Belmont Canada - Takara Company, Canada, Ltd.

Dear Visitor,

     Thank you for your interest in Belmont products. We have been manufacturing quality dental products for over 125 years, and have been a leading manufacturer in Canada's Dental industry for over 40 years now.

     Our customers are always our primary concern and focus at Belmont, and are our inspiration behind the driving force that excels Belmont to develop world leading, quality products for our customers to enjoy.

Sincerley,

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The employees of Takara Company, Canada, Ltd.

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 globalization 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.

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1-1, 2-Chome, Higashi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. 542-0083

1-19, 7-Chome, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 107-0052

October 5, 1921

July 1, 1951

300 million Yen

1230

Japan (14),  International (10)

Japan (71),  International (26)

48.0 billion Yen (as of end March 2004) (fiscal year from April to March)

68.0 billion Yen (as of end March 2004) (fiscal year from April to March)

Hairdressing related appliances and equipment
Beauty salon related appliances and equipment
Dentistry related apparatus and equipment
Medical related apparatus and equipment
Residential fittings and equipment
Hair cosmetics and foundation cosmetics
Manufacturing, sales, import/export, design and construction related to salons, shops and hospitals.

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Production of Barber chairs begins.

Construction Division begins operation.

Takara Company N.Y., Inc. (now Takara Belmont USA, Inc.) was established in New York, U.S.A. as our first overseas venture.

Entrance into Europe with Belmont Chairs London Ltd. (now Takara Belmont (U.K.) Ltd.)

Takara Company, Canada, Ltd. established in Toronto.

Sales begin of Dental / Medical devices.
Takara Compagnie Paris S.A.R.L. established in Paris.

Takara Company Europe GmbH was established in Frankfurt.
Purchase of Koken Inc. (St. Louis, now Koken Manufacturing Co., Inc.)

Takara Belmont Para America Do Sul established in Brazil.

Esthetic beauty treatment using machines introduced to Japan for the first time.

Singapore branch was established as liaison office for Southeast Asia.

Presence Paris S.P.A. was established under joint management with Italy's Maletti Corp.

TS Belmont (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. was established as joint venture with Ting Sing Trading Co., Ltd.

Takara International Nail College opened. Takara went into nail business.

Daewoong Belmont Co., Ltd was established in Soul as joint venture with Daewoong Medical Inc.

Takara Belmont (Korea) Corp. was established (joint venture) in Seoul.

Takara Belmont (Taiwan) Corp. was established in Taiwan.