Taiyo Kogyo Corporation, based in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, is a specialty contractor for the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of tensile membrane structures.
Founded in 1922 as Nohmura Tent Company, the company faced setbacks during World War II, but nonetheless was reconstructed in August 1946 as Nohmura Sewing Factory, eventually renaming its business to Taiyo Kogyo Corporation. Its headquarters are located in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Currently Taiyo Kogyo has 37 subsidiaries across 13 countries.
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In 1992 the company became a division of Taiyo Kogyo Corporation.
In addition to its high-profile structures it deploys collapsible umbrellas for restaurants and non-collapsible umbrellas for bigger projects through its Birdair Architectural Umbrellas subdivision.
Its headquarters is in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst, New York
Taiyo Membrane Corporation is a supplier of tensile membrane structures within Australia and the Oceania region. The head office is located in the largely industrial area of Eagle Farm, north-east of the Brisbane CBD in Queensland Australia.
MakMax Australia was formed in 1984 in Australia under the name Shade Structures Pacific and originally raised to prominence through its innovative shade structures for the 1988 World Expo in Brisbane. The company joined the Taiyo Kogyo Group after it joined with USA Company Birdair Inc in 2001 and became Shade Structures Birdair.
In 2003 Shade Structures Birdair was transferred to Taiyo Kogyo Corporation and the company was changed to Taiyo Membrane Corporation. In 2007 Taiyo Membrane Corporation changed their Australian trading name to MakMax Australia whilst still trading under Taiyo Membrane Corporation internationally.
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