Company Overview & History

Overview

Company Name Kabushiki Kaisha Arcs
Address Head Office
Establishment June 17, 1977（as "Japan Clean K.K."）
Incorporated April 1, 1994 (via company name change）
Legal Representative CEO:
Business Segments
  1. Building Maintenance
  2. Cleaning Services
  3. Collection & transport of industrial waste
Paid-in Capital JPY 20,000,000
Fiscal Period June 1 - May 31
Sales 1,260,000,000 yen (2019）
Employees
  • Total 254（As of May 31, 2019）
  • Regular employees 48; contract employees 304（average age of regular employees 33.5）
Telephone
  • TEL：
  • FAX：
Webサイト
Business segments per Articles of Incorporation
  1. Cleaning services
  2. Building maintenance and sanitary services
  3. General and industrial waste collection and transport
  4. Comprehensive waste food oil recycling program development
  5. Development and sale of food-based fuels from waste plant oils
  6. Roadway, waterway and plumbing maintenance
  7. General construction
  8. Pipe construction
  9. Dredging operations
  10. Air-quality measurement services
  11. Water tank maintenance and construction
  12. Rental and sales of equipment and materials related to the above
  13. All activities related to the businesses listed above

（As Registered, February 7, 2015）
Facilities Anjo Center
  • Facility name: Anjo Center
  • Address: 52-1 Minamiyochi, Higashibata-cho, Anjo-shi, Aichi 444-1213 JAPAN
  • Phone: 0566-92-5401
  • FAX: 0566-92-5402
Sendai Center
  • Facility name: Sendai Center
  • Address: 4-4-8 Yaotomechuo, #202, Izumi-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi 981-3135 JAPAN
  • Tel: 090-5188-0625
Anjo Eco-Station
  • Facility name: Anjo Eco-Station
  • Location: 174 Nakajima Takatana-cho, Anjo-shi, Aichi 446-0053 JAPAN
Directors CEO
Director Noriyoshi Niimi
Director Yoshinobu Hiraiwa
Auditor Chie Horigome
Main financial institutions
  • The Hekikai Shinkin Bank, Yahagi Branch
  • The Bank of Nagoya, Okazaki Branch
  • The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Okazaki Branch
  • The Okazaki Shinkin Bank, Yahagi Branch
  • The Nishio Shinkin Bank, Yahagi Branch
  • MUFG Bank, Okazaki Branch

History

1977-1978 1st Fiscal year
  • Japan Clean K.K. founded in Yamato-cho, Okazaki City
  • Founding president: Morihiko Tsuruta
1978-1979 2nd Fiscal year Terukazu Kato becomes president
1979-1980 3rd Fiscal year Started water tank cleaning business
1980-1981 4th Fiscal year Started collection and transport of general waste (in limited areas)
1981-1982 5th Fiscal year Kachitsugi Nagasaka becomes president
1982-1983 6th Fiscal year Started insect control business
1983-1984 7th Fiscal year Registered to provide security services
1984-1985 8th Fiscal year Constructed and moved to new offices (Higashiodomo-cho, Okazaki)
1985-1986 9th Fiscal year Began broad adoption of electronic office systems
1986-1987 10th Fiscal year Registered to provide building cleaning services (Aichi Pref.)
1987-1988 11th Fiscal year Began regional training workshops
1988-1989 12th Fiscal year Began networking & social events
1989-1990 13th Fiscal year Established Teliott K.K.
1990-1991 14th Fiscal year Began Corporate Identity program
1991-1992 15th Fiscal year Began employee leisure trips
1992-1993 16th Fiscal year
  • Established internal newsletter "Arco Tsushin"
  • Began employee training with Nissoken Co.
1993-1994 17th Fiscal year Began the "Arco Training Seminar" for all employees
1994-1995 18th Fiscal year Constructed and moved to new offices
1995-1996 19th Fiscal year Merged with Teliott K.K.
1996-1997 20th Fiscal year
  • Changed name to K.K. Arcs (Yahagi-cho, Okazaki City)
  • Paid-in capital increased to 20 million yen
1997-1998 21st Fiscal year
  • Management guideline report published
  • Started Environmental Protection services
  • Registered to collect and transport industrial waste (Aichi Pref., Toyoda City, Toyohashi City)
1998-1999 22nd Fiscal year
  • Published Management Plan report
  • Registered to collect and transport industrial waste (Nagoya City)
1999-2000 23rd Fiscal year Revamped communications infrastructure, added Internet capability
2000-2001 24th Fiscal year
  • Commended by Aichi Governor for handicapper hiring
  • Installed server-client system
2001-2002 25th Fiscal year
  • Celebrated "Alco Day" for our 25th anniversary
  • Improved internal LAN infrastructure
2002-2003 26th Fiscal year Registered to collect and transport industrial waste (Gifu Pref., Mie Pref.)
2003-2004 27th Fiscal year Adopted manager training programs
2004-2005 28th Fiscal year Added more Environmental Protection vehicles (Large vacuum trucks)
2005-2006 29th Fiscal year Acquired domain "e-arcs"
2006-2007 30th Fiscal year
  • Established website at "www.e-arcs"
  • Began program to honor outstanding employees
2007-2008 31st Fiscal year
  • Opened office in Isshiki-cho
  • Registered as Aichi Pref. "Family Friendly" Company
  • Registered to collect and transport industrial waste (Okazaki City, Gifu City, Hamamatsu City)
2008-2009 32nd Fiscal year Registered to collect and transport industrial waste (Nagano Pref., Osaka Pref.)
2009-2010 33rd Fiscal year
  • Started fryer oil collection services
  • Registered to collect and transport industrial waste
    （Shizuoka Pref., Nagano Pref., Shiga Pref., Fukui Pref., Ishikawa Pref., Toyama Pref.)
2010-2011 34th Fiscal year
  • Registered to collect and transport industrial waste（Saitama Pref., Niigata Pref.）
  • Opened Eco-Terminal（Takatana-cho, Anjo City）
2011-2012 35th Fiscal year
  • Received "Eco-Action 21" certification
  • Opened Ichinomiya Center (Ichinomiya City, Aichi Pref.)
  • Started waste oil reclamation operations
2012-2013 36th Fiscal year
  • Kachitsugi Nagasaka becomes chairman, Ryo Nagasaka becomes CEO
  • Core management systems moved to cloud services
  • Adopted tablets and smartphones
  • Acquired large suction trucks with highest capacity in Japan
  • Opened Anjo Center (Anjo City, Aichi Pref.)
2013-2014 37th Fiscal year
  • Opened Sendai Center (Sendai City, Miyagi Pref.)
  • Started fiberscope A/C cleaning services
  • Received first-ever "High Quality Designation" for industrial waste-related business (from Osaka Pref., Nagano Pref.)
  • Established VPN (virtual private network) between facilities and began web-based meetings
  • Registered to collect and transport industrial waste（Kyoto Pref.）
2014-2015 38th Fiscal year
  • Opened Minokamo Center (Minokamo City, Gifu Pref.)
  • Registered to collect and transport industrial waste（Yamanashi Pref.）
2015-2016 39th Fiscal year
  • Started Arcs Point service
  • First appearance at "Messe Nagoya" corporate show
    Began monthly release of sales pamphlet "OTOKU-BIN"
  • Adopted "Pepper" robotic reception system
2017-2018 41st Fiscal year Acquired "Laser blast" cleaning machine
2019-2020 43rd Fiscal year Present period

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