Our Domestic Subsidiary Will Merge with a Temporary Seating Manufacturer
Jan 10, 2024
Nippon Steel Trading Corporation (head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Shinichi Nakamura; hereinafter “NST”) hereby announces that one of its subsidiaries, NS Kenzai Hanbai Co., Ltd. (head office: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President: Shinichiro Kato; hereinafter “NS Kenzai Hanbai”), will merge with SK Co., Ltd. (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hiroyuki Muto; hereinafter “SK”), a 100% subsidiary of Nippon Steel Metal Products Co., Ltd.
1.Objectives
NS Kenzai Hanbai, which has strengths in the sale, processing, and manufacturing of building materials, will absorb SK, a company that offers event and other temporary seating solutions. Their merger will facilitate the optimization and improvement of their individual building capacities, allowing them to provide better service to customers, reinforce and expand sales platforms, and strengthen safety and compliance measures, in a step toward achieving greater customer satisfaction.
2.Overview of the merger
This is an absorption-type merger in which NS Kenzai Hanbai will be the surviving company and SK will be the absorbed company.
3.Overview of the companies (as of January 2024)
Surviving company | Absorbed company | |
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Company name | NS Kenzai Hanbai Co., Ltd. | SK Co., Ltd. |
Location of head office | Koto-ku, Tokyo | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
Name of representative | Shinichiro Kato | Hiroyuki Muto |
Businesses | Sale and manufacturing of building and civil engineering materials and other products | Design, manufacturing, sale, and lease of temporary seating and other systems |
Capital | 50 million yen | 40 million yen |
Foundation | June 1989 | February 1997 |
Ownership | Nippon Steel Trading Corporation: 58.63% Nippon Steel Metal Products Co., Ltd.: 41.37% |
Nippon Steel Metal Products Co., Ltd.: 100% |
Business bases | Head office and branch offices in Kansai, Tohoku, Tama, Chugoku, Kyushu, Urayasu, Iruma, Kitakanto, Kumagaya, Gunma, Hamamatsu, Tochigi and Chubu | Head office |
4.Date of merger
April 1, 2024 (scheduled)
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