Kaiho Sangyo Explained

Kaiho Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Native Name Lang:ja
Founder:Norihiko Kondo
Location City:Kanazawa
Location Country:Japan
Key People:Takayuki Kondo (president)
Norihiko Kondo (chairman)
Products:used Japanese cars, motors, auto parts
Foundation:May 1969

is a Japanese automobile recycling company based in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.[1]

History

In 1969 Norihiko Kondo founded Kondo Automobile Company Inc. in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. His company originally specialized in dismantling automobiles and selling scrap steel, aluminium and copper.

The turning point for the business came in 1991 when he sold 20 tons of used engines and suspension parts to a customer from Kuwait. In 1992, Kondo renamed his company Kaiho Sangyo and shifted his business from a simple car-scrapping company to a recycling reseller of used automobile parts in foreign countries.[2]

Revenue grew rapidly from 715 million yen in 2003 to 2.1 billion yen in 2008. Kaiho decided to invest in environmental management systems and product quality management systems in the early 2000s. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry awarded the IT Management Award for Small and Medium Enterprises to Kaiho in 2008.[3]

Kaiho Sangyo was the largest exporter of used automobile parts in Japan in 2010.[4] [5]

Kaiho's operating capacity in 2011 was 1200 vehicles per month, and it exported more than 20,000 engines annually to 74 countries with joint ventures in Thailand, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Singapore.[6]

Kaiho Sangyo founded the Re-Use Motorization Alliance (RUM Alliance) in April 2003[7] and the International Recycling Education Center (IREC) in April 2007.[8] The company developed a standard for rating the quality of used engines for export, called the Japan Reuse Standard (JRS). The JRS uses a five-level assessment for six items including compression, overheating and mileage.

In February 2013, Kaiho Sangyo submitted its own technical specification of JRS to the British Standard Institute (BSI), which was issued as the Publicly Available Specification PAS777 in October of the same year.[9]

Since April 2015, the company is led by Takayuki Kondo, son of Norihiko Kondo.[10]

The company was creating a vehicle recycling plant in Minas Gerais (Brazil) in collaboration with the Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais (Cefet-MG) in 2014.[11]

Timeline

Notes and References

  1. Book: Japan Trade Directory. 2005. Japan External Trade Organization . 9784882145745.
  2. Book: The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness. 9780199993314. Audretsch. David B.. Link. Albert N.. Walshok. Mary Lindenstein. 2015-08-03. Oxford University Press .
  3. Book: The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness. 9780199993314. Audretsch. David B.. Link. Albert N.. Walshok. Mary Lindenstein. 2015-08-03. Oxford University Press .
  4. Matsumoto. Mitsutaka. Nakamura. N. Takenata. T. Business constraints in reuse services. Technology and Society Magazine. 29. 3. 13 September 2010. 55–63. 10.1109/MTS.2010.938104. 39918893.
  5. Matsumoto. Mitsutaka. Business frameworks for sustainable society: a case study on reuse industries in Japan. Journal of Cleaner Production. November 2009. 17. 17. 1547–1555. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.07.011. 2009JCPro..17.1547M .
  6. Abe. Arata. Hiraiwa. Yukihiro. A estudy on overseas development of Automobile Recycling Industry. Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University. January 31, 2014. 63. 13. 14 October 2015. 1349-810X.
  7. Web site: RUM Alliance. RUM Alliance. 9 May 2015.
  8. Web site: IREC. International Recycling Education Center (IREC). 9 May 2015.
  9. Web site: PAS777. PAS777:2013. Sun Partners Co., Ltd. 9 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090739/http://www.pas777.com/index.php?page_id=1&lang=english. 4 March 2016.
  10. News: Taking Risks is an Effective Way to Make Big Profits. 9 May 2015. Nikkei Business Online. Satoshi Kawashima. June 11, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070703070804/http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/eng/20070611/126987/. 3 July 2007. dead.
  11. News: SIMÕES. LETÍCIA. Cefet-MG vai reciclar veículos. 9 October 2015. O tempo. 16 October 2014.
  12. Web site: About the RUM Alliance. RUM Alliance. 11 August 2015.
  13. Web site: 認定企業一覧. Ishikawa Prefecture (Official). 11 August 2015.
  14. Web site: 業務改革事例. IT Coordinators association. 11 August 2015.
  15. Web site: 中古自動車部品の需要者・供給者の情報共有で取引方法を変革した企業. The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. 11 August 2015.
  16. News: 川嶋. 諭. リスクこそ大きな利益を生み出す！ クルマのリサイクルで年30％成長. 14 October 2015. Nikkei Business Online. Jun 1, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055657/http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/manage/20070531/126062/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  17. Web site: 受賞企業・団体一覧（ハイ・サービス日本３００選）. サービス産業生産性協議会 (SPRING). 11 August 2015.
  18. News: 宇賀神. 宰司. 【隠れた世界企業】58カ国に中古エンジン売る. 14 October 2015. Nikkei Business Online. June 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055619/http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20090609/197117/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  19. Book: Kondo. Norihiko. エコで世界を元気にする！: 価値を再生する「静脈産業」の確立を目指して. February 2011. PHP. 9784569795393. 235p.
  20. Holroyd. Carin. Japan's Green Growth Policies: Domestic Engagement, Global Possibilities. The Japanese Political Economy. 31 Mar 2015. 40. 3–4. 12. 10.1080/2329194X.2014.998590. 154443178.
  21. News: Crusoe. Osagie. SMEDAN, Japanese Firm Synergise on Auto Recycling Plant. 19 October 2015. ThisDayLive. August 20, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927202630/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/smedan-japanese-firm-synergise-on-auto-recycling-plant/156729/. 27 September 2013.
  22. Web site: 第三回「アリババ サプライヤーDAY」が開催されました. Alibaba. 11 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150418181321/http://www.alibaba.co.jp/news/11/. 18 April 2015. dead.
  23. Web site: 【Featuring Africa】チャレンジしがいのある大陸、アフリカ. JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). 11 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202611/http://www.jica.go.jp/topics/news/2013/20130527_01.html. 4 March 2016. dead.
  24. Web site: 2013年 第13回 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Japan. EY Building a Better Working World. 11 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150812230829/http://www.shinnihon.or.jp/eoy/eoy/entrepreneur/2013.html. 12 August 2015.
  25. Web site: グレートカンパニーアワード. Funai Corporation´s Foundation. 11 August 2015.
  26. Web site: Kaiho Middle East. Kaiho Middle East. 9 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711195753/http://kaihomiddleeast.com/. 11 July 2015.
  27. News: Al Mazrouei. Saud Salim. Sharjah ideal market to introduce PAS777. 31 October 2015. Thomson Reuters. Zawya. October 28, 2015.

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