Started Selling Adhesive Tape and Printing Base Paper
(Showa 29 - 1954) The people from "Shikoku Kawanoe – the town of paper" gathered and started the business in Osaka in which they provide industrial papers. This is how KOA SHOJI was established. From around this time, KOA has always pursued, and has started working on "specialty", which is also the original spirit of KOA SHOJI. As one with the original paper maker, we propose to a processing maker, and build an optimal product that meets the needs of our customers in a three-in-one system and send it to the market. Clients’ “Trust” has gradually shifted from the product itself to the Company. KOA SHOJI has gained a great reputation in the market. The inherited spirit of KOA SHOJI began here.
No.1 in the Market
(Mid Showa 30s - 1955s] Participated in the pleated paper domain, which KOA expected to be a tough field for larger companies to enter. In Showa 41 - 1966, the "pleat boom" has happened because of the Tokyo Olympics. Since KOA was on top of the business, they have dominated the market. KOA has successfully built their brand in the “pleated paper” market where customers think pleated paper = KOA SHOJI.
With the growth of industry
[The late Showa 30s - 1960s] As Japanese industry continues to grow rapidly, without changing the main business concept such as industrial base paper and adhesive, KOA SHOJI has identified the growth potential of "release paper", which was new at that time. While maintaining a trinity with users and manufacturers, KOA SHOJI succeeded in the field of “Release Paper” and gained the market trust. This is also one of the main businesses the KOA SHOJI provides nowadays.
Perceive the Market Change with Certainty
[Mid Showa 40s - 1970s] It is not "cloth" nor “paper.” Nonwoven fabric was a brand new material and again, KOA SHOJI has invested in its potential and entered the market. Moreover, KOA SHOJI has expanded the business model from trading to actually processing nonwoven fabric. Because KOA SHOJI has been in the specialized industrial paper business long enough, they are certain with their viewpoints as well as determination.
Always ahead ... for our customers!
【Early 1990s】 In advance of today's demand expansion, KOA SHOJI has quickly started working on film separators, low adhesion carrier films for the LCD, mobile phones, PDA and other electronics industries. This lead KOA to be one of the leading suppliers and we have great reputation. In addition, we are constantly working to improve quality, develop new products, and establish a stable supply system, and we are working to expand overseas sales as well as in Japan. In this factory, we produce variety of nonwoven products depending on our customer needs. Since our teams consist of small numbers of highly specialized staff, we can provide courteous services to fulfill the customers’ detailed requests for commercialization, and also has the flexibility to produce small lots.
This is the strength of KOA SHOJI’s processing line that can accurately perceive the customers’ needs. In addition, in order to keep producing products that are needed in the market, we are constantly pursuing market trends and working on technological innovation. We will continue to pursue the creation of new nonwoven processing products for new industries with our "processing power" that we have developed over the past decades.