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About FLEX JAPAN
Corporate plofile
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Company nameFLEX JAPAN INC.
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PresidentTakao Yajima
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Business typeManufacture,Distributor/Wholesaler
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Products/ServicesMen's & Ladies' Dress Shirts, Casual Shirts, Shirt Jackets
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Head office2451,Yashiro,Chikuma-shi,Nagano 387-8601,Japan
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Founded onMay,1940
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Capital300,000,000yen
History
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BackgroundThe ancestors of the company's founder has been involved in the textile business from the Edo Era.
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January,1952Starts manufacturing and distributing dress and business shirts.
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July,1984A new manufacturing company,Amakusa Kogen Shirts Co.,Ltd.(Currently Amakusa Flex Co., Ltd.),is established.
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December,1988Set up a joint venture operation in Indonesia: P.T.Flex Indonesia (a.s.k.Flexia)
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March,1990Set up a joint venture operation in China: Xiamen Flex Fashion Co.,Ltd.
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January,1992Set up a joint venture operation in China: Kunshan Flex Apparel Fashion Co.,Ltd.
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May,1995Set up a joint venture operation in China: Flex (Wuhan) Fashion Co.,Ltd.
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December,1995Set up a joint venture operation in China: Beijing Flex Fashion Co.,Ltd.
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January,2000Set up Flex Wear (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.
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February,2002Xiamen Kogen Garments Co.,Ltd. is established.
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December,2002Awarded ISO 14001 certification.
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May,2004Flex (Xiamen) Wear Co., Ltd. is established.
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September,2004Set up a joint venture operation in India: Celebrations Apparel Limited.
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July,2005Set up a joint venture operation in China: Wuxi Flex Textiles Co.,Ltd.
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February,2006Set up an exclusive plant in Myanmar: White Owl Fashion Co.,Ltd.
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August,2009ALADDIN LOGITEC CO.,LTD. is established.
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November,2012Acquired 100% ownership of White Owl Fashion Co., Ltd.
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March,2014Established a new joint operation factory in Bangladesh - Russel Garments
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September,2015Established a second new joint operation factory in Myanmar - White Owl Fashion Co., Ltd (Factory 2)
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2018Consolidation of Factory 1 into Factory 2.: White Owl Fashion Co.,Ltd.
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2021Launched the clothing recycling project "Re:Stitch" and unified the business and atelier name as "Hinata Kobo" in 2023.
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2023Opened "Hinata Atelier Futaba" in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. Featuring a combined shop and atelier, the facility offers clothing remake and reform services, as well as the production and sale of custom-made shirts.
Production
- HEADQUARTERS FACTORY/Nagano, Japan
- AMAKUSA FLEX CO.,LTD./Kumamoto,Japan
- HINATA ATELIER FUTABA/Fukushima, Japan
- PT. FLEX INDONESIA/Indonesia
- RUSSEL GARMENTS /Bangladesh
- WHITE OWL FASHION CO.,LTD./Myanmar