ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
ORGANIZATION
COMPANY OVERVIEW
- Trade name
- The SEED
- Representative
- CEO Yuichi Tanemoto
- Business Overview
- A comprehensive footwear company. Planning and manufacturing, import, export, wholesale, retail, repair
- Address
- Nishiwaki 435, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City 422-8044 Google map
- Access
- 15 minutes by bus from Shizuoka Station / 10 minutes walk from the 「Nishiwaki-Hello Work Iriguchi」bus stop
GROUP COMPANIES
HISTORY
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1938
October: Tanemoto Seikichi Store is established as a manufacturer of Japanese lacquered geta sandals.
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1950
March: Tanemoto Seikichi Store is renamed to Daimatu Store and established in Sanbancho, Shizuoka city with Tanemoto Katsujiro as CEO.
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1954
September: Wooden sandals named "Pearl Mode" (product name) are developed and manufactured and become a hit with the public and receives the National Invention Award.
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1961
May: Construction and start of operations of the Fujieda production facility (14,000㎡) in Koshu, Fujieda City.
September: Company name changed to Daimatu Kogyo Co.Ltd. -
1967
June: Expansion of sandal exports to the U.S.A., Indonesia and the Middle East. Certified by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as a company with strong growth in export.
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1970
February: PT Daimatu Industries, a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, is established in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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1973
June: The five-story head office building is constructed in Nishiwaki, Shizuoka City.
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1983
March: IMG and Arnold Palmer formally registered as a user of the trademark.
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1994
March: Distribution agency agreement is signed with Birkenstock Germany. Import operations begin.
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1997
Seed Corporation is established.
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2001
October: Yaizu Factory in Hon-Nakane, Shizuoka is acquired and operations begin.
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2005
March: Company name is changed to Daimatu Inc.
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2007
Tokyo office is opened in Kachidoki area.
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2008
Natural Shoe Store, Shizuoka the first store opens.
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2016
Started as an official importer and distributer of Birkenstock.
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2017
Tokyo office is relocated to Sendagaya area, central Tokyo.
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2020
August: Daimatu Inc. and Seed Corporation merged into a holding company, The SEED.