Hogy Medical

Hogy Medical Co., Ltd. is a Japanese medical-products manufacturer and seller headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company traces its origins to a personal shop founded by Masao Hoki in Bunkyo, Tokyo, in December 1955. The shop initially sold paper and stationery and medical recording paper; the business subsequently developed into a supplier and manufacturer of products used in healthcare settings. The company's product range includes medical nonwoven products, sterilization packaging bags sold under the name Mekkin Bag, medical masks, and disposable consumables used in procedures such as surgery. It also supplies medical kit products. Its corporate homepage highlights Premium Kit, nonwoven products, Mekkin Bag, and REVICE among its principal offerings. The Japanese-language company description identifies nonwoven medical products, sterilization packaging bags, and medical kits as important product categories. Hogy Medical's manufacturing footprint includes facilities in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, including the Tsukuba factory in Ushiku and the Miho factories in Miho. Its history also records production, sterilization, kit-manufacturing, and distribution facilities developed in Japan over several decades. The company has established Indonesian and Asia-Pacific subsidiaries; the supplied company history identifies P.T. Hogy Indonesia and Hogy Medical Asia Pacific PTE. LTD. as consolidated subsidiaries, as well as an Indonesian sales subsidiary at a lower tier. The business began as a privately operated shop and adopted successive corporate names as it expanded. It became Hogy Medical Co., Ltd. in 1987 and later listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, according to the supplied Japanese Wikipedia article. That article also reports later ownership and listing events dated 2026; because those dates are not independently confirmed as completed by the supplied evidence, this dossier does not treat them as current ownership or listing facts. The company's current homepage and corporate-information pages present Hogy Medical as an operating business serving medical settings, with a focus on safety and products for clinical use.

Hogy Medical's origins date to December 1955, when Masao Hoki started Hoki Meiseido as a personal shop in Bunkyo, Tokyo. It sold paper and stationery and began selling medical recording paper. In April 1961, Hoki Kirokushi Hanbai Co., Ltd. was established in Bunkyo with capital of one million yen. The company began selling HOGY electrocardiograph recording paper in January 1963, and in June 1964 set up a factory in Nogata, Nerima, to manufacture Mekkin Bag sterilization packaging. A factory was built in Kashiwa in 1967, replacing the Nogata factory. The company changed its trade name to Hogy Co., Ltd. in October 1970 and began manufacturing and selling medical nonwoven products in July 1972. In 1978, it built the Miho factory in Ibaraki Prefecture to manufacture Mekkin Bag and nonwoven products, absorbing the work of the Kashiwa factory. The company added distribution capacity and dedicated nonwoven production facilities during the following years. In April 1987, it adopted the name Hogy Medical Co., Ltd., the name it uses today. During the late 1980s and 1990s, Hogy Medical expanded its distribution, sterilization, and manufacturing infrastructure in Ibaraki. It established an automated warehouse and a sterilization center, and opened additional factory capacity. In April 1994, it began selling kit products, broadening its offering beyond individual medical supplies. In October of that year, it established P.T. Hogy Indonesia, identified in the supplied company history as a consolidated subsidiary. A fully automated electron-beam sterilization center was completed in 1995, followed by an automated warehouse in 1997. The supplied Japanese Wikipedia article records that Hogy Medical was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Second Section in December 1991 and designated for the First Section in March 2000. The company moved its head office to its current location in Minato, Tokyo, in April 2002. In March 2003, it completed the Tsukuba kit factory, dedicated to kit products. A new distribution center began operation in June 2006, and a new Tsukuba factory began operation in June 2017. In August 2018, the company established Hogy Medical Asia Pacific PTE. LTD., which the supplied history identifies as a consolidated subsidiary. The evidence describes Hogy Medical as a Japanese manufacturer and seller of medical devices and hygiene materials. Its current official homepage presents Premium Kit, nonwoven products, Mekkin Bag, and REVICE among its principal products. The supplied Japanese Wikipedia article includes events dated 2026 concerning a tender offer, acquisition of shares by a Carlyle Group affiliate, and delisting. Since those events are dated after the evidence's current-time confirmation and are not independently corroborated here, they are not represented as completed developments in this history.

• 2018

  Hogy Medical Asia Pacific established

• 2017

  New Tsukuba factory begins operation

• 2003

  Tsukuba kit factory completed

• 2002

  Head office moved to Minato, Tokyo

• 2000

  Designated for the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section

• 1995

  Tsukuba sterilization center completed

• 1994

  Medical kit sales begin; Indonesian subsidiary established

• 1991

  Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section

• 1987

  Company renamed Hogy Medical Co., Ltd.

• 1978

  Miho factory established

• 1972

  Medical nonwoven products introduced

• 1970

  Trade name changed to Hogy Co., Ltd.

• 1964

  Mekkin Bag production begins

• 1963

  HOGY electrocardiograph recording paper sales begin

• 1961

  Company incorporated

• 1955

  Hoki Meiseido founded in Bunkyo, Tokyo

A Japanese healthcare-products manufacturer focused on safety and products for medical practice, including nonwoven goods, sterilization packaging, and procedure-related kits and consumables.

• Premium Kit

  A principal product named on the company's official homepage.

• Medical nonwoven products

  Medical nonwoven goods manufactured and sold by the company.

• Mekkin Bag

  Sterilization packaging bags manufactured by the company.

• REVICE

  A named principal product shown on the company homepage.

• Medical kits and disposable medical consumables

  The supplied company description identifies kits and disposable products used in medical procedures among the company's offerings.

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4. 4Hogy Medicalwikidata.org