Company Overview
| Company name | General Business Co.. |
|---|---|
| Head office | 165, DIT Road , Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. | Date establish | 1987 |
| Number of employees | 15 |
| President/CEO | M. Shahabuddin |
| TEL | +880-2-8321372-3 |
| FAX | +880-2-8317199 |
| URL | www.generallbusinessco.com |
| Business activities | sales of Needle(sewing machine, knitting machine, felting) |
History of Organ Needle
| 1920 | Production of gramophone needles starts in Minami-Senju, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo |
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| 1931 | First export of gramophone needles as designated needles by RCA Victor |
| 1939 | Sewing machine needle production machine is completed. Production of them starts under the ORGAN brand |
| 1945 | Main factory is evacuated from Tokyo to Ueda-shi in Nagano due to the war and begins operation |
| 1950 | First export of sewing machine needles to the United States |
| 1954 | Production of knitting machine needles begins |
| 1963 | Name change to ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. |
| 1964 | The prize is awarded by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry for contribution to export expansion |
| 1967 | TAIWAN ORGAN NEEDLE TRADING CO., LTD. is established |
| 1970 | KYUSHU ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established in Kumamoto |
| 1974 | ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established in Hong Kong |
| 1977 | Business partnership with R+M GMBH in Germany begins |
| 1981 | ORGAN NEEDLE (SINGAPORE) CO., PTE LTD. is established |
| 1995 | ORGAN NEEDLE (VIETNAM) CO., LTD. is established |
| 1999 | Receives ISO9002 approval for the felting needle department |
| 2001 | ORGAN NEEDLE (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. is established |
| 2002 | Receives ISO9001 approval for the knitting machine needle department |
| 2003 | Receives ISO9001 approval for the sewing machine needle department CHONGQING ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established |
| 2006 | Receives ISO9001 approval for the development department |
| 2007 | Receives ISO9001 approval (company-wide) CHONGQING MASUJIMA ORGAN NEEDLE CO., LTD. is established |
| 2009 | R+M GMBH in Germany changes name to ORGAN NEEDLE EUROPE GmbH |
