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Taiyo Kogyo Corporation is a Tokyo, Japan based company that is most notable for its design, production and/or installation of membrane structure roofs and to a lesser extent space frame truss systems.
The company's brand of membrane is MakMax.
The company has 40 subsidiaries and claims to be the largest producer of membrane structures in the world deploying 1,200,000m of the fabric a year.[1] Its web says it is ISO 9001 certified.[1]
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History
The company was founded in 1922 as Nohmura Tent Company in Osaka, Japan, by Kaneshige Nohmura. During World War II its facilities were completely destroyed. It started again in 1946 as Nohmura Sewing Factory and then changed its name to Taiyo Kogyo in 1947.
In 1989 it acquired majority interest in Birdair and then took total control in 1992.
Notable subsidiaries
Birdair
Birdair was founded in 1957 in Buffalo, New York by Walter Bird. The company first began building radomes and rapid deployment command shelters and then branched into 1200 major installations in more than 30 countries, requiring over 30,000,000 square feet (2,800,000 m2) of architectural fabric membrane.[2]
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.[3]
Its headquarters is in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst, New York
Taiyo Membrane Corporation
Taiyo Membrane Corporation is a supplier of tensile membrane structures within Australia and the Ocenia region. 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 (Birdair is a subsidiary of Taiyo Kogyo).
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[4]
- Karaiskákis Stadium, Athens, Greece
- Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne Australia
- Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne Australia
- Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia
- Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Australia
- Warner Brothers Movie World, Gold Coast, Australia
- The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia
- Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Canada Place, Vancouver, Canada
- Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- Donald N. Dedmon Center, Radford, Virginia
- Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
- Cape Town Stadium, Capetown, South Africa
- Durban Stadium, Durban, South Africa
- Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
- Ravenna Sports Palace, Ravenna, Italy
- Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
- Taoyuan County Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan
- Hong Kou Stadium, Shanghai, China
- Cohen Stadium, El Paso, Texas
- Kuwait National Stadium, Safat, Kuwait
- The Home Depot Center, Carson, California
- HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York
- Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China
- Baptist Sports Park, Nashville, Tennessee
- Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan, China
- HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg, Germany
- Komatsu Dome, Komatsu, Japan
- Misawa Ice Arena, Misawa, Japan
- Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
- Shin Amagi Dome, Amagi, Japan
- Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
- Shanghai Sports Facility, Shanghai, China
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
- Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon, South Korea
- University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
- The O2 (Millennium Dome), London, England
Transportation[5]
- Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado
- Amgen Helix Pedestrian Bridge, Seattle, Washington
- Rapid Central Station, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Palm Springs Airport - S. Bono Terminal, Palm Springs, California
- San Jose De Los Cabos International Airport, Las Cabos, Mexico
Commercial[6][7]
- San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California
- Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- The Sony Center, Berlin, Germany
- David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Institutional[8]
- University of La Verne Sports Science, La Verne, California
- Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York
- Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood, New Jersey
References
- ^ a b MakMax (Taiyo Kogyo Group). "Corporate Profile". MakMax. http://www.makmax.com/corporate/profile.html. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Larson OBrien Advertising - www.larsonobrien.com (2007-06-30). "Birdair / About". Birdair.com. http://www.birdair.com/about/default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ "Birdair, Inc - Birdair Architectural Umbrella - St Tropez". Birdair.crudigital.com.au. http://birdair.crudigital.com.au/main-menu/products/architectural-umbrellas/st-tropez. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Larson OBrien Advertising - www.larsonobrien.com (2010-04-16). "Birdair / Project Gallery". Birdair.com. http://www.birdair.com/projectGallery/browse.aspx?id=entertainment. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Larson OBrien Advertising - www.larsonobrien.com (2010-04-16). "Birdair / Project Gallery". Birdair.com. http://www.birdair.com/projectGallery/browse.aspx?id=transportation. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Larson OBrien Advertising - www.larsonobrien.com (2010-04-16). "Birdair / Project Gallery". Birdair.com. http://www.birdair.com/projectGallery/browse.aspx?id=commercial. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Larson OBrien Advertising - www.larsonobrien.com (2010-04-16). "Birdair / Project Gallery". Birdair.com. http://www.birdair.com/projectGallery/browse.aspx?id=retail. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ Larson OBrien Advertising - www.larsonobrien.com (2010-04-16). "Birdair / Project Gallery". Birdair.com. http://www.birdair.com/projectGallery/browse.aspx?id=institutional. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
External links
Categories:- Companies based in Tokyo
- 1922 establishments in Japan
- Companies established in 1922
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