IRIS COMPANY PROFILE 2023(U)

Company Profile About IRIS The purpose of IRIS Co., Ltd. management is “the existence and development”. Providing products and services satisfactory to our customers, we contribute to the society, which makes the abilities and c haracters of all related people upgrade and makes the quality of our lives better.. Among a number of button manufacturers in the world, IRIS is distinguished by carrying various kinds of materials. Main sources of our activities are based on " Designing” , “Sales strategy"," Productivity"," Technical development" & "Quality development", and with these characters , we provide our customers with high quality products. 1/24 Company Profile Company Name IRIS Co., Ltd. President Yo Osumi (Mr.) Addresses Head o ffi ce: 554 - 1 Suehiro - Machi, Ota - City, Gunma Tokyo o ffi ce: 3 - 5 - 11, Higashi - kanda, Chiyoda - ku, Tokyo Foundation Nov. 26, 1946 Capital 100 million yen Yo Osumi The Number of 471 employee (male : 2 72 f emale : 199 ) Empl oyees Business Contents Garment trimmings(buttons, accessories, etc.),Hobby a rticles, Elastomer - material goods,The plastic products with p recision processes, Products made of the combination of two different materials, Design an d production of me tal moulds, Health&Beauty item promotion Sales Amount Buttons 2,325 million yen (December, 20 2 2 term) Accessories & buckles 5,231 million yen Products made of the combination of two di ff erent materials 1,399 million ye n Totals 8,957 million yen 2/24 Company Profile Business O ffi ces [Production Sections] Hea d office, Yajima factory, Ojima factory, Nitta factory, Katashina factory, Kansai production department [Sales Sections] To kyo head office ( Chiyoda - ku) Sales O ffi ces Tokyo (Chiyoda - ku,Taito - ku), Osaka, Nagoya, Okayama Group Companies [Productional relations] Dalian IRIS Button Co., Ltd. Suzhou IRIS Button Co., Ltd. Philippine IRIS Co., Inc. Banglades h IRIS Co., Ltd. [sale relations] Hong Kong IRIS Co., Ltd. Shanghai IRIS Garment Accessories Co., Ltd. Shenzhen IRIS Co., Ltd. Taiwan IRIS Co., Ltd. Head office / Taipei office IRIS Co., Ltd. US Representative office [Associat ed company] Taiseiplas Co., Ltd. U.S. Technology, Far East Co., Ltd. Eco - log Recycling Japan Co., Ltd. Cooperation Factories 70 factories Main Banks Gunma Bank, Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui Bank 3/24 Company Profile Compan y Name BANGLADESH IRIS C O . ,L TD. Chairman Managing Director Muhammad Nakib Uddin Sarker Apu M r . Masataka Irie Addresses Meghdubi Bypass Road, Block - A, Holding No:55/1, Ward No - 40 , P. S . Pubail , Post Code - 1710 Gazipur City Corporation, Bangladesh . Foundation 15/02/2014 Capital BDT 10,000,000.0 Muhammad Nakib Uddin Sarker Apu Main B a n k The City Bank Limited Factory Space 24,500 sqft Production Space 17,000 sqft Number of Employees 90 ～ 1 00 workers Company Profile Business Content Polyester Button (Normal Type, Laser Logo) (Faux Horn, Faux Corozo , Faux Shell, Chalk, etc) Contact Person Mr. Katsutosh i Aoki aoki@hkiris.com.hk Mr. Takashi Kubo Kubo @hkiris.com.hk Mr. Masataka Irie irie @bdiris.com.bd Mrs. Lippy Momin lippy@bdiris.com.bd Production Capacity 12 million pieces ( = 7,000GG ) / 1month Number and Types of Machine Turning Machi ne = 10 , Laser Machine = 4 Drum Machine = 8 , Rod Machine=1 P olishing Machine = 1 6 , Inspection Machine = 5 and other machines Production Start 01/12/2017 Group Companies Information(Overseas ) Office : Hong K ong / Shangha i / S henzhen / Taiwan / T aiwa n T aipei / Bangladesh / New York Factory : Dalian / Suzhou / Philippine / Bangladesh Office Locations Domestic Sales O ffi ces Nagoya offi ce 〒 453 - 0044 2 - 5 Toriidori, Nakamur a - ku, Nagoya - shi, Aichi TEL ： 052 - 486 - 2811 Osaka o ffi ce 〒 543 - 007 3 I kutamateramachi, Tennoji - ku, Osaka - shi TEL ： 06 - 6771 - 8305 Okayama o ffi ce 〒 711 - 0912 3670 - 28, Kojimaogawa - cho, Kurashiki - shi, Okayama TEL ： 086 - 474 - 5081 Tokyo head o ffi ce 〒 101 - 0031 3 - 5 - 11, Higashi - kand a, Chiyoda - ku, Tokyo TEL ： 03 - 3 863 - 1421 Kotobuki o ffi ce 〒 111 - 0042 1 - 9 - 3, Kotobuki, Taito - ku, Tokyo TEL ： 03 - 3847 - 0670 4/24 O ffi ce Locations Domestic Factories Katashina factory 〒 378 - 0415 3819, Kamata, Katashina - mura, Tone - gun, Gunma TEL ： 0278 - 58 - 2121 Kans ai p roduction department 〒 634 - 0867 5 - 12 - 20, Magarigawa - cho, Kashihara - shi, Nara TEL ： 0744 - 25 - 7558 Gunma