Our History

We started our business as a small architectural hardware shop in 1950.
We established Tokyo branch, Nagoya branch, and Fukuoka branch. For our continuous market expansion, we also founded our own factory in China to meet the globalization of the market.

1950
Founded Takeshita Shouten in Osaka, manufacturing and selling architectural hardware.
1957
Started to manufacture and sell hardware for electric appliances.
1958
Started to manufacture and sell interior hardware.
1959
Incorporated as Takeshita Shouten Co., Ltd.
1965
Changed the company name to ‘Takeshita Kinzoku Co., Ltd.’
1967
Established the head office and a sales department in Osaka.
1969
Established a branch office in Tokyo.
1973
Established a sales office in Nagoya.
1983
Started to import furniture fittings from European countries.
1992
Changed the company name to ‘Geo. Prince Takeshita Co., Ltd.’.
Geo. Prince Takeshita Co., Ltd. builds our new head quarters in Higashi Osaka city.
2000
Moved Tokyo branch office to Kikukawa, Sumida-ku.
2001
Established our own factory in Shenzhen, China.
2007
Established a sales office in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.
2007
Moved Nagoya sales office to Nonami, Tenpaku-ku, and it became Nagoya Branch.
2013
Established a GEO.PRINCE TECHNOLOGY (Shenzhen) CO.,LTD..