Kokuyo Co., Ltd. is promoting an international strategy by establishing production and distribution bases throughout Asia to attain stronger cost competitveness.

Inabata Thai Co., Ltd newly established by Inabata & Co., Ltd. as its production and sales base in Asia has been investigating a new business strategy for further growth. Kokuyo-IK (Thailand) is the joint venture company formed in December, 1996 by these two companies with the same common purpose.

Kokuyo-IK will achieve the best system in Asia that can manufacture and distribute quality stationary products at the most reasonable prices attainable. To meet the ever-diversifying needs of the international market, Kokuyo-IK will grow to be an attrative company through production of the highest quality and the lowest priced stationery products.