"Serving society through technology," has been Kawada's mission since its inception in 1922. Our mission has been accomplished through technological innovations in a vast range of operations, including projects involving transportation, energy, and information, all basic necessities of society. Our bridges, for example, continue to be the world standard, and our buildings and city structures provide the infrastructure for an ever-changing, mobile society.
We take exceptional pride in our ability to contribute to the realisation of projects of historical interest. These projects not only benefit society, but also provide our workforce with vibrant, self-fufilling work.
Kawada is committed to continue to challenge the limits in cutting-edge technology to provide the urban infrastructure that people need to lead healthy and comfortable lives.
In 1922, Chutaro Kawada, a blacksmith, started "Kawada Ironworks" in a small Japanese town in Toyama Prefecture. Since this humble beginning almost 90 years ago, the little steel shop has transformed itself into a multi-faceted corporation known for its quality, customer service, and innovation.
Kawada has built its reputation on high quality steel structures, and has become an industry leader with its comprehensive services, cost-effective strategies and first in the world projects:
- “One Stop” for Sophisticated Projects. We are one of very few companies in the world that can undertake the whole of design, fabrication, erection, and repair/maintenance of not just steel, but concrete, as well as hybrid structures.
- World Class-World Scale Structures. Our projects include the world’s greatest bridges, breathtaking steel towers, monumental high-rise buildings, sports and cultural arenas (including retractable roofs), and transportation facilities.
- Leading Construction Technologies. Kawada is the world leader in space and material saving PreBeam™ structures (for bridge or building) and is the leading supplier of the steel-concrete hybrid bridge deck system – SC Deck™.
Our experience in construction and steel manufacturing naturally led us to innovations in green technologies for buildings, as well as in robotics designed for efficiencies and safety in manufacturing and construction:
- Midori-chan® is our in-house developed water-saving urban planting and garden system.
- GeoNeo® is an earth-coupled heat pump system for air conditioning and heating that will greatly decrease water usage and CO2 emissions.
- Our Humanoid Robots including HRP-2, have served as the platform for the world’s top robotics researchers and have won numerous awards in the robotics field. To meet demands for labor cost savings and man-power, our Mechatronics Group developed and introduced NEXTAGE™ in 2009.
We are proud of how far our "little steel shop" has come. As long as customers seek solutions that meet the challenges of limited resources and a greener society, we will provide excellence in engineering advancements and innovative systems.
| Company Name | Kawada Industries, Inc. |
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| Headquarters | 1-3-11 Takinogawa, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan 114-8562 | |
| President | Tadahiro Kawada | |
| Date of Establishment | 2nd May 1922 | |
| Common Stock | JPY 9,601,000,000 (as of March 2011) | |
| Employees | 1,062 (as of March 2011) 1,915 (Consolidated) | |
| Operating Revenue | JPY 64,284,000,000 (Consolidated) | |
| Main Certification | ISO9001, ISO14001:2004, and AISC | |
| Listed Stock | First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange |
- Design, Fabrication, and Construction of
Steel Bridges and Structures - Architectural Services
- Robotics and Unmanned Vehicles (R & D)
- Electrical / Mechanical Engineering Services
Tokyo Headquarters: Design, development and construction of steel bridges and steel-concrete bridges and beams.
Construction of steel structures.
Osaka Branch Office: Design, development and construction of steel bridges and steel-concrete bridges and beams.
Architecture Division (Tokyo / Toyama): Design and construction of buildings and industrial metal frame buildings.
Architecture Division (Tokyo / Toyama): Design and construction of buildings and industrial metal frame buildings.
- Standard for Steel Building Structures, Simple Steel Bridges and Major Steel Bridges
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