Company Overview
- Company
Name - Artec Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- April 5th, 1960
- Capital
- JPY40 million
- Our
Business - Artec both produces and sells educational materials for subjects including robotics, art and calligraphy in addition to premium gifts. We also deliver a line of learning franchises of every shape for every age.
- Executive
Officers - Chairman Yasumasa Uno, President Etsu Fujiwara, Director Masato Fukunaga, Director Seiichi Nakashima, Director Jun Sakurai
- Employees
- 330(155 full-time, 175 part-time)
- Location
-
Osaka Headquarters
3-2-21 Kitakamei-cho, Yao, Osaka 581-0066
Tel: +81-72-990-5510
Fax: +81-72-990-5525
Tokyo Branch Office
Sumitomo Shoji Kanda Izumicho Building 11F
Kanda Izumicho 1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0024
Yao Logistics Center
1-2-16 Kyuhoji, Yao, Osaka 581-0072
Osaka Headquarters
Tokyo Branch Office
- Associations
- Japan Association of Educational Materials Manufacturers, Association of Digital Textbooks and Teaching, The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Japan Toy Association
- History
-
- 1960 -
- Ishii Co., Ltd. is founded as a manufacturer and seller of educational goods
- 1983 -
- Sales expanded to Kyushu and eastern Japan
- 1987 -
- Imports from Indonesia and China begin
- 1989 -
- Ishii Co., Ltd. becomes Artec Co., Ltd.
- 1991 -
- Tokyo Office opened
- 1994 -
- Logistics Center opened in Yao, Osaka
- 1997 -
- Headquarters moved to Yao, Osaka
- 2001 -
- Introduction of automated distribution system
- 2009 -
- New headquarters constructed in Kitakameicho, Yao, Osaka
- 2012 -
- Tokyo Branch Office moved to Chiyoda ward
- 2015 -
- Franchising with the Artec Coding Class begins
- 2016 -
- Collaboration with Gakken begins
- 2017 -
- Launch of the URC international robotics competition for elementary and middle schoolers
- 2018 -
- Artec awarded in the 7th METI Monodzukuri Winners
- 2019 -
- Appearance at the G20 Osaka Summit
- 2020 -
- Artec introduces range of personal protective equipment and senior care products