corporate profile

Corporate Profile

For over 110 years since its foundation as a cotton fabric wholesaler in Japan in 1894, Kowa Company, Ltd. has grown into a global company at the heart of the Kowa Group, actively engaged in various business fields with major focuses on trading of textiles, machinery and construction materials and manufacturing and sales of medicines; medical equipment; eco-friendly, energy-saving products.

Corporate Profile

Corporate Name Kowa Company, Ltd.
Date of Establishment November 15, 1939
President & CEO Yoshihiro Miwa
Capital 3,840 million yen
Sales 206,936 million yen
(Fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, Kowa Group non-consolidated)
Employees 1,841 (As of March 2012)
Headquarters 6-29, Nishiki 3-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Business Fields
«Trading»
Import / Export, Intermediate Trade, and Domestic Sales of Textile, Machinery, Construction Materials, Chemicals, and Commodities
«Manufacturing»
R&D and manufacture of OTC and ethical drugs; R&D, manufacture / sales and import / export of LED lighting equipment, wind and solar power generation systems, medical equipment and optical equipment