{"id":2,"date":"2015-05-24T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T01:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kod-level.kir.jp\/en\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-11-29T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:51:19","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Greetings<\/h2>\n<p>Our motto is &#8220;Reliable quality and accuracy&#8221; in domestic and overseas market and we have been trying our best to meet user&#8217;s needs for about 90years as a pioneer in industry since our founder Denjiro Kotera started manufacturing Japan&#8217;s first level in Ichioka Mnato-ku Osaka in 1919.<br \/>We inherit &#8220;Manufacturer&#8217;s sprit&#8221; and &#8220;Technology&#8221; since our establishment, and set up integrated production systems that allow experienced technician to conduct from processing materials to assembly.<br \/>We carry out manufacturing of vials, processing frames, adjusting assembling accuracy under high technology and quality control.<br \/>We also acquired quality management system ISO 9001 certification in July 2001 and we are committed to make all efforts to manufacture the product to meet user&#8217;s demands.<br \/>We devote ourselves to our duty, spread the technology of a predecessor to all the staff and move ahead.<br \/>We hope to receive your continued patronage in the future.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ceo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">President<br \/>Tateki Kotera<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<table class=\"company\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr 1919<\/th>\n<td>Denjiro Kotera established &#8220;Kotera measuring instrument factory&#8221; and started manufacturing Japan&#8217;s first level in Ichioka Minato-ku Osaka-shi Osaka.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr 1944<\/th>\n<td>Established Akatsuki MFG. Ltd. in Ayabe-shi Kyoto and manufactured wooden emergency demand product for navy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Feb 1945<\/th>\n<td>Osaka factory was burned down due to the war damage and moved to Ayabe-shi Kyoto and restarted manufacturing levels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Aug 1945<\/th>\n<td>End of war. Restarted manufacturing levels on a large scale.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr 1976<\/th>\n<td>Changed company name to &#8220;Akatsuki MFG. Co., Ltd.&#8221; (capital 20,000,000yen).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul 1978<\/th>\n<td>Increased the capital to 30,000,000yen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Nov 1993<\/th>\n<td>Built new head office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Mar 2001<\/th>\n<td>Increased the capital to 40,000,000yen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul 2001<\/th>\n<td>Acquired ISO9001certification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Oct 2006<\/th>\n<td>Introduced laser maker.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>May 2012<\/th>\n<td>Opened Tokyo office (Akabanekita Kita-ku Tokyo).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sep 2012<\/th>\n<td>Opened Osaka office (Kosaka Higashiosaka-shi Osaka).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>May 2021<\/th>\n<td>Opened Aichi office (Shintomi-cho Kariya-shi Aichi).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Company Profile<\/h2>\n<h3>Head Office<\/h3>\n<table class=\"company\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Address<\/th>\n<td>53 Ishiburo Inokurashimmachi, Ayabe-shi, Kyoto, 623-0051 Japan\u00a0\n<div class=\"gmap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d26048.64309792419!2d135.248956!3d35.303984!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x5c27bd7bbd87c33d!2z77yI5qCq77yJ44Ki44Kr44OE44Kt6KO95L2c5omA!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sus!4v1436356900623\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Establishment<\/th>\n<td>April 1944<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>CEO<\/th>\n<td>Tateki Kotera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Phone<\/th>\n<td>0773-42-1001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>FAX<\/th>\n<td>0773-42-2043<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Email<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:info@kod-level.co.jp\">info@kod-level.co.jp<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Aichi Office<\/h3>\n<table class=\"company\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Address<\/th>\n<td>1F SOCIO Kariya Shintomicho<br \/>2-31-1 Kariya-shi Shintomi-cho, Aichi 448-0045 Japan\u00a0\n<div class=\"gmap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3268.0641767740212!2d137.00312691553415!3d35.00509858035756!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x60049d1c1a4e707f%3A0xe8a236cd7421396d!2z5pel5pys44CB44CSNDQ4LTAwNDUg5oSb55-l55yM5YiI6LC35biC5paw5a-M55S677yS5LiB55uu77yT77yR!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sau!4v1620888157650!5m2!1sja!2sau\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Phone<\/th>\n<td>0566-95-8380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>FAX<\/th>\n<td>0566-95-8390<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*All product will be shipped from Kyoto head office. Please contact head office (Phone: 0773-42-1001) for product enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Products<\/h2>\n<p>Various aluminium level, iron level, wood level, small level for machinery built-in and all-purpose level<br \/>Various plumb bob, gradient gauge for drainage, slope gauge alminium level, slant rule, level with a goniometer, drain tube centering level, plumb bob with catch, cutter scale, level for survey pole and laser level<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Request for catalog<\/h2>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a> to request a catalog.<br \/>Inquiries on custom-made product and gifts are also welcome. Please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"le-vel\">Mascot Character<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/le-vel-424x600.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings Our motto is &#8220;Reliable quality and accuracy&#8221; in domestic and overseas market and we have been trying our best to meet user&#8217;s needs for about 90years as a pioneer in industry since our founder Denjiro Kotera started manufacturing Japan&#8217;s first level in Ichioka Mnato-ku Osaka in 1919.We inherit &#8220;Manufacturer&#8217;s sprit&#8221; and &#8220;Technology&#8221; since our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":674,"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kod-level.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}