, based in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

and

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, Japan, is a specialty contractor for the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of

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History

Founded in 1922 as Nohmura Tent Company, the company faced setbacks during

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, but nonetheless was reconstructed in August 1946 as Nohmura Sewing Factory, eventually renaming its business to Taiyo Kogyo Corporation. Its headquarters are located in

and

, Japan. Currently, Taiyo Kogyo has 37 subsidiaries across 13 countries.

Product lines

*Tensile membrane structures *

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structures *Textile interiors *Textile façades *Tent warehouses *Civil engineering projects *Taiyo Multipurpose Truss

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structures *Logistic systems *Fresh conditioning transportation system *Transparent Photovoltaic glass

Domestic subsidiaries

*Taiyo Tent Hokuriku Co.,Ltd. *Fukui Taiyo Co.,Ltd. *Taiyo Tent Kantoh co.,Ltd. *Meihan Tekko Co.,Ltd. *Transport & Distribution Service, Inc. *Higashi-Nihon Container Service Co.,Ltd. *Naka-Nihon Container Service Co.,Ltd. *Osaka Container Service Co.,Ltd. *Mizushima Container Service Co.,Ltd. *Kitakyushu Container Service Co.,Ltd. *Taiyokogyo Geo Techno Service Co.,Ltd. *Taiyo Enesys, Inc. *Kansai Taiyo Tent co.,Ltd. *Depotrent Inc. *Dououkentetsu corporation *En-T Design Co., Ltd *TSP Taiyo Inc. *Actio Corporation *FESTAL-KANSAI, Co., Ltd. *FESTAL-KANTO, Co., Ltd. *Rentool Taiyo Co., Ltd.

Overseas subsidiaries

Birdair

Birdair was founded in 1957 in

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by Walter Bird. The company first began building

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s and rapid deployment command shelters and then branched into 1200 major installations in more than 30 countries, requiring over of architectural fabric membrane. In 1992 the company became a division of Taiyo Kogyo Corporation. In addition to its high-profile structures it deploys collapsible umbrellas for restaurants and non-collapsible umbrellas for bigger projects through its Birdair Architectural Umbrellas subdivision. Its headquarters is in the Buffalo suburb of

Amherst, New York Amherst () is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. Amherst is an inner ring suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020, the town had a total population of 129,595. This represents an increase from 122,366 as reported in the 2010 census. The second ...

Taiyo Membrane Corporation

Taiyo Membrane Corporation , based in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, is a specialty contractor for the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of tensile membrane structures. History Founded in 1922 as Nohmura Tent Company, the company faced setbacks during World War ...

is a supplier of tensile membrane structures within Australia and the Oceania region. Trading as MakMax Australia, the head office is located in the largely industrial area of Eagle Farm, north-east of the Brisbane CBD in Queensland Australia. MakMax Australia was formed in 1984 in Australia under the name Shade Structures Pacific and originally raised to prominence through its innovative shade structures for the 1988 World Expo in Brisbane. The company joined the Taiyo Kogyo Group after it joined with USA Company Birdair Inc in 2001 and became Shade Structures Birdair. In 2003 Shade Structures Birdair was transferred to Taiyo Kogyo Corporation and the company was changed to Taiyo Membrane Corporation. In 2007 Taiyo Membrane Corporation changed their Australian trading name to MakMax Australia whilst still trading under Taiyo Membrane Corporation internationally.

Notable projects

Sports facilities

Karaiskákis Stadium The Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium ( el, Στάδιο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης), commonly referred to as the Karaiskakis Stadium ( el, Στάδιο Καραϊσκάκη, ), is a football stadium in Piraeus, Attica, Greece, and the ...

, Athens, Greece * Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia *

Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Melbourne Sports Centres - MSAC is an international sporting venue located in Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. The centre was opened on 24 July 1997 at a construction cost of A$65 million. The cost was funded by the State Government of Victori ...

, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia *

Healesville Sanctuary Healesville Sanctuary, formally known as the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary, is a zoo specialising in native Australian animals. It is located at Healesville in rural Victoria, Australia, and has a history of breeding native animals. It is one ...

