[KIMOTO, a 70-year-old manufacturing company creating excitement] KIMOTO featured in 'Weekly Toyo Keizai' special on mid-sized companies: Introducing work style reform, human resource development, and self-organizing distributed organization building.
Kimoto Co., Ltd. was featured in 'Weekly Toyo Keizai' and Toyo Keizai Online for its initiatives in work style reform, human resource development, and building a self-organizing distributed organization. The company, celebrating its 70th anniversary, emphasizes valuing people and promoting sustainable growth through work style reform and manufacturing DX.
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Kimoto Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Inabe City, Mie Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Shoichi Kobayashi) was featured in the "Mid-sized Company Special Feature" of "Weekly Toyo Keizai" (May 2-9 combined issue), released on April 27, 2026, and also on Toyo Keizai Online.
The article introduces KIMOTO's initiatives in work style reform, human resource development, and the creation of a self-organizing distributed organization, as an example of a company highly evaluated in the field of human resource utilization.
Under the philosophy of "valuing people" which KIMOTO has cherished since its founding, we have been working to create an environment where each employee can proactively take on challenges and demonstrate their abilities. Moving forward, we will continue to pursue sustainable growth and create new value by promoting work style reform and manufacturing DX.
▼Featured Media
・"Weekly Toyo Keizai" released on April 27, 2026 (May 2-9 combined issue) Mid-sized Company Special Feature
・Toyo Keizai Online
*The article includes content for paid members.
Why Mid-sized Companies Focus on CSR's "Human Resource Utilization" Field / Advanced Corporate Strategies: "Quality of Management" as seen in IDEC and KIMOTO
■About Kimoto Co., Ltd.
Kimoto Co., Ltd. was founded in 1952 as a map reproduction business. In 1955, they developed and sold map paper resistant to expansion and deterioration, which was certified as designated material both domestically and internationally, marking their first step as a manufacturer.
Subsequently, as the era shifted from paper to polyester film, they accumulated film processing technology over many years. Currently, they provide products to the world, centered at their head office factory in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture. KIMOTO's technology is utilized in various aspects of daily life, such as automotive components and smartphone camera parts.
Furthermore, with the goal of being a "100-year sustainable company," they have been proactively working on workflow reforms for over 10 years, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Through numerous improvements and reforms, including telework/remote work, free seating/free address, and paperless initiatives, they have accumulated and shared experiences of successes and failures in creating various systems and generating ideas as know-how. Currently, leveraging the experience and achievements of workflow reforms implemented at their main factory in Mie, they are offering work style reform consulting services to other manufacturing companies facing similar challenges. KIMOTO will maximize the synergistic effects of work style reform and manufacturing DX to contribute to everyone's DX promotion.
Kimoto Co., Ltd. website
https://www.kimoto.co.jp/
Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s Workflow Reform Initiatives
https://www.kimoto.co.jp/company/workflow
Contact Us
https://www.kimoto.co.jp/contact
■Company Overview
Company Name: Kimoto Co., Ltd.
Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Securities Code: 7908)
Location: 450 Kyogano Shinden, Hokusei-cho, Inabe City, Mie Prefecture
Representative: Shoichi Kobayashi, Representative Director and President
Founded: April 11, 1949 (Showa 24)
Established: July 2, 1952 (Showa 27)
URL: https://www.kimoto.co.jp/
Business Activities: Development, production, and sales of high-functional material products utilizing various materials; high-precision data creation and sales related to digital twin construction; consulting for work style reform and manufacturing DX; production and sales of agricultural products aimed at regenerating fallow land in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture.
Main Products Handled
High-Functional Materials
Hard coat film, diffusion film, printed circuit board film, light shielding film, process adhesive film, molding film, sandblasting film, transfer film, CAD inkjet film, window film, high-functional liquid
Digital Twin
3D Gaussian Splatting shooting, data creation, and editing; point cloud data editing and drawing creation; 3D modeling data creation; PLATEAU and CityGML data creation; geospatial information data creation; 360-degree spatial shooting, editing, and processing; software/system development; manufacturing DX solution proposals; AR/VR/MR services; digital twin system construction; data cloud management services; online estimation services; work style reform consulting; manufacturing DX consulting; communication tool planning, design, and development.
The article introduces KIMOTO's initiatives in work style reform, human resource development, and the creation of a self-organizing distributed organization, as an example of a company highly evaluated in the field of human resource utilization.
Under the philosophy of "valuing people" which KIMOTO has cherished since its founding, we have been working to create an environment where each employee can proactively take on challenges and demonstrate their abilities. Moving forward, we will continue to pursue sustainable growth and create new value by promoting work style reform and manufacturing DX.
▼Featured Media
・"Weekly Toyo Keizai" released on April 27, 2026 (May 2-9 combined issue) Mid-sized Company Special Feature
・Toyo Keizai Online
*The article includes content for paid members.
Why Mid-sized Companies Focus on CSR's "Human Resource Utilization" Field / Advanced Corporate Strategies: "Quality of Management" as seen in IDEC and KIMOTO
■About Kimoto Co., Ltd.
Kimoto Co., Ltd. was founded in 1952 as a map reproduction business. In 1955, they developed and sold map paper resistant to expansion and deterioration, which was certified as designated material both domestically and internationally, marking their first step as a manufacturer.
Subsequently, as the era shifted from paper to polyester film, they accumulated film processing technology over many years. Currently, they provide products to the world, centered at their head office factory in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture. KIMOTO's technology is utilized in various aspects of daily life, such as automotive components and smartphone camera parts.
Furthermore, with the goal of being a "100-year sustainable company," they have been proactively working on workflow reforms for over 10 years, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Through numerous improvements and reforms, including telework/remote work, free seating/free address, and paperless initiatives, they have accumulated and shared experiences of successes and failures in creating various systems and generating ideas as know-how. Currently, leveraging the experience and achievements of workflow reforms implemented at their main factory in Mie, they are offering work style reform consulting services to other manufacturing companies facing similar challenges. KIMOTO will maximize the synergistic effects of work style reform and manufacturing DX to contribute to everyone's DX promotion.
Kimoto Co., Ltd. website
https://www.kimoto.co.jp/
Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s Workflow Reform Initiatives
https://www.kimoto.co.jp/company/workflow
Contact Us
https://www.kimoto.co.jp/contact
■Company Overview
Company Name: Kimoto Co., Ltd.
Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Securities Code: 7908)
Location: 450 Kyogano Shinden, Hokusei-cho, Inabe City, Mie Prefecture
Representative: Shoichi Kobayashi, Representative Director and President
Founded: April 11, 1949 (Showa 24)
Established: July 2, 1952 (Showa 27)
URL: https://www.kimoto.co.jp/
Business Activities: Development, production, and sales of high-functional material products utilizing various materials; high-precision data creation and sales related to digital twin construction; consulting for work style reform and manufacturing DX; production and sales of agricultural products aimed at regenerating fallow land in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture.
Main Products Handled
High-Functional Materials
Hard coat film, diffusion film, printed circuit board film, light shielding film, process adhesive film, molding film, sandblasting film, transfer film, CAD inkjet film, window film, high-functional liquid
Digital Twin
3D Gaussian Splatting shooting, data creation, and editing; point cloud data editing and drawing creation; 3D modeling data creation; PLATEAU and CityGML data creation; geospatial information data creation; 360-degree spatial shooting, editing, and processing; software/system development; manufacturing DX solution proposals; AR/VR/MR services; digital twin system construction; data cloud management services; online estimation services; work style reform consulting; manufacturing DX consulting; communication tool planning, design, and development.