| Company name | EPOCH COMPANY, LTD. |
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| 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 |
| Number of employees | 219 |
| Locations |
Head Office |
| 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 |
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| 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
