ACCORDER Inc. Corporate Profile

Business Name	ACCORDER Inc.
Representative Director	Shinya Yamamoto
Started	November 11, 1936
Established	April 3, 1959
Capital	10,000,000 JPY
Headquarters	2-4-16 Uchihonmachi, Chuo-Ku. Osaka, Japan TEL: +81 6-6937-9800 / FAX: +81 6-6937-9700
Offices	Osaka
E-mail	info@accorder.co.jp

Management Philosophy

Company Motto: Be Grateful

Purpose

“We exist to improve the quality of business through creativity”

Concept

“Creative partners who work closely with customers over the long term to bring out their potential value”

Mission

"Through our creative consulting services, we help our clients enhance their brand value and achieve business success."

Vision

"We will grow with an organization that values creativity and builds relationships of trust."

Value

"Based on the Accorder Standard, we accompany our customers with "expertise x teamwork x company-wide sales."

Code of Ethics and Conduct

Continue to strive for establishing enduring trustworthy relations, with all our partners, with ethics and dignity.

Social Contribution

To be aware of the benefits we receive from society, and to conduct our corporate activities with gratitude.
We believe that the first step in contributing to society is to create an environment where people can grow and to fulfill our social obligations as a company.
We believe that the first step in contributing to society is to continue to do so.

and Dream

Design is now an integral part of business strategy and an intangible business asset.
Creators who create such designs are no longer sustainable professions.
Contrary to such common sense in the industry, our basic strategy is "lifetime employment despite being a design company.
By creating an environment where creators can grow from a long-term perspective, and by growing as creators and human beings We hope that by creating an environment where creators can grow from a long-term perspective, and by developing as creators and human beings, we can lead to the development of the industry at large.

Business Description

Advertisement Planning
Printed Materials
Web Design
Graphic Design
System Development
Other Business Material

Corporate History

1936	Meiji Adachi, the founder, established Adachi Seisakusho in Shin-Ohashi, Shenzhen-ku, Tokyo.
1938	Company moved to Adachi-ku Senjumidori-cho, Tokyo.
1952	Accorder devised an utility model patent application for a copy machine (it was allowed in 1956).
1953	It is reorganized as a corporation and was renamed as Nihon Kirokushi.
1955	Nihon Kirokushi mainly focused on recording paper sales. With the growth, an independent company was developed to aim continuous sales.
1959	Company registration trasferred to Osaka and opened the headquarters.
1960	Nagoya office opened in Naka-ku, Aichi Prefecture and Nihon Kirokushi transfered the marketing right to the Kansai east District, as it changed from a traditional to a regional sales company system.
1968	Company name changed from Nihon Kirokushi to Nihon Kirokushi Hanbai (Tokyo headquarters) and Accorder Business Co., Ltd.
1971	The Nagoya branch office moved to Tokyo.
1997	In addition to conventional printing services, a design room was opened for the purpose of content creation.
2005	Awarded with the SELECT10 prize for the "IRAZ Envelope" at the Osaka Marketing Collection of the B to B Division. The "IRAZ Envelope" patent was obtained.
2006	Gain privacy mark certification and the Head Office moved to Osaka City. Awarded with the SELECT10 prize for the "IRAZ Envelope" in the B to C Division.
2008	Company name changed from Accorder Business Co., Ltd. to ACCORDER Inc.
2017	Opening of a photography studio inside the company.

Access Map

2-4-16 Uchihonmachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0026
TEL: +81 6-6937-9800 FAX: +81 6-6937-9700
About a 5-min walk from Subway Tanimachi Line Tanimachi 4-Chome Station, Exit 4.
About a 5-min walk from Subway Chuo Line / Sakaisuji Line Sakaisuji-Honmachi Station, Exit 1.

About our logo

Logo
Our logo is formed by various strokes with different lengths and thickness that overlap and support each other forming an "a", which state our personality of "joining forces" in order to complete our goals, and a red corner which represents the "passion" with which we work that leads us to greater accomplishments.

Logotype
In order to renew our image, we've redesigned our logo as well as our name without disturbing with the company's image and still being able to transmit our 50 years of history to the future generations.

About the company's name

A C C O R D E R ・・・ is a coined word.
In English, I ACCORD ＝ harmony.
People who work together ＝ ACCORDER.

Even though it is a nonexistent word in English, it has a meaningful connotation, for that reason we decided to put it as the company's name.

It is our mission to build a harmonious relationship with all our customers and let them know we are on the same team. We aim to advertise your company in the most successful way, in order to build a name recognition for your company.

＝ Person who harmonizes your company and target.

To be able to name a company, it has to have a story behind, and ours has a really meaningful one.

Our founding happened nearly 80 years ago in November 11, 1936.
At the time, no one seemed to know what a copy machine was, but our founder Meiji Adachi was ahead of his time, being the inventor of the patent of the original copy machines (Accorder Copier).
Naming it was another challenge, giving the fact that everything was made by handwrite, finally using his family name he called it "Adachi Type Recorder", but for our founder this name was not good enough.

After his daughter got tired of his indecision, she asked him,
"Why instead of naming it Adachi(family name) or Recorder(the invented device), why don’t you join them and name it ACCORDER?"
This is how this word became the name of the company as well as our brand.
Still now that half a century has passed, the brand keeps on having a huge impact, making the employees proud, and perhaps our founder would be pleased to see his branding has worked all along.