Uozu Iron Works

Japanese: 魚津鉄工所 - うおづてっこうしょ
Uozu Iron Works

…As early as 1936, the company began exporting fasteners to South America and Australia, and in 1938, it opened a new factory and changed its name to Yoshida Kogyosho. In 1942, it was reorganized as Yoshida Kogyosho Limited Liability Company, but the factory burned down in the March air raids of 1945, and Yoshida evacuated to his hometown of Uozu, Toyama Prefecture, where he bought Uozu Iron Works in June of the same year and began operating an ironworks business. In August of the same year, the company was renamed Yoshida Kogyo Co., Ltd., and in 1947, an office was opened in Tokyo, and in 1949, a factory was completed in Uozu with a complete integrated production system that covers everything from raw materials to finished fasteners. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Uozu Iron Works" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…36年には早くも南アメリカ,オーストラリアにファスナーを輸出するようになり,38年,工場を新設するとともに社名を吉田工業所に改称。42年に有限会社吉田工業所に改組したが,45年3月の大空襲で工場が焼失,吉田は郷里の富山県魚津に疎開し,そこで同年6月に魚津鉄工所を買収,鉄工事業を行う。同年8月社名を吉田工業(株)に改称,47年には東京に事務所を開設し,49年には魚津にファスナーの原料から製品までの完全一貫生産システムの工場を完成させた。…

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