Company History

Mid-Meiji Began glass business
1948 Established Kato Glass Co., Ltd., in Nishi-ku, Nagoya
1954 Changed Company name to Kato Biso Co., Ltd.,and began operations as a specialist in design and construction of stores
1965 Established the own factory in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture
1972 Established Tokai Biso Co., Ltd., in Nagoya
1973 Established Kato Kogei Co., Ltd.
1974 Kato Biso Co., Ltd., changed its trade name to Kato Development Co., Ltd.
At the same time, the trade name and operations of Kato Biso Co., Ltd., were taken over by Tokai Biso Co., Ltd.
1976 Opened Tokyo Office
1978 Opened Shizuoka Office
1979 Kato Kogei Co., Ltd., changed its trade name to Space System Research Institute Co., Ltd.
1980 Opened Osaka Office and Kanazawa Office
1981 Established Tokyo Kato Biso Co., Ltd., by spinning off Tokyo Office
1985 Space System Research Institute Co., Ltd., changed its trade name to Tokyo SPACE CO., LTD.
and the operations of Tokyo Kato Kogei Co., Ltd., were taken over by Space System Research Institute Co., Ltd.
1986 Established SPACE JAPAN CO., LTD. in Hong Kong
1989 Changed its trade name to SPACE CO., LTD.
1991 Acquired Tokyo SPACE CO., LTD. and Kato Development Co., Ltd.
1992 Opened Sapporo Office
1994 SPACE stock registered on the over-the-counter market of the Japan Securities Dealers Association.
Opened Yokohama Office, Fukuoka Office
1996 Opened Matsuyama Office
1997 Opened Sendai Office and Hiroshima Office
1998 Relocated the head office to Chuo-ku, Tokyo
1999 SPACE stock listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the second section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange
2010 Established SPACE SHANGHAI CO., LTD. in Shanghai
2012 SPACE stock listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2016 Opened Okinawa Office
2018 Entered into a capital and business alliance with MSC CO., LTD.
2022 SPACE transferred to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange