History
In the history of over 100 years since our founding, the TSUNEISHI Group has always embraced challenges and achieved growth.
We will aim for sustained growth for the next 100 years, and becoming a corporate group that evolves and develops with local communities.
Shipping
1900s
1903Katsutaro Kambara founded a shipping business with a coal carrier
1930s
1936Established Setonaikai Unso
1940s
1943Established Setonaikai Senpaku
1948Changed the name of Setonaikai Senpaku to KAMBARA KISEN
1960s -1970s
1964Established BINGO SHOSEN. Operated regular line connecting Tsuneishi Port, Onomichi Port, and Momoshima
1978Established TSUNEISHI PORT SERVICE Launched towing and shipping agent services
1978Established KAMBARA MARINE K.K. Launched crew management services
1990s
1994Launched Japan-China regular line
1995Established CEBU ASIATIC SHIPPING & PORT SERVICES, which offers towing and special painting services
2000s
2003Established KAMBARA KISEN (CHINA) SHIPPING
2005Acquired majority ownership of Yamashita Shipping Agency, a logistics company at Shibushi Port in Kagoshima Prefecture
2006Established SHANGHAI KAMBARA INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
2010s
2010Established KAMBARA LOGISTICS
2015Established KAMBARA TUG AND MARINE SERVICES
Shipbuilding
1910s
1917Opened Shiohama Dockyard (predecessor to TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING)
1940s
1942Established TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING (reorganized Shiohama Dockyard)
1960s - 1970s
1963Established TSUNEISHI IRON WORKS
1967Opened dockyard in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (until 1969)
1970Established Kambara Marine Development
1979Established TSUNEISHI ENGINEERING
1980s - 1990s
1982Established Kambara Uruguay Shipyard (until 2002)
1992Established the design company TSUNEISHI TECHNICAL SERVICES (PHILS.)
in the Philippines
in the Philippines
1994Established the shipbuilding company, TSUNEISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (CEBU)
in the Philippines
in the Philippines
2000s
2000Merged with Hashihama Shipbuilding and established the Tadotsu factory
2001Established TSUNEISHI (ZHENJIANG) STEEL STRUCTURE (until 2014)
2003Established the shipbuilding company, TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING
in China
in China
2008Established the shipbuilding company, ASTILLERO TSUNEISHI PARAGUAY in Paraguay
2010s
2010Established TSUNEISHI FACILITIES & CRAFT, which specializes in building aluminum alloy small vessels
2011Established the small vessel dockyard TFC (Iwate) to aid rebuilding after the Great East Japan Earthquake
2013Spun off the Tadotsu factory and established Tadotsu Shipbuilding (until 2014)
2015Acquired majority ownership of MIHO SHIPYARD
2020s
2022Acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, NIIGATA SHIPBUILDING, Yura Dockyard, and KANDA DOCKYARD
Trading & Energy
1950s
1952Established Chitose Oil
1953Established Sumihiro Sekitan Shokai
1960s - 1980s
1963Renamed from Sumihiro Sekitan Shokai to Sumihiro Shokai
1972Established TSUNEISHI CAR SERVICE
1988Rebrands from Sumihiro Shokai to Sumihiro & Co.,Ltd.
2000s
2004Established TSUNEISHI CRS
2007Renamed from Sumihiro & Co.,Ltd. to Sumihiro Company in Tsuneishi Holdings due to Group Restructuring.
2009Merged Chitose Oil Corporation, TSUNEISHI CAR SERVICE, TSUNEISHI CRS, and the Tsuneishi Enterprise insurance division, and established TSUNEISHI C VALUES
2010s
2010sEstablished Tsuneishi Partners
2011Renamed from Sumihiro & Co.,Ltd. as Tuneishi Trading Co.,Ltd. following corporate separation due to group restructuring
2014Established TSUNEISHI C VALUES PHILIPPINES
2016Established Tsuneishi Capital
2017Merged Tsuneishi Partners and Tsuneishi Capital, Rebranding
as Tsuneishi Capital Partners
2020s
2024Merged Tsuneishi C Values, Tokusei Shoji, and Tsuneishi Capital Partners, Rebranding as Tokusei Corporation. Additionally, Segment Designation Shifts to Trading & Energy.