, Victoria, Australia *

Queensland Tennis Centre Queensland Tennis Centre, known during its development as the Tennyson Tennis Centre, is a tennis venue in Tennyson, Brisbane, Australia. It is an A$82 million tennis facility opened on 2 January 2009 at the site of the demolished Tennyson Po ...

, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * Warner Bros. Movie World, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia *

The Gabba The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as the Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. Over the years, the Gab ...

, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * Anna Mears Velodrome, Membrane Roof and Facade, Brisbane, Australia *

Optus Stadium Perth Stadium, currently known as Optus Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Burswood. It was completed in late 2017 and officially opened on 21 January 2018. The s ...

Halo Roof, Perth, Australia * Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, South Australia *

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (commonly called the Metrodome) was a domed sports stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It opened in 1982 as a replacement for Metropolitan Stadium, the former home of the National Football League ...

, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States *

BC Place Stadium BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province. The venue is currently ...

, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada *

Tokyo Dome is an indoor stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium. Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of th ...

, Tokyo, Japan * Donald N. Dedmon Center, Radford, Virginia, United States * Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey, United States *

Cape Town Stadium The Cape Town Stadium ( af, Kaapstad-stadion; xh, Inkundla yezemidlalo yaseKapa) is an association football (soccer) and rugby union stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During the planning stage, it wa ...

, Cape Town, South Africa * Durban Stadium, Durban, South Africa *

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a soccer and rugby union stadium in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, It hosted 2010 FIFA World Cup matches and the third place play off. It is the home of Chippa United Football Club and formerly of r ...

, Port Elizabeth, South Africa *

Cowboys Stadium AT&T Stadium, formerly Cowboys Stadium, is a retractable-roof stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. It serves as the home of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), and was completed on May 27, 2009. It is also the hom ...

, Arlington, Texas, United States *

Tropicana Field Tropicana Field (commonly known as the Trop) is a Multi-purpose stadium, multi-purpose domed stadium located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The stadium has been the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) since the ...

, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States *

Stadio Olimpico The Stadio Olimpico (English: ''Olympic Stadium'') is the largest sports facility in Rome, Italy, seating over 70,000 spectators. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex, north of the city. The structure is owned by the Italian Na ...

, Rome, Italy * Ravenna Sports Palace, Ravenna, Italy *

Georgia Dome The Georgia Dome was a domed stadium in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was owned and operated by the State of Georgia as part of the Georgia World Congress Center ...

, Atlanta, Georgia, United States * Taoyuan County Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan * Hong Kou Stadium, Shanghai, China *

Cohen Stadium Cohen Stadium was a stadium on the Northeast side of El Paso, Texas, by the Patriot Freeway, next to the Franklin Mountains. It replaced Dudley Field and has been replaced by Southwest University Park. It was primarily used for baseball, an ...

, El Paso, Texas, United States *

Kuwait National Stadium Kuwait National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 16,000. It was the home ground of the Kuwait national football team The Kuwait national football team ( ar, ...

, Safat, Kuwait *

The Home Depot Center Dignity Health Sports Park is a multi-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. The complex consists of the 27,000-seat Dignity Health Sports Park soccer stadium, the Dignity ...

, Carson, California, United States *

HSBC Arena Jeunesse Arena is an indoor multi-purpose arena, located in the region of Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named for the American cosmetics company Jeunesse Global through a naming rights deal closed in 2017. Before, the spons ...

, Buffalo, New York, United States *

Shanghai Stadium The Shanghai Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Shanghai. Between 2009 and 2019, the stadium hosted home matches of the Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG. History The stadium opened on 14 March 1999 when the eighth National Games o ...

, Shanghai, China * Baptist Sports Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States *

Wuhan Stadium The Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium ( or Zhuankou Stadium () is sports complex with a multi-use stadium in Wuhan, China. Completed in 2002, it has an all-seated capacity of 54,000. Local football team Wuhan Guanggu played some high attendance matches ...

, Wuhan, China *

HSH Nordbank Arena Volksparkstadion () is a football stadium in Hamburg, Germany, and is the home of Hamburger SV. History HSV actually have nothing to do with the origins of the stadium, even though they own the current arena. Before the club moved to the cur ...

