1960~
Year Corporate Chronology and Production History
1961
The root of Daigen Tanpan Co.,ltd.("DGI") goes back to the establishment of Omura saw industry in 60's.
We started our buisiness as a manufactures of *saw under private management in Osaka.
In the high-growth era,our sales rapidly increased. In those days, it was mass production due to higher the gross national product in Japan.

1969 The company name is changed to Omura Seizaisho and started lumbering.Seizaisho means a sawmill in Japanese.

1982 The company name changed Daigen Tanpan Co., Ltd and incorporated in this year.Still, we've started to handle of venner 12years ago.
Our determination to sawing for veneer manufacturers formed the basis of Starting of DGI. The name of our company, Daigen stem from the initial Chinese characters of our *President's name.And,read them in other ways. *Tanpan or *Tukiita means Face Veneer in Japanese."DGI" stand for Daigen Industory.


1988
However,as the entire venner buisiness has fallen into a structual recession and sluggish consumption in these years, our buisiness performance has not been favorable. The actual logs yields of self-supply is lower than 20 percentage in Japan.To make matters worse,insufficiency of Japanese fine veneer logs under these circumstances. In order to get over the difficulties, we started to buy in hard wood veneer logs to the wide range of the world,from the places in USA to the Eurasia Continent.

1993 In 1993, we were honored by All-Japan venner alliance and association for our works as Japanese ash venner.
In 1995, by Osaka prefectual goverment for our Japanese Sen venner. In 2002,by All-Japan venner alliance and association for our American white oak venner. In 2003,by the Load Mayer of Osaka for our Japanese birch venner.

2004 This year marked a milestone for our company. In this spring,we're awarded our buisiness efforts by Kinki agricultual administration for our Japanese birch venner at an All-Japan venner conventional for sell on the spot held annually.
We've received many awards for our excellence and highly rated Japanese birch venner. We offered a goverment guest house award-winning Japanese birch fliches through an incorporated company. Also,offered is Japanese birch veneer to Sakai municipal assembly hall in Osaka Prefecture.
These anecdotes're described that Best Japanese birch veneer means DGI. We're unique within Japanese birch and Japanese Ash.

In Nov of this year,DGI welcomed our new President Nobuyuki Omura and New Brands. We're proud to announce that our President Genichi Omura has changed Exective Officer.
We've experienced various changes in 2004.
2008
We have addressed various enviromental issues concerning the prosperity wood veneer industories. First of all,We have entried our products to the legal(=legal)-wood's navigation web site, provided by Council for Tackling Illegal Logging and promotion of Goho-wood.
In December,We were commended our activities by The Forestry Agency and thire Committee.


Remarks:
*Most of Japanese it remined of "plywood" or "wood-panel" when heard of "Veneer"!
Because a mistranslation the word "Veneer" English into Japanese before.

*The former president has led a storied life, working as a sailor before settling on the profession of lumberling and manufacturing venner without having taken formal training.
His biography is indicated under thumbnailes.




'Saw working' was at the peak of breadwinners in those days. photo 01 He came to Osaka alone to be a saw engineer.No poverty can overtake industry. photo 02 He had been obtained a saw engineer license in 60's. photo 03


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