Sasano Max -Corporate profile-

We are serving as a mediator between customers and manufacturers in the nonferrous metals industry, and we are approached with various requests from people.

We are proud and feel happy to be able to engage in this kind of cutting-edge business field and to predict the trends of the future. Because it is a challenging job for us, we are able to stick to business policies focusing on mobility, and can contact customers with confidence. Business operations under the motto of the customer-is-most-important principle, we are steadily generating advantages for our customers, and in turn, the delight of our customers increases our motivation. Aiming toward this virtuous circle, we are establishing a service system that will effectively tie manufacturers with customers, and in response to this mutual trust we are improving our consistent business.

Corporate name:

Sasano Max Company Limited

Inaugurated:

March 1947

Established:

April 1968

Capital:

150,000,000 yen (all paid-in)

Offices:

Head Office	9th Floor of Sumitomo Real Estate Shibadaimon Bldg., 2-5-5, Shibadaimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0012 Tel: +81-3-5405-2030~5 Fax: +81-3-5405-2046 Five minutes walk from JR Hamamatsu-cho Station »map
Sendai Branch	Masuda-aza-Sekinoshita, Natori-shi, Miyagi Prefecture 981-1224 Tel: +81-22-384-3891~3 Fax: +81-22-384-3476
Nagoya Branch	2nd Floor of KA Bldg., 3-12-20, Imaike, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture 464-0850 Tel: +81-52-744-3751 Fax: +81-52-744-3753
Overseas (China)	KAITSU TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. Rm.17B,Building No.4,Lane 123,Yanping Rd,Shanghai China
Overseas (Thailand)	SASANO MAX CO., LTD.(REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE) 38 Q.House Convert Building, 7th Floor, Unit 7CD, Convert Road, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

Directors and auditor:

Representative director and president	Tashiro Sasano
Managing director	Seiichi Kikuchi
Managing director	Suetoshi Kosaka
Director	Seinosuke Kikuchi
Auditor	Saburo Kato

Number of employees:

Locations:

	Land	Buildings
Head Office	–	346m²
Sendai Branch	2,715m²	839m²
Nagoya Branch	–	72m²
Product control center	1,458m²	1,575m²
Company house in Tsurumi	635m²	397m²

Facilities and vehicles:

5 band saws, 2 NC lathes, 2 overhead traveling cranes, 10 automobiles, 5 freight vehicles, and 3 forklifts

Banks:

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Tamachi Branch; Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Hamamatsu-cho Branch; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mitadori Branch

Main shareholders:

Sasano Shoten Co., Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd., and employees of Sasano Max Co., Ltd.

Account settlement date:

March 31 (once a year)
As of March 31, 2008: Sales of 18,883million yen; Ordinary income of 658 million yen

March 1947	Kaiichi Sasano founded Sasano Shoten General Partnership with capital of 100,000 yen at 3-4 Hamamatsu-cho, Tokyo.
June 1949	Capital was increased to 500,000 yen. Became a designated agent for Special Alloy Industries, Ltd.
May 1951	Special Alloy Industries, Ltd. was acquired by Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. and was renamed to Oji Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.; Remained as the agent of the same company.
June 1951	Capital was increased to 4 million yen
October 1953	Reorganized to Sasano Shoten Company Limited with capital of 10 million yen.
April 1962	Oji Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd was merged into Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd, and became the Elongated Copper Business Department of Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.; Remained as the agent of that department.
September 1964	Became a designated agent of Mitsubishi Reynolds Aluminum Co., Ltd. (present Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.).
May 1965	Became a designated agent of the Elongated Copper Business Department of Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
March 1967	Head office moved to a newly constructed building with gross floor space of 1,231 m² at 3-9-25, Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
April 1968	Established Sasano Metal Industries, Ltd., assuming all businesses of Sasano Shoten Co., Ltd, including its assets, liabilities, and employees with capital of 150 million yen at the location mentioned above (Sasano Shoten Co., Ltd. continues to exist as an investment and real estate management company).
April 1974	Purchased a lot of 2,715 m² in Natori-shi, Miyagi Prefecture, and constructed office and storage house with gross space of 492 m² for the purpose of expanding the business base in Tohoku district. Started business operations in January 1975 at that location as the Sendai Branch.
May 1980	With the death of founder Kaiichi Sasano, his first son, Tashiro took the office of director and president.
July 1993	Constructed a new head office building and warehouse.
April 1995	Opened Nagoya Business Office (present Nagoya Branch) in the city of Nagoya to expand services and sales to its main customers in the central area of Japan.
October 1996	Started trading businesses with Shanghai, China, and established a representative office there.
April 2005	Changed the name from Sasano Metal Industries, Ltd. to Sasano Max Co., Ltd.
June 2005	Acquired and registered ISO9001 (Quality Management System) certification.
January 2006	Moved the head office to the 9th Floor of the Sumitomo Real Estate Shibadaimon Bldg., 2-5-5, Shibadaimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
July 2007	Established a subsidiary, KAITSU TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China
February 2008	Established a representative office in Bangkok, Thailand

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