |
| November 2001 | Entered the figure toy market [UMA (unidentified mysterious animal) figures appearing in Mu Magazine]. |
| November 2003 | Received Superior Reporting Corporation commendation. |
| September 2004 | ISO-9001 certification obtained by Heart Co., Ltd.'s development and production subsidiary. |
| March 2005 | Subsidiary, Heart Creation Ltd., established in Hong Kong. |
| June 2006 | Name changed to Heart Corporation after amalgamation. |
| December 2006 | Chewing gum jar release in the series beginning |
| July 2008 | Is the acquisition at ISO9001 certification developed?Even distribution expands to all companies. |
| June 2010 | Move integration of three bases (Matsuyama office, Masaki commodity center, and living thing of Nishigaki style center) into large [ka**] office of new establishment for workforce optimization |
| December 2012 | Completed a new logistics center at next to Okaga office |