Company Profile
| Company Name | DAINICHI KASEI KOUGYOU CO., LTD. |
|---|---|
| Foundation | May 1965 (established in February 1964) |
| Chairman | Tsutomu Hirasawa |
| President | Masatsugu Hirasawa |
| Capital | 20,000,000 JPY |
| Number of Employees | 53 |
| Business Content | The Production of: ・Solid surfaces ・Acrylic sheets ・Polycarbonate sheets ・Granite ・Quartz surfaces ・Ultracompact surfaces ・Large size ceramic tiles |
| Access | Head Office 47-15, 4-chome,Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 168-0063, Japan TEL +81-3-3313-5245 FAX +81-3-3315-7700 Oyama Factory 1946, Awanomiya, Oyama,Tochigi, 329-0201, Japan TEL +81-285-22-4040 FAX +81-285-24-0076 |
Company History
2025
NOELSE’s kitchen sink design was granted a U.S. patent (US 12,312,787). Artition granted a patent for its three-dimensional structural design in Japan.
2024
Returns to ICFF New York with NOELSE and D healing-basin. Hosts a NOELSE launch event at the Cosentino New York City showroom, drawing approximately 100 New York designers and architects.
2023
Launches NECELA — Japan’s first domestically produced ceramic-and-glass composite material. NOELSE and D healing-basin exhibited at ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) in New York.
2022
Artition wins the inaugural Good Design New Hope Award.
2021
Co-develops Artition, a splash-guard partition with an innovative curved-surface design, in partnership with Keio University (Associate Professor Hajime Narukawa).
2019
“THE SINK NOELSE” trademark registered (with Jun Hamada). NOELSE design registration granted.
2018
NOELSE registered as a utility model in Japan. First Corian® fabrication by Dainichi Kasei featured in “Peep,” an installation by design studio we+ at Milan Design Week (Salone del Mobile / Materials Village).
2014
Begins fabrication of Dekton® — the sintered stone material that would become central to NOELSE’s most demanding designs.
2011
Becomes an officially contracted fabricator of Silestone® in Japan.
2009
Successfully developed the industry’s first heat-formed solid surface sink — the technical foundation that later made NOELSE’s seamless fabrication possible.
2006
Masatsugu Hirasawa becomes President, carrying the fabrication craft forward as its third generation of leadership.
1992
Reorganized and established as DAINICHI KASEI KOUGYOU CO., LTD. in its current corporate form.
1981
Begin fabrication of DuPont Corian® solid surface — the start of a decades-long relationship with the material that would later define NOELSE.
1967
Head office and factory relocated to Horinouchi, Suginami-ku — the company’s home to this day.
1965
Incorporated as Dainichi Kasei Kougyou Co., Ltd.
1964
Tsutomu Hirasawa founded Dainichi Kasei in Meguro, Tokyo, producing signage for Nichigeki, Takarazuka, and Imperial Theaters.