, Hamburg, Germany * Komatsu Dome, Komatsu, Japan * Misawa Ice Arena, Misawa, Japan *

Paul Brown Stadium Paycor Stadium, previously known as Paul Brown Stadium, is an outdoor football stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the home venue of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League and opened on August 19, 2000. Originally named after the B ...

, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States *

Shanghai International Circuit The Shanghai International Circuit () is a motorsport race track, situated in the Jiading District, Shanghai. The circuit is best known as the venue for the annual Chinese Grand Prix which was hosted from 2004 to 2019 and was scheduled again fr ...

, Shanghai, China *

Shin Amagi Dome Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the human leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese ...

, Amagi, Japan *

Arena AufSchalke Arena AufSchalke (), currently known as Veltins-Arena () for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor association football, football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened on 13 August 2001, as the new home ground for ...

, Gelsenkirchen, Germany *

Chase Field Chase Field, formerly Bank One Ballpark, is a retractable roof stadium in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is the home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. It opened in 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season, 1998, the year the Diamondbacks ...

, Phoenix, Arizona, United States *

Shanghai Sports Facility The Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre (Simplified Chinese: 上海东方体育中心), also known as the Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center, is a sports venue that started construction on December 30, 2008, and was completed in late 2010. The center ha ...

, Shanghai, China *

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, Providence, Rhode Island, United States *

Reliant Stadium NRG Stadium, formerly Reliant Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. Construction was completed in 2002, at a cost of $352 million and has a seating capacity of 72,220. It was the first NFL facility to have a retrac ...

, Houston, Texas, United States *

Incheon Munhak Stadium The Incheon Munhak Stadium (also known as Incheon World Cup Stadium or Munhak Stadium) is a sports complex in Incheon, South Korea and includes a multi-purpose stadium, a baseball park, and other sports facilities. Facilities Incheon Munha ...

, Incheon, South Korea *

University of Phoenix Stadium A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

, Glendale, Arizona, United States *

The O2 The O2 is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars, and restaurants. It was built largely withi ...

(Millennium Dome), London, England, UK

Transportation

Denver International Airport Denver International Airport , locally known as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At , it is the largest airport in ...

, Denver, Colorado, United States *

Amgen Helix Pedestrian Bridge The Amgen Helix Pedestrian Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest ...

, Seattle, Washington, United States *

Rapid Central Station Rapid Central Station (also known as the Transit Center) is an intermodal transit station in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is operated by the Interurban Transit Partnership and serves as Grand Rapids' main city bus station as well as a stat ...

, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States * Palm Springs Airport - S. Bono Terminal, Palm Springs, California, United States * San Jose De Los Cabos International Airport, Las Cabos, Mexico

Commercial

San Diego Convention Center The San Diego Convention Center is the primary convention center in San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive. The center is managed by the San Diego ...

, San Diego, California, United States *

Broward County Convention Center Broward may refer to: *Broward County, Florida * Napoleon B. Broward (1857–1910), Florida governor after which the county is named *Robert C. Broward Robert C. Broward (March 30, 1926 – June 28, 2015) was an architect and author based in Jacks ...

, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States * The Sony Center, Berlin, Germany *

David L. Lawrence Convention Center The David L. Lawrence Convention Center (DLLCC) is a convention, conference and exhibition building in downtown Pittsburgh in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is served by two exits on Interstate 579. The initial David L. Lawrence ...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Institutional

* University of La Verne Sports Science, La Verne, California, United States *

Strong National Museum of Play The Strong National Museum of Play (known as just The Strong Museum or simply the Strong) is part of The Strong in Rochester, New York, United States. Established in 1969 and based initially on the personal collection of Rochester native Margaret ...

, Rochester, New York, United States *

Wildwoods Convention Center The Wildwoods Convention Center is a convention center and indoor arena in Wildwood, New Jersey. Built in 2001 to replace an older Convention Hall, the center has exhibition space of . The building includes the Oceanfront Arena, an indoor aren ...

, Wildwood, New Jersey, United States

References

External links

Taiyo Kogyo Group websiteBirdair, Inc. websiteShanghai Taiyo Kogyo Co., Ltd websiteTaiyo Europe GmbH websiteTaiwan Taiyo Kogyo Inc. websiteMakMax Australia, Taiyo Membrane Corporation Pty Ltd website
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