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Company profile

Company Profile

Name of corporation Tohatsu Marine Corporation
Date of establishment February 1988
President Takayuki Kokai
Capital 418 million yen
Location 4495-9 Shimodaira, Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture 399-4101 Japan tel.: +81-265-82-1082fax.: +81-265-82-1100
Site area 90,690m2
Business Manufacturing of outboard engines and spare parts
Employees 290 (as of April 1, 2023)
Customers Tohatsu Corporation
Brunswick Marine Sales, CORPORATION.
Acquisition ISO ISO 9001: Acquired in December 2005

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History

1943 The Okaya factory was established in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture.
1956 Japan’s first outboard engine was manufactured.
1988 Tohatsu Marine Corporation was established in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture.
1998 Manufacturing of four-stroke outboard engines started.
2000 Manufacturing of two-stroke low-pressure direct injection (TLDI) started.
2005 Relocated from Okaya City to Komagane City, both in Nagano Prefecture
2008 Total production of outboard engines exceeded 2.5 million units.
2011 Total production of outboard engines exceeded 3 million units.
2014 Total production of outboard engines exceeded 3.5 million units.

Organization

ISO policy

Quality policy

“We will supply customers with services they feel secure and happy with from the viewpoint of customers.”

Priority items

Tohatsu Marine meets the requirements of laws and regulations, internal criteria, requirements of customers, and other requirements to which it has agreed to comply. Tohatsu Marine adapts to requirements and makes constant improvement of the effectiveness of its management system.
Tohatsu Marine positively tackles environment conservation and pollution prevention activities.
Tohatsu Marine disseminates this policy to all the people working at or for Tohatsu Marine.

Material procurement

Basic concept

An outboard engine consists of many parts. Most of them are supported by the parts and services (such as processing) supplied by suppliers and Tohatsu Marine considers suppliers hold an important position.

Tohatsu Marine seeks permanent business partners (comrades) that hold up philosophy of “keeping itself as a company that brings happiness to customers”, supplies happiness to customers together with Tohatsu Marine, and can follow up with the age of rapid technological progress.

Basic policy

1. Open procurement

(1) Supply fair and just opportunity for business, regardless of nationality and company scale.
(2) Select suppliers through comprehensive judgment of quality, price, delivery period, technological strength, and management stability.

2. Pursuit for long-time business

(1) Confirm that the business condition is sound.
(2) Work to continue business that observes all relevant laws, regulations, and social norm.

3. Business for mutual growth

(1) Pursue suppliers that positively improve QCD (Quality, Cost, and Delivery) and contribute to customers.
(2) Pursue suppliers that introduce new products and process technologies for use in their products.