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Company Information and History

Company name EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
Established May 6, 1958
Capital ¥380 million
Business description Development and manufacture of toys, hobby products, and general goods, and expansion of sales in the global market
Executives

President and CEOMichihiro Maeda
Executive DirectorKazuhiro Onoda
Executive DirectorKoichi Abe
DirectorMasao Akiba
Outside DirectorShinya Nagasawa
Outside AuditorMasayuki Morii
Executive OfficerAkira Muto
Executive OfficerYasuro Tomatsuri

Number of employees 219
Locations

Head Office
2-2, Komagata 2-chome, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-8618

History

1958

EPOCH COMPANY, LTD. is founded by Taketora Maeda and three others in the Kikuyabashi area of Taito ward, Tokyo

Taketora Maeda becomes president and begins planning, manufacturing and selling games

1970

Epoch holds an exhibit at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair in West Germany (now Germany) and participates every year since

1988

Epoch Toys is established in Hong Kong as a base for overseas production management

1995

Taketora Maeda becomes chairman and Michihiro Maeda becomes president

2008

American sales company Epoch Playthings L.L.C. is acquired

2011

EPOCH Holland is established in the Netherlands as a European logistics base

Epoch Traumwiesen is established in Germany as a distributor for the Epoch Group

Heisei Toys (Ji'an) is established in Jiangxi Province, China as a factory for the Epoch Group

2012

Epoch Kogyo is established in Guangdong Province, China as a factory for the Epoch Group

Epoch Magia is established in Brazil as a distributor for the Epoch Group

Epoch D'enfance is established in France as a distributor for the Epoch Group

2013

Yibao Toys is established in Shanghai, China as a distributor for the Epoch Group

Epoch-Making Toys is established in the UK as a distributor for the Epoch Group

2016

Epoch Toys LAO is established in Laos as a third factory for the Epoch Group

2017

Epoch Para Imaginar is established in Spain as a distributor for the Epoch Group

2019

Epoch Di Fantasia is established in Italy as a distributor for the Epoch Group

2023

EPOCH COMPANY, LTD. celebrates its 65th anniversary

As of April 2023