About IWASAWA
Corporate Information
| Company Name | IWASAWA CO.,LTD. |
|---|---|
| Company Representative | Masayuki Iwasawa, President |
| Company Established | April 1, 1951 (Founded in April, 1925) |
| Company Address | 2-16-15, Kanagawa, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 221-0045, JAPAN |
| Capital | 60,000,000 JPY |
| Number of Employees | 204 (As of June 30, 2019) |
| Bank Information | Yokohama Bank (Oguchi Branch), Mizuho Bank (Yokohama Branch) |
| Business Office Locations | Kanagawa, Chiba, Tsukuba, Fujisawa, Yokkaichi, Akou |
| Factory Locations | Fujisawa, Tsukuba |
Business Description
Food Products Department
- Wholesaler at the Yokohama Central Wholesale Market.
- Exporting our products overseas.
- Fruit and vegetable processing industry.
Gas Department
- Sales of medical gas, industrial gas, medical devices and LP gas.
- Planning and inspecting for gas production facilties.
- Maintenance service for medical homecare devices.
- Manufacturing and filling medical oxygen gas and controling its quality.
Logistics Department
- Transporting high-pressure gas, medical gas and LP gas.
- The testing of pressure-resistance, coating, polishing and maintenance of high-pressure gas cylinders.
- Storing high-pressure gas cylinders.
Company Policy
At IWASAWA, ever since the company was established in 1925, we have been dedicated to accomplishing our mission: To contribute to local society.
Our company goals are:
-To deliver fresh and safe fruit and vegetables.
-Medical gas supply to hospitals and patients with a 24 hour-standby service.
-To supply various forms of gas.
We are active in a variety of fields closely related to daily life.
Kanagawa Prefecture where our company is located, envisions an ‘Ecologically Sustainable Society’, and promotes concrete realizations of this vision. Children have dreams and hopes for the future. At IWASAWA we strive for realizing dreams and visions by making incremental steps forwards.
Now, onward we go, we continue “to contribute to local society” by carrying out the spirit of our company’s founder.
The times are changing, yet our goal remains the same: To continue to offer our customers safe and high-quality services, to meet our consumers’ needs and to keep our production stable. As much as possible we also implement environmentally friendly practices.
The efforts and passions of each one of our employees are the driving force of IWASAWA.
Quality Policy
In order to keep on providing safe and high-quality products and services:
We have implemented ISO9001:2015 and will continue to improve our operations. In doing so, we continue to work for providing even better qualities and services.
The Quality Policy of the IWASAWA Group:
“Contribute to local society” is our company’s mission. We hope to gain people’s trust by providing gas supply, logistics, food, and tenant operations, and we also vow to offer safe and reliable services.
- Our top priority is to provide stable services and safety. We strictly abide by the law.
- We will always strive for meeting the needs of our customers and providing the best services, which will satisfy our customers.
- We offer quality services based on our Quality Management System and we will continue to develop even better services.
March 1st, 2015
Masayuki Iwasawa, President
Registration Quality Management System
| Applicable standards | JIS Q9001:2015(ISO9001:2015) |
|---|---|
| Registered Facilities |
General Affairs Department Tenant Leasing Section Gas Department Sales Division Home Medical Treatments Division Fujisawa Gas Center (In charge of logistics/In charge of reinspection) Shonan Clean Factory (In charge of manufacturing and filling oxygen and liquid nitrogen) Logistics Department Tsukuba Office (In charge of transportation by truck) Tsukuba Cylinder Center (Maintenance of high-pressure gas cylinders, except curdles) |
| Scope of the Registration |
Sales of medical gas and general high-pressure gas Sales and rental of medical devices Reinspection of extreme cold vessels Manufacturing and filling of the oxygen complies with Japanese Pharmacopoeia and approved agent of liquefied oxygen Reinspection, repaint and transport of high-pressure gas cylinders Maintenance of high-pressure gas cylinders (except dismantlement and integration of curdles) Real estate leasing and facilitie management |
| Registration Number | JUSE-RA-2008 |
| Registration Date | 30 September 2015 |
| Validity period | From 30 September 2021 to 29 September 2024 |
| Certification body | Union of Japanese Scientists and Engeneers (JUSE) |
In order to keep on providing safe and reliable products and services:
We have introduced ISO22000:2018 and as part of our continuous business improvement, we package and deliver fruit and vegetables, based on reliable food safety control, to satisfy our customers henceforth.
Registration Quality Management System
| Applicable standards | JIS 22000:2018 |
|---|---|
| Registered Facilities | Food Products Department Hamatoshi Co., LTD. |
| Scope of the Registration | Wholesale of fruit and vegetables Packaging and processing of fruit and vegetables |
| Registration Number | JUSE-FS-256 |
| Registration Date | 25th March,2022 |
| Validity period | From 25 March 2022 to 24 March 2025 |
| Certification body | Union of Japanese Scientists and Engeneers (JUSE) |
Corporate History
- 1925
- Started to handle fruit and vegetables as a wholesaler
- 1951
- Established Iwasawa Transport Co. to transport high-pressure gas
- 1957
- Established Yashima Shoji Co., Ltd. for selling high-pressure gas
- 1973
- Established Hamatoshi Co., Ltd. at the Yokohama Central Wholesale Market
- 1985
- Merged Iwasawa Sangyo Co. and Iwasawa Transport Co. then named IWASAWA CO., LTD.
- 1988
- Started the medical homecare business
- 2005
- Established Medical Power Co.,Ltd. for sterilization and intermediate treatments of infectious medicalwastes, and its collection and transporting business.
- 2005
- Established Shonan Clean Factory (SCF) for filling medical oxygen into cylinders and supplying high quality medical oxygen gas.
- 2021
- Yokohama F＆V Processing Center, established in Tsurumi, Yokohama, started processing fruit and vegetables.
