Hirose Group became a holding company in October 2017, and has made a new start.
We are a specialized corporate group consisting of various professional companies specializing in essential services for the foundation work of buildings, such as the heavy temporary steel structure construction business, reinforced earth method business and the maintenance of public utilities.
1938
2017
Established in 1938
1938Established Hirose Seizaburo Shoten Co., Ltd. in Itachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka
1959Opened the Tokyo Branch
1963Opened the Nagoya Office (current Nagoya Branch)
1964Changed the company name toHirose Steel Industrial Co., Ltd.
1967Opened the Hiroshima Office (current Chugoku Branch)
1969Opened the Fukuoka Office
1974Opened the Sendai Branch (current Tohoku Branch) and the Sapporo Branch (current Hokkaido Branch)
1975Opened the Shikoku Office (current Shikoku Branch)
1983Established the Singapore Liaison Office (later the Singapore Office) as our first overseas business base
1988Established Hirose (Thailand) Ltd. / Changed the company name to HIROSE & CO, LTD.
1989Established Caddec Co., Ltd.
1996Transferred management of the Singapore Office and Singapore Plant to HIROSE (ASIA) PTE. LTD.
2006Launched the Vietnam Liaison Office in Ho Chi Minh
2007Opened the Okinawa Office
2009Made Shinei Co., Ltd. a subsidiary by acquiring all its shares in November 2009
2011Established HIROSE MARUKEN VIETNAM COMPANY LTD.
2012Established HIROSE (ASIA) PTE. LTD. as headquarters of the Southeast Asian area / Made SeikoTone Co., Ltd. a subsidiary / Established HIROSE (VietNam) Hanoi Co., Ltd. / Made INDUSTRIAL LEASING CORPORATION an associate
2013Made INDUSTRIAL LEASING CORPORATION a subsidiary by acquiring additional shares in it
2014Tied up with Taiyo Co.,Ltd. / Established PT. HIROSE NUSANTARA INDONESIA / SeikoTone Co., Ltd. merged with Shinei Co., Ltd.
2017Made Nippon No-Dig Technology LTD. a subsidiary / Developed and Started the High Strength steel soil-retaining materials (40SMH) / Established Public Interest incorporated foundation The Geo-science Center Foundation / Shifted to a holding company system and changed the company name from HIROSE & CO., Ltd. to HIROSE HOLDINGS & CO.,LTD.; Split the business into two segments: HIROSE & CO., LTD. (heavy temporary steel construction structure business) and HIROSE HOKYODO & CO., LTD. (reinforced earth method business)
1960Opened the Tokyo Sunamachi Plant and the Osaka Fukuzaki Plant
1963Started handling H-beams
1964Opened the Nagoya Plant
1965Started handling road decks
1968Opened the Hiroshima Plant
1969Opened the Fukuoka Plant / Started the Silent Master Method / Opened the Osaka New Plant (current Osaka Plant)
1971Started handling temporary bridge materials (the Nikkenstar NT panel system)
1974Opened the Sendai Plant
1975Opened the Sapporo Plant
1976Entered into technical cooperation with Krupp (Germany) and started the KD-Bridge Method
1977Opened the Shiroi Plant and the Sakaide Plant
1980Started the SMW Method (in the Kanto area)
1984Opened the Tokyo Plant
1986Started Nikkenstar HS Truss
1988Developed the Pre-girder Method
1992Opened the Asahikawa Plant, and newly established the Sakaide Plant
2006Started the G-pilled jetty
2014Started the Hirose Mega Beam
2016Started the Hirose Twin Beam
2017Newly established due to company split
2024Business integration with TaiyoHirose Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1938
Newly established in 2017 due to company split
1974Started the Terre Armée Method
1979Entered into technical cooperation with Fondedile (Italy) and Started the Root Pile Method
1988Developed the DAGSIM Method
1992Entered into technical cooperation with Terre Armée (France) and started the TECH SPAN Method
1998Acquired permission from the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry to use the Terre Armée Method on retaining wall structures when developing building lots
2000Started the ConSpan Method
2001Developed the Super DAGSIM Method
2003Started NSS block
2005Developed and started the Super Terre Armée Method
2009Developed the Terra Trail EG6/Greening Terre Armée Method
2010Started selling Hirose Hyper Wall (HHW®)
2013Started the GS Reinforced soil system
2017Newly established due to company split
Established in 1953
Became a member of Hirose Group in 2016
1953Established as Daito Special Metals Co., Ltd. in Tokyo
1958Changed the company name to Taiyo Construction Materials Co., Ltd.
1964New Osaka Plant was completed in Daito City, Osaka
1966The head office was relocated from Tokyo to Daito City, Osaka. Accordingly, Osaka Branch was moved to the new head office.
