- CEO
- Takeshi Ono
- Full Time Employees
- 1,235
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Wholesale distributors
- Address
- 12-1, Nishi-Minatomachi Kitakyushu FK Japan 803-8558
- IPO Date
- Jan 20, 1999
- Business
- Onoken Co., Ltd. Onoken Co., Ltd. (7414.T) is a Japan-based steel trading and building materials company that engages primarily in the sale, processing, import, and export of steel products; the distribution of ironware and construction materials; and contract construction services. The company offers a comprehensive range of steel plates including hot-rolled coils, planks, thin plates, checkered plates, pickled and surface-treated varieties; bar steel products such as H-beams, angle iron, channels, flat steel, scalene iron, C-shaped steel, round and square pipes, square steel bars, I-beams, lightweight channels, and columns; round steel products; wire rods; and expand metal products. It also supplies construction materials encompassing steel sheet piles, heavy temporary leasing equipment, secondary concrete products, cast iron pipes, drainage pipes, gratings, linear plates, and door-related hardware; as well as construction machinery and related products for steel construction, exterior walls, steel joinery, roofing, interiors, housing, insulation, and pile work, with specialized processing services including cutting, drilling, beveling, shot blasting, laser processing, bending, and rebar processing conducted at nationwide facilities.
Onoken Co., Ltd. operates through three regional segments—Kyushu and Chugoku, Kansai and Chukyo, Kanto and Tohoku—serving industries such as ironworks, equipment manufacturers, shipbuilders, industrial machinery makers, and construction partners, with a nationwide logistics network of approximately 30 distribution centers enabling just-in-time delivery via its own trucks and outsourced transport. The company targets domestic markets across Japan, leveraging in-house processing to address customer manpower shortages and ensure quality control, while its contract construction arm handles pilings, external wall construction, steel framework, joinery, roofing, and external works on a one-stop basis. It maintains subsidiaries including Nishi-nippon Steel Center Co., Ltd. for steel plate processing, Sankyo Noritake Steel Co., Ltd. for specialized plate handling, Onoken Okinawa Co., Ltd. for regional steel and construction activities, Morita Kozai Co., Ltd. for rebar sales and reinforcement work, and Bright Ltd. for exterior wall construction.
Founded on August 11, 1949, in Oita Prefecture during Japan's postwar reconstruction as a seller of cement, ironware, and construction materials—formerly known as Ono Kenzai Co., Ltd. before renaming in February 1957—Onoken Co., Ltd. is headquartered at 12-1 Nishi-Minatomachi, Kokura Kita-ku, Kita-Kyushu-shi, Japan, and employs 863 staff (1,105 consolidated). In recent developments, the company announced a treasury stock buyback program on November 7, 2025, authorizing the repurchase of up to 1.82% of its own shares worth 500 million yen to enhance shareholder value. It continues to expand its logistics hubs and processing capabilities to support customer operations amid industry demands.