Japan
1921
Founding President Hidenobu Yoshikawa establishes Takara Chuzo Ltd.
Japan
1931
Production of Barber Chairs Begins
Japan
1938
Takara Chuzo becomes Takara Chukosho Co., Ltd.
Japan
1950
Manual hydraulic adjustable barber chairs are developed.
Japan
1951
The sales division of Takara Chukosho Co., Ltd. became independent and was established as Takara Chair Sales Co., Ltd.
United States
1956
Takara Company New York Inc. was established in New York City as an overseas subsidiary company. It was the first overseas step for Takara Chukosho.
United Kingdom
1959
The first step in Europe was taken with the establishment of the overseas affiliate Belmont Chairs London Ltd.
Global
1962
Model 808, the world’s first electric barber chair is launched and is a big hit instantly.
Global
1963
Takara Chukosho broadens reach into Beauty and Barber loan programs. Takara Chair Sales was a leader in the move to work with banks.
Germany
1966
In a joint partnership with the West German company Wella, Takara branched into hair care products.
Canada
1966
Takara Company Canada, Ltd. is established in Toronto.
France
1967
Takara Compagnie Paris S.A.R.L. Established in Paris, France
Germany
1969
The overseas affiliate Takara Company Europe Gmbh was established in Frankfurt, Germany.
Global
1969
Takara Chukosho and Takara Chair Sales merged (manufacturing and sales). The Japanese brand name Takara was joined with the international brand name Belmont to form Takara Belmont Co., Ltd.
United States
1969
Koken, Incorporated out of St. Louis, Missouri is acquired and Takara Belmont begins production of dental and medical equipment. Presently known as Koken Manufacturing Co., Inc.
United States
1969
In 1969 Takara belmont USA, Inc. headquarters moves to Somerset, NJ where we reside today.
Brazil
1972
The overseas affiliate Takara Belmont Para America Do Sul was established in Brazil.
United States
1974
Marble Products, manufacturer of sinks and bowls was established in 1974.
“Helping people fulfill their wish to stay beautiful and healthy by providing superior products and services is the Takara Belmont corporate goal.”
Hidetaka Yoshikawa
Takara Belmont Chairman & CEO
The pursuit of beauty and health is common to people of all countries, generations, and eras. And though we have been providing products and services in these fields for many years, thinking about the role we have been allowed to play with all of the many people in these industries continues to fill me with a sense of elation, as well as of the great responsibilities we shoulder.
The recent wave of digitalization and advancing globalism has brought with it unprecedented changes in corporate management and the way we live. And we expect society to increasingly look to our industry for answers to people’s growing needs in the beauty and health fields.
Valuing the customer is just as much a part of our ideals for the present and future as it was when we first got our start. Not only will we work to maximize the potential of the technologies and capabilities of the diverse human resources we have spent years developing, but we will also endeavor to improve upon them in the years to come. And we will continue to develop together with the industry by further creating value for customers with new products and enhanced services that appropriately respond to their needs.