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KDC certainly supports the manufacturing scene with its technical strength and know-how by meeting the demands of customers.

The experts having respective technical knowledge and external / internal network of information are playing active parts in all sections of KDC. KDC can carry out comprehensive design and engineering of the various fields such as civil engineering structures, architectural buildings, plants, machinery, amusement facilities, ships and offshore structures. Utilizing fabless system, KDC can handle manufacturing of industrial machinery and amusement facilities. KDC aims to develop as an overall engineering company which serves customers based on flexible ideas and techniques obtained in various fields.

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Kansai Design Company, Ltd. (KDC) was established to strengthen the design capacity of Kanadevia (ex-Hitachi Zosen) Corporation in the fields of ships and offshore structures. After that, since the depression of shipbuilding around 1985, KDC has strived to develop its unique technical skills and to diversify into the new fields, utilizing the skills which had been accumulated until then. As a result, we have become an overall engineering company which can meet the needs of customers in the era of increasing sophistication, informatization in recent years, and thanks to all of you, we were able to celebrate 45th anniversary of our founding in 2024. KDC is capable of handling all the way from designing of civil engineering and architectural structures to handling feasibility study, basic planning and creation of manufacture drawing for the fields of steel structures, plants, mechanical equipment and ships/offshore structures. Furthermore, KDC can cover the overall process of manufacturing of machinery and equipment such as industrial machinery and automation machine related to nuclear power plants. In addition, KDC provides businesses that satisfy the needs in nowadays such as those related to energy, environment and nanotechnology. In order to adapt to social changes and technological innovations, we aim to continue developing as an overall engineering company which can serve customers with flexible ideas and technical skills we have acquired in various fields.

Company Profile

Company name

Kansai Design Company, Ltd.

Location

Edobori Fukoku Seimei Building 5F / 6F, 6-33, Edobori 2-Chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka, 550-0002 Japan

TEL

06-6479-9050

FAX

06-6479-9070

President

Representative Director Toshiyuki Nanno

Established

August 1, 1979

Sales

¥1,960 million

(fiscal year ending March 2023)

Capital

¥100 million

Number of employees

106 (As of April 1, 2024)

Business

・Ship design 

・Boiler design

・Fluid analysis

・Piping design

・Thermal analysis

・Mooring analysis 

・Structural analysis

・Plant equipment design

・Civil engineering design

・Offshore structure design

・Amusement facility design

・Various mechanical designs

・Architectural structure design

・Nuclear energy equipment design

・Stability analysis on ships and offshore structures

Business

・Structural analysis ・Thermal analysis ・Offshore structure design

・Boiler design ・Mooring analysis ・Nuclear energy equipment design

・Amusement facility design ・Ship design ・Fluid analysis

・Plant equipment design ・Piping design ・Various mechanical designs

・Civil engineering design ・Architectural structure design

・Stability analysis on ships and offshore structures

COMPANY

History

Aug 1979

Established in Chikkou Shin-machi (Sakai city, Osaka) to strengthen the design capacity in the fields of ships and offshore structures of Hitachi Zosen Corporation (present Kanadevia Corporation). Capital: 35 million yen

Dec 1986

Capital increased to 95 million yen in order to expand business

Jan 1987

Capital increased to 235 million yen in order to expand business

Feb 1987

Established Osaka branch in Utsubo-Hommachi (Nishi-ku, Osaka)

Registered specified worker dispatching undertakings

Aug 1​988

Obtained General Construction Industry License by Construction Industry Act (4 business fields)

Relocated head office to Utsubo-Hommachi (Nishi-ku, Osaka)

Established head office annex to Kyomachibori (Nishi-ku, Osaka)

Apr 1​991

Established Tokyo office in Hitotsubashi (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Aug 1991

Registered First-class Class1 architectural office under Architect Act

Obtained Special Construction Contractor l License under Construction Industry Act (8 business fields)

Feb 1992

Integrated head office and annex

Relocated head office to Honjyo-higashi (Kita-ku, Osaka) in order to expand business

Apr 2001

Relocated head office to Tosabori (Nishi-ku, Osaka)

Jul 2004

Relocated head office to Edobori (Nishi-ku, Osaka)

Jan 2​005

Obtained ISO9001 Certification

Mar 2​005

Decreased capital to 100 million yen in order to cancel overcapitalization

Registered construction consultant (steel structures and concretes category)

Jan 2​006

Hitachi Zosen Corp. (present Kanadevia Corp.) transferred the share of Kansai Design Company Ltd. to Nichizo Tech Inc. (present Kanadevia Engineering Inc.) which became its parent company.

Apr 2​014

Hitachi Zosen Corp. (present Kanadevia Corp.) made Nichizo Tech Inc. (present Kanadevia Engineering Inc.) a wholly owned subsidiary.

Oct 2​014

Nichizo Tech Inc. (present Kanadevia Engineering Inc.) transferred the share of Kansai Design Company Ltd. to Hitachi Zosen Corp. (present Kanadevia Corp.) which became its parent company.

Nov 2021

CAE Technology (Hanoi, Vietnam) becomes a subsidiary of KDC

*Hitachi Zosen Corporation has changed its name to Kanadevia Corporation, and Nichizo Tech Inc. has changed its name to Kanadevia Engineering Inc.

Licensed Businesses

(1) First class registered architect office

(2) Construction consultants

(3) General construction industry

(4) Specific construction industry

(5) Worker dispatch business

Licensed businesses

(1) First class registered architect office

(2) Construction consultants

(3) General construction industry

(4) Specific construction industry

(5) Worker dispatch business

Qualified People

Qualification Name

Number of qualified people

Doctor of engineering

3

Structural design first class architect

2

First class architect

5

Second class architect

2

Professional engineer

2

Associate professional engineer

18

Technical supervisor
(first class civil and electrical engineering works execution)

3

JSME certified computational mechanics engineer, Grade1

1

JSME certified computational mechanics engineer, Grade 2

5

Elevator inspector

2

Qualified person for energy manager (thermal)

6

First class health supervisor

3

Interior planner

1

Class A authorized firefighting facilities manager

2

First class authorized instrumentation manager

1

Secondary boiler engineer

2

Class 1 Electrical Contractor

1

Class 2 Chief Electrical Engineer

1

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