To be a leading company	Message
	Since our establishment, gardening materials and pet food articles have been central to the business of our company. Our management philosophy is "go steady, go all out and go forward," and it is wish this policy that we have grown to be one of the top five of these business sectors. We believe our policy, giving top priority to the voice of our clientele, has proved right. We also lay emphasis on "how we produce, what we face and what we produce." We believe all the credit of our growth should belong to this spirit. Without it, we could have never sailed through the turbulent ups and downs of the economy as a whole and the market.
	We are not satisfied yet. We will grow further. We are determined to go ahead to become bigger. 　Our chosen policy was to launch an agricultural material business in 1995. Agriculture, indeed, has an immense potential. It is our firm belief that this lucrative field could make maximum use of the Know-how we have acquired in the gardening material and pet food article business. We are primed for expanding this new agricultural material line to be as dependable as those two seniors lines. Our targets are to boost our annual sales of \10 billion to \20 billion and have our company listed on the stock market. We believe it is our responsibility to help attain an affluent society. We are looking forward to your unfailing support to our aspiration to stay as one of the leading companies in the business.
Our challenge continues toward the 21st century	Representative director
Mail to　info@oshima-co.com	Katsuichiro Oshima
■　History	■　Company outline
1961: Oshima Shoten,predecessor of our 　　　　company, was inaugurated and started 　　　　the production and sale of fertilizers. 1963: The sale of dog foods started 1965: The institutional name was changed to 　　　　Tochigi Pet Food. 1969: The production and sale of assorted 　　　　feed for pet birds started. 1973: Tochigi Pet Food Co.,Ltd. was established 　　　　and moved to the present location. 1980: A distribution center was completed. 1982: An automatic fertilizer scale was installed. 1983: Another distribution center was built. 1983: A computer system was introduced. 1985: The capital was raised to \ 10 million. 1988: A computer-controlled picking system 　　　　was introduced. 1989: Fertilizer and feed packaging was automated. 1991: The company name was changed to 　　　　Oshima Co., Ltd. 1993: The Packaging of various gardening soil 　　　　was automated. 1995: A new office and distribution center 　　　　were completed.	Name: Oshima Co., Ltd Address: 215 Doyo,Ohira-machi Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi-ken Japan 329-4402 Tel (0282) 22-4188 Fax (0282) 23-8576 Founded: April 1,1961 Incorporated: Jan. 31,1973 Capital: \10 million Main outlets: Kanto and Touhoku districts; home utensil centers, volume sales stores,drug stores, pet shops,economic associations, agricultural cooperatives Correspondent banks: Ashikaga bank Ohira Branch Asahi Bank Tochigi Branch Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Tochigi Branch