Maeda Corporation

Maeda Corporation
	Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 1824
ISIN	JP3861200008
Industry	Construction; Engineering
Founded	January 1919)
Founder	Matabee Maeda
Headquarters	Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8151, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Koichi Obara; (Chairman); Soji Maeda; (President)
Services	Heavy construction; Civil engineering; Real estate management;
Revenue	JPY 467.7 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 4.2 billion) (FY 2017)
Net income	JPY 23 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 208 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees	4,133 (consolidated, as of March 2018)
Website	Official website
	Footnotes / references; [1][2]

Maeda Corporation (前田建設工業株式会社, Maeda Kensetsu Kougyo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese corporation which was established in 1919. Its main areas of business are building construction and civil engineering.[3]

Maeda has domestic offices in eleven Japanese cities, and overseas offices in Thailand, Hong Kong, and India.

History

Maeda became independent from Tobishima Gumi (飛島組) as Maeda Jimusho (前田事務所) in 1919. It became known as Maeda Corporation in 1946. In 1960, the company completed Takokura Dam, one of the largest dam projects in Japan. In recent years, Maeda engaged in other large-scale public construction projects such as Seikan Tunnel and Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line in Japan.

Maeda is also well known in Hong Kong and has constructed such projects as the Hong Kong International Airport and Kap Shui Mun Bridge.

Construction projects

Not a complete list.

Kanmonkyo Bridge (1971)
Seikan Tunnel (1987)
Fukuoka Dome (1993)
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (1995)
Hong Kong International Airport terminal (1998)
Blue Line (Yokohama) Shimoiida Station (1997)

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References

"Corporate Outline". Maeda Corporation. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
"Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
Frédéric, Louis (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 600. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

External links

Official site (in Japanese)
Official site (in English)
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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[1] "Corporate Outline". Maeda Corporation. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[2] "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[3] Frédéric, Louis (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 600. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.