Company Profile

Company Name	Chiyoda Ute Co. Ltd.
Establishment	January 17, 1948
Capital	100 million yen
Business	Development, Manufacture, and Sale of gypsum boards.
Head Office	928 Takamatsu, Kawagoe-cho, Mie-gun, Mie 510-8570 Tel:+81-59-363-5555 Fax:+81-59-363-5553

Company Board of Directors

President	Yoshihisa Hirata
CEO	Knauf Alfons Frederick
Head of Operations	Wagner Thomas
Head of Finance and Administration	Takashi Oida
Managing Director	Kazuhisa Hirata
Auditor	Masahiko Ito

Headquarters/ Plants/ Sales Offices

Headquarters

■ Head office

928 Takamatsu, Kawagoe-cho, Mie-gun, Mie, 510-8570

■ Market Development Department

3-14-11 Kotobuki, Taitou-ku, Tokyo, 111-8520

■ Environment Division

928 Takamatsu, Kawagoe-cho, Mie-gun, Mie, 510-8570

Plants

■ Muroran Plant

389-12 Sakimori-cho, Muroran-shi, Hokkaido, 050-0055

■ Chiba Plant

12-1 Kitasode, Sodegaura-shi, Chiba, 299-0266

■ Yokkaichi Plant

928 Takamatasu, Kawagoe-cho, Mie-gun, Mie, 510-8570

■ Kaizuka Plant

16-1 Minato, Kaizuka-shi, Osaka, 597-0095

■ Shimonoseki Plant

7-1-1 Hikoshimasako-machi, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi, 750-0092

Sales Branches

■ Sapporo Branch

14-5-30 Hondori, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, 003-0027

■ Tokyo Branch Office

3-14-11 Kotobuki, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 111-8520

■ Chubu Branch

928, Takamatsu, Kawagoe-cho, Mie-gun, Mie, 510-8570

■ Osaka Branch

1-1-14 Minamihorie, Nishi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 550-0015

■ Fukuoka Branch

3-6-1 Uchibahi-nishi, Kasuyamachi, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka, 811-2321

Corporate History

1940-1960’s

1948　January	Chiyoda Kenzai Co., Ltd. founded in Sumiyoshi-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, as a subcontractor for Onoda Cement Co., Ltd. with an initial capital of 198,000 yen. Company begins the manufacture of roofing slates.
1955　April	Company comissioned gypsum board manufacturing plant, and initiates production and sales.
1957　April	Company name changed to Chiyoda Building Materials Industry Co. Ltd.
1965　January	Construction complete at Atsugi Plant.

1970s

1970　July	Kaizuka Plant commissioned.
1975　May	New Yokkaichi Plant begins operation.
1979　April	Construction completed for new nead office building at Yokkaichi Plant.

1980s

1986　May	Construction completed at Chiba Plant.
1988　June	Tomihisa Hirata nominated as chairman, and Koichi Hirata nominated as company president.

1990s

1990　June	Company name changed to Chiyoda Ute Co. Ltd.
1990　October	Registered with the Securities Dealers Association of Japan as over-the-counter stocks.
1995　June	Haruhisa Hirata nominated as company president.
1997　February	Construction completed at Okayama Plant.
1997　March	IS9001 certification obtained (registered scope of supply: design, development, and production of various gypsum boards and their installation materials).
1998　January	50th anniversary
1999　March	Company took over gypsum board operations from three firms in Adlar Group.

2000s

2004　November	Construction completed at Muroran Plant.
2004　December	Listed on JASDAQ Securities Exchange.
2006　April	Alliance of business and capital with German Knauf group.
2008　January	60th anniversary of company founding. In Yokkaichi Plant, opened a headquarters training center.

2010s

2010　August	Kaizuka Plant training center completed.
2010　October	Listed on JASDAQ Standard of Osaka Securities Exchange.
2013　December	Yokkaichi Plant certification of ISO 14001.
2016　March	Promote Tokyo Branch Office to Tokyo Regional Office.
2018　January	70th anniversary of company founding.
2019　December	Strengthened capital partnership with Knauf.

2020s

2020　March	Frederick Alfons Knauf nominated as company vice president.
2021　June	Yoshihisa Hirata nominated as company president.
2022　July	Became a group company of Knauf.
2022　September	Haruhisa Hirata appointed as Owner’s Advisor and Frederick Alfons Knauf appointed as CEO.