Corporate Profile/History
Corporate Name
ARRK CORPORATION
Date of Establishment
December 10,1968 (Inception 1948.)
Location
Tokyo Head Office:
1-7-1 Senzui, Asaka-Shi, Saitama 351-0024
General Headquarters:
10F, Tatsuno Minami Hommachi Building,
2-2-9 Minami Hommachi, Chuo-Ku, Osaka-Shi, Osaka 541-0054, Japan
Capital
2,000 million yen
Number of Employees
3,883(As of March 31, 2020, including subsidiaries)
Business Areas
Comprehensive services related to the development of new products
- Manufacturing and marketing of industrial design models
- Planning, design and engineering of new products
- Engineering and manufacture of all types of tooling, and production and
marketing of small-lot moldings
History
August 1948
Found ARAKI SEISAKUSHO in Abeno-Ku, Osaka-Shi, as a manufacturer wooden products.
December 1968
Incorporated OSAKA DESIGN MODEL CENTER in Higashi-sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-Shi, for manufacturing industrial models.
October 1984
Model Maker Associates(currently ARRK North America) was established in New York, U.S.A.
October 1988
Model Makers Associate Ltd (currently ARRK PDG U.K.) was established in England and Wales, U.K.
December 1988
Design Model Manufacturing Thailand (currently ARRK Corporation (Thailand) ) was established in Bangkok, Thailand.
September 1989
Company name was changed to ARRK CORPORATION
July 2001
Joint Company ARRK Dison(currently ARRK Taiwan Co.,LTD) was established by Dison (Taiwan) and ARRK CORPORATION.
January 2004
ARRK PDG U.K. acquired NPL Technologies (U.K)(currently ARRK Europe Ltd.).
February 2005
ARRK PDG U.K. acquired PCL Group (Germany). (currently P+Z Engineering)
April 2005
October 2005
November 2007
Established business and capital ties with 3D AUTO PROTECH.
August 2014
OPI 11 Corporation, a subsidiary of ORIX became our parent company.
April 2015
Absorbing 3D AUTO PROTECH, which was wholly owned subsidiary.
October 2015
ARRK Dongguan established in China.
January 2018
Mitsui Chemicals Group became parent company
July 2020
Delisted from Tokyo Securities Exchange 1st section
August 2020
Mitsui Chemicals Group became wholly-owning parent company.