head o ffi ce/Yajima factory 〒 373 - 0862 554 - 1, Suehirocho, Ota - shi, Gunma Main o ffi ce TEL ： 0276 - 38 - 8941 Yajima fa ctory TEL ： 0276 - 38 - 0122 Oji ma factory 〒 370 - 0426 3005, Serada - cho, Ota - shi, Gunma TEL ： 0276 - 52 - 3512 Nitta factory 〒 370 - 0353 18 - 5 Kaminakacho, Ota - shi, Gunma Nitta TEL ： 0276 - 57 - 1531 5/24 O ffi ce Locations Overseas Sales O ffi ces Hong Kong IRIS Co., Ltd . Flat A, 16 th Floor , Legend Tower 7 Shing Yip Street, Kwun Tong , Kowloon, HONG KONG TEL ： 852 - 2317 - 0023 Fax: 852 - 2375 - 3075 ShenZhen IRIS Co., Ltd. Rm.302 No.212 Tairan Ind. Dist rict, Che G ong M iao Futian ShenZhen CHINA TEL ： 86 - 755 - 8340 - 7588 Fax: 86 - 755 - 8340 - 8469 Shanghai IRIS Garment Accessories Co., Ltd . Room 2603 26/F, Tower 1 Plaza Modern, 369 Xian Xia Road, Shanghai, CHINA TEL ： 86 - 21 - 6236 - 8092 / 8094 Fax: 86 - 21 - 6236 - 807 1 Taiwan IRI S Taipei o ffi ce 17F - 7, No. 6 Sec.4, Hsin - Yird. Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C TEL ： 886 - 2 - 2709 - 9525 http://i ris.tw - iris.com.tw Taiwan IRIS Kaohsiung o ffi ce 20F - A, No.7 Ssuwei 4Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C. TEL ： 886 - 7 - 334 - 6581 htt p://iris.tw - iris.co m.tw/m ain1 .php B ANGLADESH IRIS C O ., LTD O ffi ce Locations O verseas Sales O ffi ces IRIS Co., Ltd. US Representative o ffi ce 1180 Avenue of The Americas Suite811 New York, USA TEL ： 1 - 212 - 512 - 0595 7/24 O ffi ce Locat ions Overseas Fact ories Dal ian IRIS Button Co., Ltd. Dalia n Economic & Technical Development Zone, West Tie Shan Rord No.9, Dalian, CHINA TEL ： 86 - 411 - 8761 - 6272 Fax: 86 - 411 - 8763 - 1984 http://www.dliris.com/ B ANGLADESH IRIS C O ., LTD Meghdubi Bypa ss Road, Block - A , Holdin g No - 5 5/1,Ward No - 40, P .S - Joydebpur, Po st Code - 1710 Gazipur City Corporation BANGLADESH Tel ： 88 - 017 - 6331 - 9675 Suzhou IRIS Button Co., Ltd. Wu Song Jiang Road (S), Kunshan Economic & Technical Developme nt Zone, Jiangsu, CHINA TEL ： 86 - 512 - 5763 - 24 03 Fax: 86 - 512 - 5763 - 2937 Philippine IRIS Co., Inc. Light Industry and Science Park of the Philippines Special Export Zone Ampere St. Cabuyao. Laguna PHILIPPINES TEL ： 63 - 49 - 543 - 0646 Fax: 63 - 49 - 543 - 0252 O O r r g g a a n n i i z z a a t t i i o o n n c c h h a a r r t t BANGLADESH IRIS CO.,LTD. Rod Casting ( 棒管部門 ) Sheet Casting ( 板材部門 ) Turning ( 切削部門 ) Polishing ( 研磨部門 ) Inspection ( 検査部門 ) General Affairs ( 庶務 ) Sales Department ( 営業部門 ) Glabal Sales ( グローバル ) Domestic Sales ( 国内 ) Account ( 経理 )/HR ( 総務 ) Commercial ( 貿易 ) Stock Controal ( 在庫管理） Management Department ( 管理部門 ) Electrician ( 電気技師 ) Factory Manager ( 工場長 ) Chairman ( 会長 ) Director ( 役員 ) Managing Director ( 社長 ) Delivery ( 配送 ) Quality Control ( 品質管理 ) Production Department ( 製造部門 ) B B a a n n g g l l a a d d e e s s h h I I R R I I S S F F a a c c t t o o r r y y Introduction of our Technologies The features of a materials Polyester A man made material which replaces shell, bu ff al o and nut materials. Unsaturated polyester resin made from petroleum is used. Because of its thermosetting feature, it has been extensively used to make buttons in apparel. In 1955, a technique using polyester resin to represent the glossy e ff ect of shell was invented i n the U.S.A. This development repla ced acrylic buttons, which ha d been mainly used up to then. As a substitute for shell buttons, polyester buttons spread all over Japan and they occupy a great share in the global button product ion now. Without limits t o designs, tremendous patterns can be made to show natural appeara nces, such as bu ff alo horn, shell and nut materials, and depending on the di ff erent designs, there is a di ff erent making process for each. One of the typical methods i s using an aluminum rod into which is poured polyester solution and heat is applied to harden the material,t his is called "rod" material. Another way is pouring polyester solution into a large rotating metal cylinder and with centrifugal force, it forms a sheet of polyester, this is called "sheet" material. Combinations with other materials such as metal, acryl ic, shell makes polyester buttons more appealing in the market. 