Kaiho Sangyo

Kaiho Sangyo Co., Ltd. (会宝産業株式会社 Kaiho Sangyo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese automobile recycling company based in Kanazawa city, Prefecture of Ishikawa, Japan.[1]

Kaiho Sangyo Co., Ltd.
会宝産業株式会社
Kabushiki kaisha
Founded May 1969
Founder Norihiko Kondo
Headquarters Kanazawa, Japan
Key people
 Takayuki Kondo (President)
Norihiko Kondo (Chairman)
Products Used Japanese cars, motors, auto parts
Website kaihosangyo.jp

Overview

Foundation of Kondo Automobile Company Inc. (1969)
New yard of Kaiho sangyo Co., LTD. (1992)
Current dismantling yard of Kaiho sangyo Co., LTD. (2013)

Kaiho Sangyo was the largest exporter of used automobile parts in Japan in 2010.[2][3] The company was founded by Norihiko Kondo in 1969 as Kondo Automobile Company Inc.. In Feb 1992, it announced a name modification to Kaiho Sangyo Corporation. Since April 2015, the company is presided by Takayuki Kondo, son of Norihiko Kondo.[4]

History

In 1969 Norihiko Kondo, founded Kondo Automobile Company Inc. in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. His company originally specialized in dismantling automobiles and selling scrap steel, aluminium and cooper. The turning point of his business came in 1991 when he sold 20 tons of used engines and suspension parts to a customer from Kuwait. In 1992, Kondo renamed his company Kaiho Sangyo and shifted his business from a simple car-scrapping company to a recycling reseller of used automobile parts in foreign countries.[5]

Kaiho´s operating capacity in 2011 was 1.200 vehicles per month, and it exports more than 20.000 engines annually to 74 countries with Joint Ventures in Thailand, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Singapore.[6] Revenue grew rapidly from 715 million yen in 2003 to 2.1 billion yen in 2008. Kaiho decided to invest in environmental management systems and product quality management systems in early 2000s. Japan´s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry awarded the IT management Award for Small and Medium Enterprises to Kaiho in 2008.[7]

Kaiho Sangyo founded the Re-Use Motorization Alliance (RUM Alliance) in April 2003[8] and the International Recycling Education Center (IREC) in April 2007.[9] The company developed a standard for rating the quality of used engines for export, called the Japan Reuse Standard (JRS). The JRS uses a five-level assessment for six items including compression, overheating and mileage.

In February 2013, Kaiho Sangyo submitted its own technical specification of JRS to the British Standard Institute (BSI), which was issued as the Publicly Available Specification PAS777 in October of the same year.[10]

The company is currently creating a vehicle recycling plant in Minas Gerais (Brasil) in collaboration with the Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais (Cefet-MG).[11]

Timeline of History

References

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  2. ↑ Matsumoto, Mitsutaka; Nakamura, N; Takenata, T (13 September 2010). "Business constraints in reuse services". Technology and Society Magazine: 55–63. doi:10.1109/MTS.2010.938104. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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  6. ↑ Abe, Arata; Hiraiwa, Yukihiro (January 31, 2014). "A estudy on overseas development of Automobile Recycling Industry" (PDF). Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University. 63: 13. ISSN 1349-810X. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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  9. ↑ "IREC". International Recycling Education Center (IREC). Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "PAS777". PAS777:2013. Sun Partners Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  11. ↑ SIMÕES, LETÍCIA (16 October 2014). "Cefet-MG vai reciclar veículos". O tempo. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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  13. ↑ "認定企業一覧". Ishikawa Prefecture (Official). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "業務改革事例". IT Coordinators association. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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  18. ↑ 宇賀神, 宰司 (June 12, 2009). "【隠れた世界企業】58カ国に中古エンジン売る". Nikkei Business Online. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  19. ↑ Kondo, Norihiko (February 2011). エコで世界を元気にする！: 価値を再生する「静脈産業」の確立を目指して. PHP. pp. 235p. ISBN 9784569795393. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  20. ↑ Holroyd, Carin (31 Mar 2015). "Japan's Green Growth Policies: Domestic Engagement, Global Possibilities". The Japanese Political Economy. 40 (3-4): 12. doi:10.1080/2329194X.2014.998590. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  21. ↑ Crusoe, Osagie (August 20, 2013). "SMEDAN, Japanese Firm Synergise on Auto Recycling Plant". ThisDayLive. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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  23. ↑ "【Featuring Africa】チャレンジしがいのある大陸、アフリカ". JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "2013年 第13回 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Japan". EY Building a Better Working World. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  25. ↑ "グレートカンパニーアワード". Funai Corporation´s Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Kaiho Middle East". Kaiho Middle East. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  27. ↑ Al Mazrouei, Saud Salim (October 28, 2015). "Sharjah ideal market to introduce PAS777". Zawya. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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