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LION... A Quality Office Products Resource
 The year was 1792. In Osaka, Japan, Lion Office Products was founded to manufacture and distribute a line of office supplies to business and industry.
Today, Lion has emerged as one of the largest suppliers of office products in the world. Two ultra modern distribution centers in Japan, plus 100 manufacturing operations, employ some 5,000 people in many nations.
Together, this multi-national team generates $500 million in annual sales of over 20,000 different office products ranging from simple paper clips to elegant executive office furniture.
Having survived as a growing and successful business enterprise through 212 years of wide-ranging economic conditions, political turmoil and devastating wars, Lion has truly stood the test of time-thanks primarily to the loyalty and support of our customers.
 Today, Lion is totally committed to investing in facilities and people whose purpose is to provide global resources for the office products users. Lion is also dedicated to working with the environment, by recycled products or environmentally-friendly products.
Our most serious goal is to provide high quality innovative products backed up by dependable service and sold at competitive prices.
We believe it's the only way to make sure Lion will still be taking care of customers at the end of the next two-hundred years!
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| 01. Company name |
Lion Office Products Corp. |
| 02. Address (Head-office) |
2-6-11, Higashi Nakano, Nakano-Ku,
Tokyo 164-0003, Japan |
| 03. Type of business |
Manufacturer, Wholesaler, Distributor, Exporter and Importer |
| 04. Products line |
Office products, Stationery, Office furniture, Business machines, Computer accessories, Gift-ware etc., |
| 05. Year established |
1792 |
| 06. Board of directors |
Mr. Yasushi FUKUI -Chairman
Mr. Yoshifumi KUWAHARA -President
Mr. Kuninori ISODA -Vice President
Mr. Akira KOHATA -Director
Mr. Mitsuru SAKURAI -Director
and other six Corporate Officers & three Auditors |
| 07. Capital paid |
JPY2,155,000,000.- (App. US$20,000,000.-) |
| 08. Fiscal year |
April to March |
| 09. Yearly turnover |
F/Y'106=JPY36,758,000,000.- (App. US$341,000,000.-) |
| 10. Number of employees |
430 |
| 11. Overseas operations |
Lion Office Products, Inc. -U.S.A.
Lion Office Products (Taiwan) Corp. -Taiwan R.O.C.
Lion Office Products Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. -China |
| 12. Office & Branches |
Head-office (Tokyo), Headquarters (Tokyo & Osaka),
7 Branches, 22 Regional offices, 2 Distribution centers,
1 Presentation center |
| 13. Factories/Subsidiaries |
Sunlitec Co., Ltd. -Office supplies & Office furniture
Lion Files Co., Ltd. -Files & Office supplies
Sanwa Broad Business Co., Ltd. -Numbering machines etc.,
Lion Logistics Co., Ltd. -Logistics
Lion Transportation Co., Ltd. -Logistics |
| 14. Bank references |
The Mizuho Bank Ltd., Kitahama-branch, Osaka, Japan
The UFJ Bank Ltd., Kitahama-branch, Osaka, Japan |
| 15. Official members |
Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
International Business Organization of Osaka Inc. (IBO) |
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1792
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 Kohachiro FUKUI established his company in the name of IMAZUYA dealing in writing materials called "Fude" in Japanese.
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1881
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 Started handling modern stationery such as Pen-nib, Ink and using the trade-mark Lion. |
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1921
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 Reorganized IMAZUYA into FUKUI SHOTEN Co., Ltd. A wide range of stationery products were sold, such as pencils, fountain pens, punches, numbering machines, files, drawing instruments etc. |
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1937
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 Hirano Factory was set up, which was an antecedence of FUKUI Industry Co., Ltd. |
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1945
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Changed the firm name to FUKUI & Co., Ltd. |
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1964
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 Lion Filing Co., Ltd. was set up to manufacture various kind of files. |
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1972
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 Lion Office Products, Inc. was established in the United States. |
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1980
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 Changed the firm name to Lion Office Products Corp.
Singapore Representative Office was opened. (This office has been already closed and activities were succeeded by our local distributor.) |
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1988
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Aioi Distribution Center in Hyogo pref. was set up to serve western Japan. |
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1989
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 Otone Distribution Center in Saitama pref. was set up to serve eastern Japan. |
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1990
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 Europe Representative Office was opened in the Netherlands. (This office has been closed and activities were succeeded by our local distributor.) |
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1991
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 Presentation Center was opened in Shinjuku, Tokyo. |
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1992
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 200th anniversary events were held.
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1998
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 Taiwan Representative Office was incorporated and started as Lion Office Products (Taiwan) Corp. |
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1999
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Lion Office Products Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established in China. |
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