Kowa (Japanese: 興和株式会社, Kōwa Kabushiki-gaisha), later Kowa Company, Ltd. (Japanese: 興和株式会社), is a Japanese company, a specialized trading company and manufacturer, founded in 1894 in Nagoya. Originally established in the textile sector, it later diversified into pharmaceuticals, optics, and precision instruments. Kowa manufactured photo cameras from 1954 to 1978 and continued to make binoculars, telescopes and mediacal optics. Its headquarters are located in Nagoya, the capital of Japan's Aichi prefecture. Kowa Company is the core of the umbrella Kowa Group. Other companies within the group include Kowa's sibling firm Kowabo Company, Ltd. and the consolidated subsidiary Kowa Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. . Its predecessor, Hattori Kensaburo Shoten, notably supported the industrialist Sakichi Toyoda's development of his automatic loom. The business is divided into trading and manufacturing divisions. The trading company division trades in fibers, machines, building materials, watercraft, mineral resources, chemical materials, and everyday goods. Meanwhile, the manufacturing division produces medicine, medical equipment, optical instruments, and energy-saving products. More information...
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