Duco

orporate profile

[Office]

Company name Duco Co., Ltd.

Executive director Kazuko Ohori

Location 2-29-22 Higashi Tamagawa Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo, 194-0042

Phone/Fax Phone:+81-42-724-6623, Fax: +81-42-785-5438

E-mail nadesycco@duco.co.jp

Regular holiday Saturday and Sunday (office)

Founding date August 1979

Capital 10 million yen

Business contents Manufacture and repair of urushi lacquer products. Software development.

Development of new product. Desgining and sales of new product. Planning for exhibition. Construction and interior designing.

[Showroom/workshop]

Location 216-5 Higashi Nakano, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0351

Phone/Fax Phone:+81-42-724-6623, Fax: +81-42-785-5438

E-mail nadesycco@duco.co.jp

Busine Business Day Monday, Thursday and Friday. Reservation only.

Business contents Showroom of urushi lacquer material. Workshop of lacquer painting.Interior designing.

Consulting of house reforming and renovation

Business hour Reservation only. Please contact us to make appointment.

nadesycco@duco.co.jp

Corporate history

August 1979 Started painting business as Ohori Paint Shop.

October 1979 Established the urushi lacquer repairing studio NADESYCCO December 2003 Changed the company name to Duco Co., Ltd.

Established a corporation to launch the business of painting lacquer on metal and glass material

September 2005 Certified as the part of Tokyo Metropolis Management Innovation Plan (17 Industry Trade Bureau No. 379)

June 2006 Approved by Tokyo Metropolitan Government as the Subsidized Project for the Fiscal Year 2006 (Sales Channel Development Project)

February 2009 Together with Chahira Lacquerware Store, certified as "Regional Resource Utilization Plan" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

August 2012 Acquired the contractor’s license by Tokyo Metropolitan Government (General - 26)

About Rhus trademark

Products developed using the new materials are being marketed by the name of Rhus.

Rhus is the scientific name of Nurude plant, of the same Anacardiaceous (lacquer) family as urushi. The Latin name has the meaning of "lacquer tree".

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

①Assistance for product development planning｜Planning of product by other company Under the know-how of the lacquerware production gotten through repairing job, we support the production development of other companies.

We keep the level based on traditional craftsmanship, from product development all through to the manufac- turing management.

②Support up to sales planning｜Post-production support

Ever since the founding of first lacquerware repair shop in 1979, we supported and will support the reliable products that we use in daily life.

CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT

House reforming

We guarantee your satisfaction in reforming the houses and shops, designing interior and exterior in general all through to painting furniture and fixtures with our own handling,

Also, we propose to install urushi lacquer paint in some part of the interior, to create the space even more luxurious.

House renovation

We will plan and reform the business space for shops and offices, based on corporate plan and concept, to pursue the goal.

PROPOSAL FOR LIVING WITH NEW MATERIALS

Not only the development. We also design, make proposal and art-work , and do all the interior work to the finish of. Along with the work, we also give those who live in it, lectures and seminars on lacquer -- its characteristics, future prospects, ways of use and how to handle.

COLLABORATION WITH COMPANIES IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES

We are collaborating with other companies of different industries and add value of urushi culture to the new product born between us.

The typical example of this is the golf club of Majestic Golf & Co., Ltd., the golf club coated with urushi and decorated with maki-e. It was introduced as a traditional Japanese technology and sold in Taiwan, India, China and KoreaPLANNING DEPARTMENT

①Assistance for product development planning｜Planning of product by other company Under the know-how of the lacquerware production gotten through repairing job, we support the production development of other companies.

We keep the level based on traditional craftsmanship, from product development all through to the manufac- turing management.

②Support up to sales planning｜Post-production support

Ever since the founding of first lacquerware repair shop in 1979, we supported and will support the reliable products that we use in daily life.

CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT

House reforming

We guarantee your satisfaction in reforming the houses and shops, designing interior and exterior in general all through to painting furniture and fixtures with our own handling,

Also, we propose to install urushi lacquer paint in some part of the interior, to create the space even more luxurious.

House renovation

We will plan and reform the business space for shops and offices, based on corporate plan and concept, to pursue the goal.

PROPOSAL FOR LIVING WITH NEW MATERIALS

Not only the development. We also design, make proposal and art-work , and do all the interior work to the finish of. Along with the work, we also give those who live in it, lectures and seminars on lacquer -- its characteristics, future prospects, ways of use and how to handle.

COLLABORATION WITH COMPANIES IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES

We are collaborating with other companies of different industries and add value of urushi culture to the new product born between us.

The typical example of this is the golf club of Majestic Golf & Co., Ltd., the golf club coated with urushi and decorated with maki-e. It was introduced as a traditional Japanese technology and sold in Taiwan, India, China and Korea