CORPORATE PROFILE

The Certificate of IAAF
Authorized by IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations),
NISHI products are used as official goods in international events.

Implements

Competition Equipment



page top
ISO14001 Certification Obtained
(International Organization for Standardization, environment management system)

Certification was given by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service), an ISO14001 examination/registration organization.


page top
NISHI Receives Gold Prize for the Century International GOLD Quality Era Award
(B.I.D.-QC100)
The Gold Prize of 2002 Century International GOLD Quality Era Award was given to NISHI. This award which is decided upon the voting of 9,500 world enterprises and is selected by the B.I.D. (Business Initiative Directions) is given to the qualified enterprises based on the comprehensive evaluation of corporate philosophy and product quality. The 2002 awarding ceremony took place in Geneva in July.
We are the world's first company given this award in the field of sports.


page top
Environment

Philosophy

The basic philosophy of NISHI Athletic Goods Co., Ltd. is to engage in better
business activities which are environmentally friendly,
taking into consideration the invaluable global environment.
We try to harmonize our business activities with nature,
being aware that preservation of our global eco-system
is one of the most important issues common to all human beings.

Object in view

1. Our company will determine our target and environmental aim, to the extent
technically and economically possible, and reconsider
along with the changes of the environment.
We will perform the continuous improvement of the system as
we consider the influence which business activities relating
to "sports for health" and "sports for competition" have on the environment.
2. Our company will follow the environmental laws and regulations
that involve our business activities and other required matters
that the related organizations have accepted.
3. Aiming for the reduction of burden on the environment, our
company will promote the following for our business activities.
(1) Cut back in the electricity used,to reduce energ
(2) Proposal of business in consideration of the environment
4. Our employees will be informed of this environmental aim
and the awareness will be improved through environmental education
and publicity activities in the company.
Moreover, this environmental aim will be open to the public
if requested from outside of the company.

President
NISHI Athletic Goods Co., Ltd.

page top
The Authorized Activities
International Sport Events NISHI involeved
Aug.1985 National Supplier for Kobe Universiade
Aug.1987 Rome World Championships
Sep.1988 Seoul Olympic Games
Sep.1988 Barcelona World Cup
Aug.1990 Beijing Asian Games
Aug.1991 National sponsor for Tokyo World Championships
July 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games
July 1992 Seoul World Junior Championships
Oct.1994 National supplier for Hiroshima Asian Games
Aug.1995 National supplier for Fukuoka Universiade
Jun.1996 The Atlanta Olympic Games
July 1998 National supplier for Fukuoka Asian Championships
Mar.1999 National supplier for Maebashi World Indoor Sports
Championships
Aug.1999 Seville World Championships
Sep.2000 Sydney Olympic Games
May 2001 Osaka East Asian Games
Aug.2001 Edmonton World Championships
Oct.2001 Santiago World Junior Championships
July 2002 Kingston World Junior Championships
Aug.2002 Colombo Asian Championships
Sep.2002 Pusan Asian Games
Sep.2002 Madrid World Cup
Sep.2002 Munich European Championships
Aug.2003 Paris World Championships
Aug.2003 Taegu Universiades
Aug.2004 Athens Olympic Games
Aug.2005 Helsinki World Championships
Sep.2005 Inchon Asian Championships
Mar.2006 Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
Jul.2006 Macau Asian Junior Championships
Aug.2006 Gothenburg European Championships
Aug.2006 Beijing World Junior Championships
Sep.2006 Athens World Cup
Dec.2006 Doha Asian Games
Aug.2007 Osaka World Championships
Oct.2007 FSB 2007 (Germany)
This is the first time for NISHI to participate in international show as exhibitor.
Jul.2008 Bydgoszcz World Junior Championships
Aug.2008 Beijing Olympic Games


page top
The History
May 1951 Mr. Teiichi NISHI opens a sports shop in Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Feb.1974 Organizational change to NISHI Athletic Goods Co., Ltd.
Aug.1988 Affiliate to the ASICS group
Apr.1999 NISHI athletic goods become certified by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations)
Apr.2000 Official supplier of athletic goods continuously for 7 events
held by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations
July 2002 Received Gold Prize of the Century International GOLD Quality Era Award (B.I.D-QC100)
Joined the WFSGI (World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry)
Mar.2003 Main office obtains ISO14001 (environment management system) certification
Apr. 2004 Sekiyado Factory,Funabashi Factory and Sekiyado Distribution Center obtains ISO14001 (environment management system) certification

Certificate Number:1682
Date:11th March 2003
Scope of Registration:Development and Sales of Track
and Field Equipment, Sales of Kids for Operating Track
and Field Events
Examination/Registration organization:
Moody International Certification LTD.

Main Office Obtains ISO14001 Certification


page top

NISHI Athletic Goods Co., Ltd.
1-32-8, Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-0071 Japan
http://www.nishi.com/
NISHI Athletic Goods Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.