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Tostem has found one door to success. A leading Japanese building materials company, Tostem produces home construction materials such as doors, housing sashes, storm shutters, ceramic siding, bathroom units, insulated panels, and other interior and exterior products. It makes similar products, to a lesser extent, for commercial buildings, as well as skylights, steel doors, and customized store facades and shutters. Tostem works with about 20,000 distributors and has 469 sales offices throughout Japan. Subsidiary Tostem Viva Corp. operates a chain of stores for do-it-yourselfers. Tostem has reorganized as a holding company to better streamline the operations of its more than 200 subsidiaries.
COMPETITION |
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Andersen Corporation (dossier)
Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited (NPSGF)
Sanwa Shutter Corporation (SNWAF)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: March
2001 Sales (mil.): 4,472.60
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (28.5)%
Employees: 13,536
Revenue per employee: $330,422.58
KEY PEOPLE |
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Kenjiro Ushioda
CEO
CONTACT INFO |
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1-1, Ojima 2-chome, Koto-ku
Tokyo 136-8535, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3638-8115
Fax: 81-3-3638-8343
Online: Web Site
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