company info

Company Name	TOMY INCORPORATED
Foundation	December, 1959
Established	April, 1966
Paid-in Capital	50,000,000 yen
President	Nobu Kawaguchi
Number of Employees	275 (as of Jul, 2023)
Business Contents	research & development, manufacturing, sales of orthodontic appliances

Tokyo Head Office	3-16-7 Midori-cho, Fuchu-city, Tokyo, 183-0006 Japan Phone:042-363-1151 (from overseas:81-42-363-1151)


Yumoto Factory	100-1 Bessyo, Jobanfujiwara-machi, Iwaki-city, Fukushima, 972-8326 Japan Phone:0246-42-3883 (from overseas:81-246-42-3883)

Dec.	1959	Founded a business.
	1961	Succeeded in trial manufacture of brackets.
Jul.	1962	Organized Tomy Institute.
Apr.	1966	Established Tomy Ltd. in Tamagawa, Chofu-shi, Tokyo.
Jan.	1974	Registered the branch establishment in Shinmachi, Ohkuma-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken.
Mar.	1974	Moved a factory to the above address.
	1975	Introduced Micro-Loc bases.
	1978	Launched AccuArch brackets.
Sep.	1981	Changed an organization status from Tomy Ltd. to Tomy Inc..
May	1983	Built a north building (N factory).
Dec.	1983	Established Tomy International Inc..
	1985	Launched the first ceramic brackets in the world.
	1985	Produced super elasticity NiTi arch-wires.
	1986	Launched MicroArch brackets.
	1987	Released MIM buccal tubes.
	1989	Developed plastic brackets.
Nov.	1989	Furnished SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) made by JEOL.
Feb.	1992	Completed a Tomy’s day-care center "KOARA NO MORI".
	1997	Released Ovation brackets.
Sep.	1997	Awarded ISO9001, EN46001 and CE Mark certification.
Oct.	1998	Furnished ICP(Inductively Coupled Plasma) analyzer made by SII.
May	1999	Built a south building (S factory).
Nov.	1999	A delivery center moved to Yahata-machi, Fuchuu-shi, Tokyo.
	2000	Exported In-Ovation brackets.
Aug.	2000	Furnished EPMA (Electron Probe Micro Analyzer) made by SHIMADZU.
Apr.	2001	Head office registration was transfered to Ohkuma-machi, Futaba-gun, Fukushima-ken from Chofu-shi, Tokyo.
Sep.	2003	Awarded ISO13485:2003 certification.
	2011	Yumoto Factory built in Iwaki-shi.
	2013	Construction of a new manufacturing building at the Yumoto Factory site.