A Message from the Managing Director

Shinji Koyagi, OHMI INDUSTRIES, LTD. Managing Director

Shinji Koyagi

Managing Director

We focus on housing among the pillars supporting the foundation of our livelihoods: clothing, food, and housing. Our company began by delivering products that could not be sourced locally in countries that make up what is currently called the Global South.

Specifically, our first step was to deliver Cold Rolled Steel Sheets from Japan to serve as roofing materials (galvanized roofing) in various African countries.
Later, we developed friendly relationships with influential businesses in various countries, establishing collaborative frameworks with the goal of achieving a system for providing a stable supply of steel roofing materials locally.

Not only did we work with local African business operators, but also made friends amongst overseas Indian business operators, resulting in business relationships. Drawing on connections with such individuals, we sought to build and finally establish a business foundation in India itself.

Our network of overseas Indian associates also provided opportunities to work with influential business operators in Southwestern Asian nations such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, where we worked to popularize steel products that could help with economic development.
In India in particular, instead of focusing solely on construction materials for housing, we trade in steel products with individuals from a wide variety of industries including automobiles, construction machinery, infrastructure, energy, and various packaging solutions for food.

Steel forms the foundation of our business and acts as a medium and the most important intangible asset that we have in forming a business (client) network across emerging countries and the nations of the Global South.

Going forward, we aim to accurately identify the changing need for steel in various countries, help contribute to their economic development, and use our unique business network in the turbulent global industrial procurement structure to continue challenging ourselves to develop business that helps with economic development and social issues not only in Japan, but in Southwest Asia and African nations as well.

Introduction to the Board

Katsuhiko Koyagi, Chairman

Katsuhiko Koyagi

Chairman

Tei Ka

Tei Ka

Director

Yasuhiro Nishiki

Yasuhiro Nishiki

Director