I started my business life with engagement in one of leading chemical products trading company immediately after graduated from university, and have acquired diversity of business knowledge and management skill in a joint venture with the world biggest photographic manufacturer US based. In 1955, I joined Matsumoto Co., Ltd who is my family business firm distributing various envelope material after 23 years occupation in above companies. At the first moment in Matsumoto, I was intensely inspired by bamboo skin products, former president was handling, without any reason. " This is no doubt my article of fortune which will be able to contribute towards coming society in the field of food packs and envelopes industry !" said my own inspiration. Since then, I have strived for penetration of natural pack products,
concentrating on further R&D of bamboo skin products so that they fit modern trend of foods. As our integral mission, we are actively promoting environmental solution in food packing field. As well as further development in Tianjin, China,
We have started to build up tight partnership with domestic cooperative productions preserving unique technology of special paper and wooden material.
Akira Matsumoto
President
Head Quarter
COMPANY OUTLINE
Company Name |
Matsumoto Co., Ltd. |
Head Quarter |
3131 abe ochiai-cho Takahashi-shi okayama-ken 716-0061 Japan
(phone) +81 866 22 5511 (facsimile)+81 866 22 5512 |
BAMLEE Business Unit |
424-35 Iijima-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa-ken, 244-0842
(phone) +81 45 895 2887 (facsimile) +81 45 895 2884
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China factory |
Matsumoto Tianjin Packages Co., Ltd.
(phone) +86 22 29538898 (facsimile) +86 22 29538858
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USA Office |
3616 delancey lane, concord, ca 94519-2357, u.s.a.
(phone) +1 925 687 2422 (facsimile) +1 925 687 5279
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Foundation |
March 1954 |
Establishment |
8 January, 1989 |
Capital fund |
10 million JPY |
Fiscal closing month |
Every June |
Board of directors |
President |
Akira Matsumoto |
Senior management director |
Masaru Matsumoto |
Director |
Hatsumi Matsumoto |
Director |
Daisuke Matsumoto |
Director |
Satoshi Matsumoto |
Corporate officer |
Takeo Narayama |
Corporate officer |
Tetsuo Takemura |
Auditor |
Kumiko Sasaki |
Business |
- Manufacturing and distribution containers, trays, and other packing materials
for foods, packing material and equipment.
- Wholesales of agricultural and fisheries foods processed,
- Sales of gift goods for celebrations and daily miscellaneous sundries |
History
- Mar. 1954
- Founded in Takahashi city, Okayama pref., as a manufacturer /distributor of bamboo leaf products.
- Apr. 1958
- Started to distribute bamboo skin envelopes to all major meat shops in Okayama prefecture.
- Jan. 1988
- Established Matsumoto Co., Ltd and extended handling articles to general food packages widely.
- May. 1995
- Started import from China.
- Oct. 1998
- Launched the first original bamboo skin container in domestic market.
- Jan. 2001
- The original bamboo skin lunch box used for Japan Railway Box Lunch won
big popularity.
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- The popularity of natural bamboo skin lunch boxes in railway stations have jumped up since reported on TV and newspapers.
- Nov. 2001
- Newly established Matsumoto Tianjin Packages Co., Ltd. in China.
- Mar. 2004
- Wooden products manufactured in domestic factories went on the market.
- Jul. 2005
- Organized Natural Pack Division ( head office in Yokohama) aiming at
enhancing natural material products development.
- Jan. 2007
- Launched bamboo skin printed paper containers, utilizing water and oil resistant special paper.
- Sep. 2007
- Got started new Corporate Identity Project with new BAMLEE logo.
- Oct. 2008
- Newly established USA office in California.
- Jan.2009
- Natupack Products Business Unit was changed to BAMLEE Business Unit.
- Jan.2010
- BAMLEE HQ was transferred to Yokohama from Okayama
- Jan.2010
- Epie, new brand of Paper Products, was launched.
- Jan.2010
- Introduced One-Pla ORI, newly developed product suitable for quickly heating cocking
- Jul.2010
- Legal Head Quarter was transferred to Takakura-cho, Okayama.
- Jul.2011
- All HQ functions were integrated into Yokohama
- Oct.2011
- Started Bamboo Powder business
- Jan.2012
- regina, new brand of hybrid plastic with bamboo was launched.