1969Opened the Hiroshima Sales Office
1970The Hiroshima Plant was completed. / The Fukuoka Sales Office opened. / The Fukuoka Plant was completed.
1974New Hiroshima Plant was completed.
1979Opened the Kagoshima Sales Office
1981Opened the Wakayama Sales Office
1982The Kagoshima Plant was completed.
1990Changed the company name to Taiyo Co., Ltd. / Relocated the head office to Chuo-ku, Osaka / Each sales office changed to be called branch office.
1996Opened the Sanin Office
2002The new Sanin Office building was completed.
2004Opened the Okayama Office
2006Newly established the Kishiwada Plant
2009The head office and Osaka Branch were relocated to Doshomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
2014Tied up with HIROSE & CO., LTD.
2015Concluded a basic agreement with HIROSE & CO., LTD. to integrate their heavy temporary steel construction structure business in western Japan (Chugoku, Kyushu and Shikoku areas)
2016Started TaiyoHirose Co., Ltd.
2017Changed the name of Minami-kyushu Branch to Minami-kyushu Sales Office
2019The Kansai Branch was integrated into HIROSE & CO., LTD.
2020Relocated the head office to Narayamachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
2024Business integration with HIROSE & CO., LTD.
Established in 1989
1989Established the company
1990Started software development operations
1993Started the caddec network system
1996Expanded the head office building
2000Started a support system for drawing and integration of earth retaining
2004Started on-site supervision for Terre Armée Method and the Tech/Span Method
2007Started providing services to a Chinese company (in Dalian)
2008Started providing services to companies in Vietnam
Established in 1959
Became a member of Hirose Group in 2012
1959Established Tone Underground Technology Co., Ltd.
1965Established Seiko Industry Co., Ltd.
1976Developed SMW construction method (by Seiko Industry)
1986Carried out construction of the world's first underground dam in Miyakojima (by Seiko Industry)
1995Carried out construction of the outer underground discharge channel using the Underground Continuous Wall Method (wall thickness of 2.1 m and depth of 131 m) / Carried out Japan's deepest survey boring (2,714 m) in Rokkasho Village (by Tone Underground Technology)
2007Seiko Industry Co., Ltd. and Tone Underground Technology Co., Ltd. merged.
2012Became a member of Hirose Group
2014Merged with Shinei Co., Ltd.
2019Developed Flexible Ecology & Economy Method
Established in 1972
Became a member of Hirose Group in 2012
1972Established Japan Housing Industrial Leasing Corporation , the predecessor of INDUSTRIAL LEASING CORPORATION
1977Construction Industry License No. 47850 (General-52) issued by the Governor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
1984Established INDUSTRIAL LEASING CORPORATION (Started sales of tower cranes and jib cranes due to business transfer from Japan Housing Industrial Leasing Corporation) / Registered construction business with License General 59-10920 issued by Minister of Construction (scaffolding, earthwork and concrete, machine and equipment installation)
1986Integrated Osaka Branch and Osaka Plant under the name Osaka Branch, and relocated it to Habikino City, Osaka
1995Completed Ranzan Techno Center / Acquired ISO9001 for the first time in the construction equipment rental industry
1998Osaka Branch was completed (relocated from Habikino City).
2003Relocated head office to Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
2007Completed Umemino Techno Center
2009Relocated Osaka Branch / Changed the name of former Osaka Branch to Kanan Techno Center
2010Obtained a license for manufacturing overhead traveling cranes with a hoist
2011Obtained a license for manufacturing bridge cranes with a hoist
2012Concluded a capital tie-up with HIROSE & CO., LTD.
2014Installed Japan's largest tower crane JCL1000NK
2015Jointly developed movable opening/closing type tent with an inflammable membrane coating with KEIHIN TEC
2019Relocated the Osaka Branch to Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Established in 1994
Became a member of Hirose Group in 2017
1994Established Nippon No-Dig Technology LTD.
2001Executed the SPR Method with Omega-Liner for the first time
2002Joined the Japan SPR Method Association
2009Contractor tendering by Bureau of Sewerage, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2014Earned Rank B as a tendering contractor from Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2017Became a member of Hirose Group
2018Earned Rank A as a tendering contractor from Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Established in 1996
1983Opened the Singapore Liaison Office
1984Set up the Singapore Branch
1996Established HIROSE (Asia) PTE LTD. (Transferring management of the Singapore Office and Singapore Plant)
2009Changed the company name to HIROSE (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
Established 1988
1988Established Hirose (Thailand) Ltd.
Established in 2011
2006Launched the Vietnam Liaison Office in Ho Chi Minh
2011Established HIROSE MARUKEN VIETNAM COMPANY LTD.
2012Established Hirose (VIETNAM) HANOI Company Ltd., a local subsidiary in Hanoi, Vietnam
