Branch Network

The continuing growth of Kanamoto's branch network. Expanding and enlarging Kanamoto's domestic and overseas base of operations.

[Domestic branch strategy]

Kanamoto's fundamental branch strategy is to develop bases by emphasizing demand-based needs, including disaster recovery works and large-scale projects in various regions, while placing branch development in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, where both public and private sector demand is concentrated, and in other major urban centers where there remains room for growth, at the center of its expansion strategy.
Kanamoto will undertake further enhancement of its branch network by continuing to develop branches whose future effectiveness can be ascertained.

[Overseas branch formation]

Kanamoto began developing its operations in foreign countries in 2006, and in each country is already achieving commensurate results. In China, we established ten new offices at branches of Shanghai Jinheyuan Equipment Rental Co., Ltd. during 2011 to serve the vigorous local demand driven by infrastructure construction, which is being undertaken at a rapid pace, and we are also expanding our construction equipment servicing and lending windows. A number of large-scale infrastructure construction project plans are also moving forward in Hong Kong, and when efforts such as our successful indirect entry to these large-scale projects through KANAMOTO (HK) CO., LTD. is taken into account, the development of Kanamoto's business in China has accelerated.
In February 2011 we established Kanamoto & JP Nelson Equipment (S) PTE Ltd. in Singapore. A succession of large-scale projects including subways and expressways has been ordered in that country, and we anticipate demand for specialized equipment for engineering works such as ground improvement and the shield tunneling method, sectors in which the Kanamoto Group possesses unique expertise.
In Territory of Guam, United States, SJ Rental, Inc. is bidding on various projects while supporting infrastructure work that has been partially begun on the island. In addition to these activities, Kanamoto is developing construction equipment rentals in Vietnam, Algeria, UAE and the Pacific rim region, broadening both its sales areas and business areas one by one.
This effort to expand our overseas operations centered on the giant market in China and the remarkably developing ASEAN countries is one of the Kanamoto Group's most important measures. Kanamoto will continue to lay a solid foundation for its push into overseas markets in the future.

Kanamoto and the Group companies' operating branches in Japan (as of January 2012)

		Construction Equipment Rental Division		Steel Sales Division		Information Products Division		Total
		Kanamoto Co., Ltd.	Consolidated subsidiaries	Kanamoto Co., Ltd.	Consolidated subsidiaries	Kanamoto Co., Ltd.	Consolidated subsidiaries
Domestic	Hokkaido	61	14	3	0	0	0	78
	Tohoku	49	2	0	0	0	0	51
	Kanto	27	3	0	0	1	1	32
	Chubu	17	0	0	0	0	0	17
	Kinki	4	11	0	0	0	0	15
	Chugoku	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Shikoku	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Kyushu	0	30	0	0	0	0	30
Overseas	China	0	10	0	0	0	0	10
	U.S.A	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total		231		3		2		236

Overseas development

In addition to developing bases in China, Guam and Singapore, Kanamoto also provides construction equipment rentals in Vietnam, Algeria, the UAE and the Pacific Rim region.