9/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of a materials ABS A materi al containing three kinds of plastics. ABS is a resin compounded of the three plastics ‒ Ac rylonitrile, Butadiene & Styrene - and have the respective properties; Acrylonitrile - heat resistible, hardness, petroleum resistance, weather resi stance. Butadiene ‒ elasticity. Styrene - glossy e ff ect, excellent electrical properties, impact resistance. It is known as the best material of the resin materials to plate buttons and the injection method is used. In Japan, after 1970, as a substitute for metal buttons, ABS buttons came into common use and are frequently combined with other materials. 10/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of a materials Metal Permanent elegant glow Brass and zinc as the main raw materials. Metal buttons come in a tremendous variet y of colors. Brass buttons are often seen on uniforms or blazers. Because brass has a soft property, embossing or cutting processes are frequently used for production. Most brass buttons are formed by putting the top and bottom parts together with a press / die set and the inside of the button is hollow. More meticulous designs can be presented by die casting buttons. Zinc alloy is melted by extremely high temperatures and is poured into a metal mold t o produce buttons. For the delicate designs, the rubber casting method is used. Metal buttons are widely seen as uniform or branded buttons worldwide. 11/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of a materials Nylon A man made materi al full of appearance giving natural accent. Nylon resin came into use as a new material for buttons around 1960. Nylon is a genetic designation of Polyamide. Nylon products are usually processed by injection molding. For example,to meet th e increasing demands for combination products,metal part s can be combined without adhesive during the processes of injection. Nylon products are rich in appearance and various patterns can be designed, such as close texture, leathers, barks and meticulous motifs. Transparent or pearly e ff ects can be made as well . Nylon products have a high production rate, are light and have great color fastness for dyeing. 12/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of materials Urea Rooted in Ita lian craftsmanship Urea buttons have exc ellent color fastness and are excellent substitutes for horn and nut materials. Urea is a unique plastic material, which was developed to convey the natural appearances of wood, horn and nut materials . We at IRIS have incorporated the techniques and machin ery from Italy into our production system. Since it is not dyeable, all colors are mould - dyed. Each color of sheet is formed and each sheet is set to make natural look appear. The ready material is pu shed into the machine to form into a round bar, then it is cut into tablets. Each tablet is set in the metal mould and compressed with heat - treatment to make into buttons. Compared with other materials,urea buttons have excellent properties of resistance t o weather, impact, chemicals and heat. Due to its minimu m quantities, urea buttons meet the need of mass production market. 13/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of a material Shell Beauty from the Southern oceans Raw shell materials for buttons are mainly obtained in the Southern Pacific Oceans. White mother - of - pearl shells, black - mother - of - pearl shells, Takase shells and Mexican Abalone shells are commonly used, but almost all of them are imported. Being natural , the quality of material is graded by its habitat. Taka se shell is the most frequently used and it comes in variety forms of buttons from thin 2 or 4 - hole style to shank style. Takase shell is a spiral shell in conic shape, while other shells are bivalves (two - halve shells like mussels). Because of its excelle nt pearly e ff ects and superb luster, white mother - of - pearl shell is ranked at the top and it fits very well with the elegant and luxurious wears. For a long time, shell buttons had been a hand - made pro duction before machinery was invented in the 19th. century. Most of the production processes are cutting processes to treat the outer shells, and long - experienced skilled techniques are especially required for the finishing processes. 14/24 Introduc tion of our Technologies The features of a material Nuts So cal led “Ivoly Nuts” Ecuadorian coconut (Corozo Nut) is the raw material. It is known as "Ivory nuts" or "Vesitable nuts", as the outer of the seed looks like ivory once the she ll of the nut is removed. The fine grain and gloss are distinctive. Buttons are made by slicing the nut into an appropriate thickness, taking out the blanks and forming each blank into a button by cutting. The final process is polishing to make the button shiny. This production process was originally developed and put int o automation in Germany and spread into northern Italy. Nut buttons are commonly used with menswear. 