COMPANY

History

• 1947

  Tokyo Boeki Shokai, a predecessor of Tokyo Boeki Holdings Corporation established.

• 1953

  Successful inauguration of the first barter trade with China and using the newly formulated TOMAS Way, made us the forerunner of post-war Sino-Japanese trade.

• 1954

  Made the basis of steel related business and entered steel trading through becoming the appointed export agent　of Yawata Steel (now Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.).

• 1956

  Appointed as an export agent by Fuji Steel (now Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.).

• 1959

  Achieved large sales of hot rolled coils to John Lysaght, a subsidiary of B.H.P., Australia; opened representative offices in Moscow, USSR (now Russia); opened offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, New York, U.S., and Beijing, China over the 1959-65 period for full-scale international trading operations.

• 1962

  Achieved large sales of steel products to EEC (now EU).

• 1966

  Acquired sole Japanese distributorship for manganese ore from B.H.P., Australia; established close relationship with Australian market.

• 1974

  Established Qatar Steel Co., the first full-scale steel plant in the Middle East, through a joint venture; overseas production and multinational trading initiated.

• 1980

  Agreement with B.H.P., Australia to import Gregory coal on long-term basis finalized.

• 1983

  Invested in Quintette Coal, Canada to diversify overseas coal sources.

• 1995

  Founded Jinan Ludong Refractory Co., Ltd., a joint venture company, in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, for the manufacture and sale of refractory raw materials. Started to supply its products to the Japanese steel industries and contributed to the cost reduction.
  Established a new branch in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

• 1996

  Founded Shangyu Dongshun Refractory Co., Ltd., a joint venture company, in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, China, for reinforcement of the refractory raw material business.

• 1999

  Invested in Cook Resources Mining in Australia and promoted demand for slightly non-caking coal.

• 2001

  Founded TOMAS Trading (Shanghai) Corp. (now Tokyo Boeki (China) Ltd.).

• 2002

  Founded TOMAS (Tianjin) International Trade Co., Ltd. (now Tokyo Boeki (China) Ltd. Beijing Branch).
  Established a new branch in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

• 2003

  Kawasaki Refractories Co., Ltd. (now renamed Shinagawa Refractories Co., Ltd.) made an equity participation in Jinan Lu Dong Refractory Co., Ltd., China, to significantly beef up the manufacture and sale of refractory raw materials.

• 2004

  Established a new branch in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

• 2005

  Founded Tokyo Boeki (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a local corporation with 100% investment by Tokyo Boeki, in China for integration of the steel-making refractory business. This allows independent business operations in the Chinese market and an expansion in the sale of refractories and other business.

• 2006

  Established (incorporation-type company split) Tokyo Boeki Steel & Materials Ltd. (the current Tokyo Boeki Materials Ltd.),

• 2007

  Greeted the 60th anniversary of Tokyo Boeki Group.
  Established new branches in Kashima (Ibaraki), Chiba (Chiba) and Keihin (Kanagawa), Japan.

• 2008

  Launched a new representative office in Hanoi, Vietnam.

• 2009

  To enhance our business basis in China and keep up with rapid growth in the big market, renamed our major subsidiary in China from Tomas Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. To Tokyo Boeki (China) Co., Ltd.
  Invested in 150-Billion-Yen Coal Complex Project in Shanxi, China through the joint venture company Shanxi Jincheng Coal Chemical Development Co.,Ltd.
  Equity participation in Beijing Borui Tomas Motor Sales & Service Co., Ltd., in China.
  Established a new branch in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

• 2010

  Launched a new representative office in Jakarta, Indonesia.

• 2011

  Launched new representative offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Kolkata, India.

• 2013

  Tokyo Boeki Ltd. changed its name to Tokyo Boeki Holdings Corporation and increased its capital to 3 billion yen.
  Established a new branch in Kyushu, Japan(now Kyushu Sales Office)．

• 2014

  Tokyo Boeki Holdings Corporation increased its capital to 5 billion yen.

• 2017

  Tokyo Boeki Steel & Materials Ltd. changed its name to “Tokyo Boeki Materials Ltd.” and our head office moved to Kyobashi from Hachobori.
  Greeted the 70th anniversary of Tokyo Boeki Group.

• 2018

  Tokyo Boeki (China) Co., Ltd and Tokyo Boeki (Beijing) Co., Ltd. merged as Tokyo Boeki (China) .

• 2019

  Coal Complex Project started commercial production of coking coal.

• 2023

  Signed an exclusive distributorship agreement with Yonyou, China, for Japan for its scrap iron AI grading system.
  Acquired shares of Japan Advanced Roll Co., Ltd.