Corporate History

May 1940 Mr.Sohji Ohgitani founded the company in May.
December 1946 Ohgitani Kogyo Co., Ltd. was established with capital 195,000 yen in December. Headquarters in Tosabori, Nishi-Ku, Osaka, Japan.
September 1953 Opened Tokyo office in Chiyoda-Ku.
Spetember 1961 Opened Nagoya liaison office.
January 1970 Moved Tokyo office to Chuo-Ku, Tokyo.
Opened our liaison office in Shingapore.
October 1973 Set up our Singapore office, OHGITANI (SINGAPORE)PTE.,LTD. in October.
August 1975 Nagoya liaison office was promoted to Nagoya Branch office.
April 1979 Set up our Hong Kong office, OHGITANI (HONG KONG)CO.,LTD. in April.
March 1980 Moved our headquarters to Kita-Ku, Osaka.
Septrmber 1990 Opened our Thai office, OHGITANI (THAILAND)CO.,LTD. in September.
November 1991 Set up our Malaysia office, OHGITANI (MALAYSIA)SDN.,BHD. in November.
August 1995 Opened our Philippines office, OHGITANI (PHILIPPINES) INC. in August.
July 2000 Set up our Taiwan office, OHGITANI (TAIWAN) CO., LTD. in July.
May 2002 Moved our headquarters to Nishi-ku, Osaka.
April 2007 Change our company name to OHGITANI Corporation.
Opened our Shanghai office, OHGITANI (SHANGHAI) TRADING CO., LTD. in April.
February 2009 Opened our Shenzhen office. OHGITANI (SHENZHEN) TRADING CO., LTD. in February 2009.
April 2009 Opened our liaison office in Vietnam.
February 2012 Opened our Vietnam office, OHGITANI VIETNAM CO.,LTD. in February.