15/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of a materials Bu ff alo horn Deep relation with human being. After nuts and shells had been originally used as accessories ones, horns and hooves came into use. In the ancient Greek era, these were valuable jewellery equivalent to gold and silver. Slicing so lid horns or splitting hollow horns in half, blanks are taken out to make buttons. The tip of horns is frequently used as toggle buttons. In the 19th. century, decorative horn buttons were developed by applying pressure to make a relief on it. With this me thod, the portrait of Josephine and Marie - Louise (the first and the second wife of Napoleon) was embossed on the button. 16/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of materials Woods Adored beauty from the ancient days From ancient times to present, wood buttons have been long made. Woods buttons were made by being carved out of a single board of boxwoods, magnolias, cherries, ebonies or olives. But nowadays, plywood is the main material. The main trees of plywood are birches, beeches and lauans. Phenol resin is impregnated and after it is naturally dried outside for a half day, it is dried for another three hours inside with the heat at 60 to 70 centigrade. To make the buttons, cutting processes are conducted. To make the best use of fine grains, a burning e ff ect can be applied or wood buttons can be combined with other materials. Even the color inconsistency of wood buttons conveys the sense of natural beauty. 17/24 Introduction of our Technologies The features of a materials Leather Sense of wild nature Skins of cows, horses and goats are the raw material of leather buttons. The hides are mainly imported from America and Australia. They are tanned by treatment with tannic acid or chrome. The hide with the tannin treatment is used for buttons. Leather is cut and shaved o ff to appropriate kinds of forms for button production. Putting leather strings together by artisans or embossing a design on a plain leather sheet, leather is made i nto buttons. Artificial animal skins can be represented by embossing a single sheet of plai n leather. Taking di ff erent textures between top and back of the leather into design or showing di ff erent tones like distressed appearance with additional processes, d istinctive features of leather gives buttons a unique accent. It is said that a wide variet y of leather buttons were made in the 19th.century. In the present day, leather buttons are regularly used on coats. 18/24 Introduction of our Technologie s The features of a material Casein Moderate sense of milky accent In t he late 1920, production of casein buttons spread the world after the development of machinery in Germany made its production automatic. In Japan it was called "Lact " and put into the market from around 1930. The raw material of casein buttons is rennet ca sein, which is made from milk. Casein is a genuine dairy product. To give buttons luster or patterns, white pigment, pearl essence or water are added to the rennet c asein and compounded with heat and pressure treatment. Being formed into a bar or a sheet, drying them for a long time before making buttons. Through its processes,it requires time and care with skilled artisans. High compression resistance and chemical re sistance, excellent colorfastness for dyeing are the great properties of casein buttons. 19/24 Quality Policy Based on "Customers - conscious"policy, we serve our customers with credibility and satisfactory. Adopting changes, we present new items and technology to the world. With safe and e ffi cient production systems, we supply our products to the markets quickly. We completely observe laws and regulations, which are all concerned. Making quality level clear, we maintain high quality with "P DCA" operations. We take improvement into account and work with continuous e ff orts for bett er services. We always upgrade e ffi ciency of quality management and maintain its system. All employees fully understand this policy, and we think and act from a cust omers' point of view. 1st. May. 2012 IRIS Co.,Ltd. President