Environment
1960s
1967Established Kambara Tank Cleaning Service and launched ship waste oil treatment services
1990s
1990Changed the name of Kambara Tank Cleaning Service to KAMTECS
2010s
2010Changed the name of KAMTECS to TSUNEISHI KAMTECS
2011TSUNEISHI KAMTECS acquired majority ownership of Saitama Yamazen
2012TSUNEISHI KAMTECS acquired majority ownership of EARTH CREATE OFFICE
2013TSUNEISHI KAMTECS acquired majority ownership of Sunny Creation Planning
2013Established TSUNEISHI KAMTECS RIKUUN
2013Established TSUNEISHI KAMTECS (THAILAND) Co., Ltd.
2015TSUNEISHI KAMTECS acquired majority ownership of FUTABA SANKYO
20162016 TSUNEISHI KAMTECS acquired majority ownership of TOKO SHOJI
20182018 TSUNEISHI KAMTECS merged and acquired TSUNEISHI KAMTECS SAITAMA
2018Acquired Cycle Trend Industries Sdn. Bhd.
2020s
2021Acquired SANYO TSUSHO
2021Acquired UESUGI GIKEN KOGYO
2022Acquired YOSHIDA
Life & Resorts
1960s
1967Established Tenshinzan Farm, and launched poultry breeding services
1967Established Kambara Food Industry
1969Established TSUNEISHI HARBOR Hotel
1970s
1971Completed Shinshoji Baseball Field (now Tsuneishi Stadium)
1973Established Shinshoji Mart
1974Opened the comprehensive accommodation-type training facility (now Tsuneishi Shimanami Village)
1978Changed the name of Kambara Food Industry to Kambara Shokuhin Kosan
1980s
1981Changed the name of Kambara Shokuhin Kosan to Tsuneishi Enterprise
1989Opened the amusement park MIROKU-NO-SATO
1989Opened Sakaigahama Marine Park
1989Established Island Cruise Line Pacific
1989Established Island Cruise Line
1990s
1991Opened JINSEKI KOGEN Hotel
1998Established Sakaigahama Marina
2000s
2004Established GLOCAL JAPAN (planning & development, agribusiness)
2009Established TSUNEISHI HUMAN SERVICES
2009Established Tsuneishi Sakaigahama Resort
2010s
2013Completed Tsuneishi Field, a soccer field that conforms with international game standards
2015Merged TSUNEISHI HUMAN SERVICES and Tsuneishi Sakaigahama Resort, and established TSUNEISHI LR
2016Established SETOUCHI CRUISE
2017"guntû" went into service
2019Established TLB
2020s
2020Established TSUNEISHI RESORT
2024SETOUCHI CRUISE merged with TSUNEISHI RESORT and TLB
Foundations/Other
1950s
1954Established Kambara Ikueikai Foundation
1960s
1962Supported building of Zeno Shonen Bokujo welfare facility
1966Established Kambara Ringyo
1990s
1990Opened MIROKU-NO-SATO Japanese Language School of International Culture Institute
1992Established TSUNEISHI FORESTRY CONSTRUCTION (merged Kambara Ringyo and Tsuneishi Enterprise)
1994Established TSUNEISHI FOUNDATION (CEBU)
2000s
2007Established PARAGUAY KAMBARA IKUEIKAI
2007Established Paraguay Kambara Foundation
2010s
2010Established TSUNEISHI MIRAI FOUNDATION
2011Established SETOUCHI HOLDINGS
2011Established TSUNEISHI CHALLENGED (bakery business, diagram printing/management services for vessels, etc.)
2012Opened FC Bayern Tsuneishi Soccer School
2016Opened Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens
2017Established Tsuneishi Foundation
