Message from the CEO

　At Ohkusa Group, we believe our employees are our most valuable asset.
We offer our employees a challenging and rewarding career with the opportunity to continually demonstrate and cultivate their skills and abilities. Our workforce strives to successfully anticipate and respond to the ever-changing needs of our clients and the marketplace. We understand and adhere to the philosophy that the success of our clients and employees in turn leads to our success and contributes to well-being of the local community in which we are a part.

　From our location at the base of Mt. Asama, which has been gushing energy since the inception of our blue planet, we at Ohkusa Group keep our eyes turned to the world; to ensure that we continually act as a driving force for progress and the realization of future business goals and vision.

Masao Kobayashi
President & Chief Executive Officer

History

1882
Started as a hardware wholesaler in Nozawa, Saku city
1948
Opened Ueda branch
1949
Established Ohkusa Shoten Co., Ltd.
1951
Opened Nagano branch
1964
Established Ueda ready mix concrete plant
1966
Opened Matsumoto branch
1967
Established Ohkusa Readycon Karuizawa Co., Ltd.
(a ready mixed concrete plant) in Miyota
1968
  • Opened an iron and steel center in Saku
  • Acquired capital in Asahi Industries Co., Ltd.
1973
Established Tateshina macadam plant in Kyowa
1976
Succeeded to the capital from Karuizawa Concreet Co., Ltd.
1981
Acquired capital in Nikko Inc.
1993
Established an iron manufacture factory at Ueda branch
1997
  • Changed the trade name to Ohkusa-Matex Co., Ltd.
  • Opened a large shopping mall “Saku Inter Wave” in Saku
2003



Established Shinano Ready Mixed Concrete Inc. Ueda Ready Mixed Concrete plant, Sumihei Kosan Co., Ltd.’s Sakaki plant, and Takasawa Ready Mixed Concrete’s Maruko plant gave a contract manufacturing of ready mixed concrete to Shinano Ready Mixed Concrete Inc.
2004

Ohkusa Readycon Karuizawa Co., Ltd. gave a contract manufacturing of ready mixed concrete to Shinano Ready Mixed Concrete Inc.
2005




  • Separated the shopping mall “Saku Inter Wave” into a subsidiary “Saku Inter Wave Co., Ltd.”
  • Acquired Chikuma Kosan Industries Co., Ltd. (gravel and macadam manufacturing company in Komoro) as a subsidiary
  • Karuizawa Concrete Co.,Ltd. was merged into Ohkusa Readycon Karuizawa Co.,Ltd. ,and established Saku manufacturing olant for secondly concrete products.
2006
Acquired Tomikuraya Co., Ltd. (building material trading company in Nagano) as a subsidiary