About HONMA
Corporate Facts
| Company Name | HONMA GOLF CO.,LTD. |
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| Founded | Feb 18,1959 |
| Year end | March 31 |
| Employees | 721 (As of March 31,2016) |
| Address (Head Office) | 35F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,PO Box#62, 6-10-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku,Tokyo 1066135 |
| Company Name | Honma Golf U.S., LTD. |
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| Address | 6330 Gateway Dr. Suite A, Cypress, CA 90630 |
| Tel | 1-424-263-4821 |
| Hours | 09:00～18:00 |
Business
- Manufacturing and sales of Golf clubs.
- Manufacturing and sales of Golf equipment.
International
- Honma Golf Japan
http://www.honmagolf.co.jp/ - Honma Golf Hong Kong
http://www.honma.hk/ - Honma Golf Korea
http://www.honmagolf.co.jp/kr/
SAKATA FACTORY
The Birth of "Made in Japan , SAKATA"We perform our in-house manufacturing processes at our campus located on an approximately 163,000 square meter parcel of land in Sakata City, Yamagata prefecture of Japan, which is staffed by approximately 360 skilled craftsmen, with an average of 27 years of work experience, as well as other support employees.
In our in-house manufacturing processes, we rely heavily on our skilled craftsmen, whose dedication to product quality enables us to maintain our status as one of the most prestigious and iconic brands in the golf industry.
Company History
| 1958 | Homma brothers opened a driving range in Tsurumi Yokohama. |
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| 1959 | Tsurumi Golf Center Co. (fore-runner of company) established. |
| 1963 | Honma Golf Club Manufacturing Co. established in Tsurumi. |
| 1971 | Osaka office opened. |
| 1972 | Tsurumi Golf Center Co. registered as Honma Co. (Jan) Nagoya office opened. (Nov) |
| 1973 | First carbon graphite "Black" shaft-installed woods marketed. |
| 1978 | "Honma" brand apparel and golf gear introduced. (Apr) Kyushu office opened.(Jul) |
| 1981 | Manufacture of carbon graphite shafts started at Honma Golf Club Manufacturing Co. (May) Honma Co. incorporated to Honma Co., Ltd. (Oct) Honma Golf Club Manufacturing Co. incorporated to Honma Golf Club Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Dec) |
| 1989 | Work started on 5th stage of Sakata factory. 5th and 6th stages to be started before September 1990. |
| 1990 | Honma Co., Ltd. re-registered as present Honma Golf Co., Ltd. |
| 1991 | Granted U.S. patent for titanium reinforced carbon shafts. |
| 1992 | Merged Honma Golf Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (manufacture of golf clubs and gear etc.) and Honma Golf Real Estate Co., Ltd.(the development and management of shops and golf courses) (Oct) |
| 1993 | Honma Golf West Japan Sales Co., Ltd. (agent in charge of whole Kyushu district) incorporated to Honma Golf Co.,Ltd. |
| 1995 | Expansion of shaft manufacturing section at Sakata Factory completed. (May) Shares registered with Japan Securities Dealers Association. (Aug) |
| 1996 | Expansion of Distribution Center at Sakata Factory started. (Jul) HONMA GOLF SINGAPORE PTE LTD opened. HONG KONG HONMA GOLF CO.,LIMITED opened. (Aug) TAIWAN HONMA GOLF CO.,LTD. opened. (Sep) |
| 1997 | HONMA GOLF SDN.BHD. [Malaysia] opened. (Jun) Expansion of Distribution Center at Sakata Factory completed. (Sep) HONMA GOLF (THAILAND) CO.,LTD. opened. (Oct) |
| 1998 | Assets and business of H.G.C.CO.,Ltd.(Aso Takamori Golf Club) purchased. Aso Takamori Golf Club opened. (Feb) Honma Public Wakayama Course opened. (Sep) |
| 1999 | The shares of HONG KONG HONMA GOLF CO.,LIMITED , HONMA GOLF SDN.BHD. and HONMA GOLF (THAILAND) CO., LTD. were transferred to HONMA GOLF SINGAPORE PTE LTD. |
| 2000 | The shares of TAIWAN HONMA GOLF CO., LTD. were transferred to HONMA GOLF SINGAPORE PTE LTD. |
| 2004 | Business of Aso Takamori Golf Club transferred to HONMA Woosung Co. (Apr) The shares were listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange. (Dec) |
| 2005 | Applied for Civil Rehabilitation Law (Court Protection of Assets for Restructuring) at the Tokyo District Court. (Jun 20th) Application accepted. (Jun 27th) Company shares delisted from the JASDAQ Securities Exchange. (Jul 21st) |
| 2006 | Restructuring plan approved by the Tokyo District Court . (Feb) Nikko antfactory K.K. and Milestone turnaround Management Co.,Ltd became new shareholders. (Mar) The Tokyo District Court approved the completion of our restructuring. (Jul) |
| 2007 | Takeover of Honma Golf Construction Co., Ltd. (Construction work, design, and maintanenace) (Nov) |