| Name | NAKASHIMA TRADING CO.,LTD. Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Established | 1951 |
| Incorporated | December 23, 1965 |
| Capital | 20 million yen |
| Representative | Yoshiyuki Nagashima, President and CEO |
| Headquarters | 158 Ishibata, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi-prefecture TEL：(81)562-92-1281 FAX：(81)562-92-3080 |
| Toyochu Shizuoka Plant | 1323-1 Yamashina, Fukuroi-shi, Shizuoka-prefecture TEL：(81)538-43-5850 FAX：(81)538-43-5866 |
| Toyochu Hiroshima Plant | 8845-1 Minamigata, Hongo-cho, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-prefecture TEL：(81)848-85-0117 FAX：(81)848-86-1575 |
| Suzunari Plant | 5-2 Misaki, Misaki-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi-prefecture |
| Plant | 28-9 Sasahara, Nishigawa-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi-prefecture |
| General Distribution Center / Kutsukake Plant | 158 Ishibata, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi-prefecture TEL：(81)562-95-1555 FAX：(81)562-95-0123 |
| Employees | 70 |
| Business details | The manufacture of gardening fertilizer, soil, and pesticides, as well as general business related to gardening materials |
| Related companies | Toyochu Corporation, LAP Corporation, HYPONex Japan Corporation |
| 1951 | The late Yoshimitsu Nakashima started selling agricultural fertilizers for producers. |
| 1965 | Established NAKASHIMA TRADING CO., LTD. with 5 million yen in capital. Changed the organization from a retailer to a wholesaler, and delivered products to DIY stores, nurseries, seed and seedling stores, agricultural cooperatives, etc. |
| 1973 | Built a fertilizer plant (Suzunari Plant) and warehouse in Misaki-cho, Toyoake City. |
| 1976 | Completed a new company building and increased capital to 10 million yen. |
| 1977 | Built a potting compost plant in Nishikawa-cho, Toyoake City. |
| 1978 | Established TOYOCHU Corporation. |
| 1979 | Increased capital to 20 million yen. |
| 1981 | Introduced computers to start a distribution system. |
| 1982 | Built the First Distribution Center (current warehouse for Suzunari Plant). |
| 1983 | Built the Second Distribution Center. |
| 1983 | Established the Hamamatsu Business Office. |
| 1985 | Built the Second Distribution Center (current warehouse for the potting compost plant). |
| 1988 | Established the Shizuoka Business Office in Fukuroi-shi, Shizuoka. |
| 1989 | Opened Greenland LAP (current LAP Garden). |
| 1993 | Started operation of the Comprehensive Distribution Center with an area of 1,000 tsubo (floor area of approx. 3,300 m2). |
| 1998 | Opened LAP Garden Tokyo Flower Bed in Hinodemachi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo (current Akiruno City). |
| 1998 | Established the Kansai Business Office in Kyoto. |
| 2004 | Opened Green Garden in Handa City, Aichi (renamed the Lap Garden Handa Store in the following fiscal year). |
| 2004 | Integrated headquarters functions into the Comprehensive Distribution Center in Kutsukake-cho. |
| 2004 | Integrated the distribution function of Kansai Business Office into Headquarters' Comprehensive Distribution Center. |
| 2005 | Closed Green Garden in Handa City, Aichi. |
| 2005 | Converted the Headquarters' First Distribution Center into a Filling Plant for TOYOCHU products. |
| 2006 | Reconstructed the Shizuoka Business Office and started it as the TOYOCHU Shizuoka Plant. |
| 2006 | Integrated the distribution functions of the Shizuoka Business Office into the Headquarters' Comprehensive Distribution Center, after starting up the Shizuoka Plant. |
| 2008 | Introduced high-speed filling equipment for liquid products to the Shizuoka Plant. |
| 2008 | Introduced agrichemical inspection equipment (for component inspection) to the Shizuoka Plant. |
| 2009 | Introduced a new model of equipment to the Headquarters' Suzunari Plant due to deterioration in the filling equipment for fertilizers. |
| 2009 | Converted the production line at the Headquarters' Potting Compost Plant into a fertilizer production line. |
| 2010 | Introduced a second high-speed filling equipment for liquid products to the Shizuoka Plant. |
| 2011 | Established the TOYOCHU Hiroshima Plant in Mihara City, Hiroshima. |
| 2016 | Established the TOYOCHU Ibaraki Plant in Joso City, Ibaraki. |
| 2020 | Established the TOYOCHU Kutsukake Plant in Toyoake City, Aichi. |