Yo Osumi 20/24 Environment Activities ISO14001 Environmental Policy The basic ideas To provide quality product and care through "Our ethics" to create small artra ctive products, IRIS Co.,Ltd. consider it an important mission to work closer with our surrou ndings - both the environment and the community - to carry out environmental preservation activities. Activity policies 1. We recognoze and understand that some of our products and services through our manufacture and sales activity have an e ff ect on the environ ment.We are aware of this and take actions for environmental preservation whenever we can. 2. To prevent environmental pollution, we put special importance on the fol lowing environmental activities. (1)Reducing energy for less generation o f CO2(carbon dioxid e) (2) Practical use of resources by recycling and reduction (3) Purchase of environmentally friendly products (4)Continuos development, presentation and promotion of e nvironmentally friendly products. 3. We abide by the environmental laws, reg ulations and artick les, which we are in agreement with, and observe them. 4. We improve our environmental management system in order to make continuous progress in environmental activi ties. 5. With our environmental policy, we set environmentally conscious obj ectives, and review them regularly. 6. Our environmental policy should be made known to all sta ff working at IRIS Co.,Ltd. and we keep up our morals for environmental presevation. Moreo ver, we must take inspired actions to our associated companies and supplie rs for their compre hension and cooperation on our environmental activities. 7. We make our environmental policy open to the public. 21/24 Environment Activities IRIS Co.,Ltd. have taken a part of “Ecolog recycling network” since 1994. The "ECOL OG" items are only made of 100% polyester materials that are superior in waterproofing, ventilation, moisture retaining & high resistance. "Ecolog" clothes only use outer - fabrics, li nings, interlinings, buttons, zippers and pads, which are made of 100% pol yester materials. A fter using "Ecolog"products long time, they are collected and recycled to become materials for buttons, zippers, pads & interlining, etc. again. "Ecolog recycling network" is the best circular system to recycle used clothes. But tons become abrasiv es. When producing buttons, wasted parts of materials are left and they can not be used for button production. IRIS regard the left - oveer materials as preci ous resources. The main materials are unsaturated polyester of thermosetti ng resin and urea a mong a various materials for button production,and their ratio of leftover material is very low. Grinding the leftover materials, they become a powder form of abra sive, which works well to remove paintings o ff airplanes and to deburr thro ugh semi - conductor production. IRIS have operated abrasive production since 1898. 22/24 Environment Activities IRIS Co.,Ltd. work to acquire Oeko - Tex standard 100 certifica tion. Oeko - Tex standard 100 is an internati onal safety standard for textiles products includ ing accessories set by the International Association for Reserch and Testing,which mainly consist of European associations and some in other nations. Articles c ertified as Oeko - Tex Standard 100 * We are ve ry sorry that we do not sell these articles to in dividual customers directly. This is the label certified OekoTex standard 100. Oeko - Tex standard 100 is an international safety standard for textile products inclu ding accessories set by 24 International Ass ociation for Reserch and Testing, mainly in Europ e and in other natios, in the field of Textile Ecology with headquarters in Zurich (Switzerland). They regulate standards for heavy metals, carcinogenic substances & allergic substance, etc. 23/24 Cultural Activities "Button Museum " "Button Museum "have valueable collections of documents and antique buttons not only from Japan but also from many nations around the world, which makes the m useum very unique in the world. By collectin g remarkable and historical buttons, the museum i s designed as a culture centre specialized in history of Japanese and international fashion culture through buttons. It is our great pleasure that "Button Museum " captivate many peoples' hearts and a lot of people show interest in butto ns, which had been once regarded as a status symbol during a certain era in the long elegant history. 24/24