Kondotec Inc. engages in the manufacture, procurement, import, sale, wholesale, and export of industrial materials primarily in the retail hardware business in Japan and internationally. It operates through four segments: industrial materials, steel structural materials, electrical equipment and materials, and scaffolding construction. Its products include turn buckles, braces, scaffolding chains, screws, anchor bolts, construction materials, and machinery and equipment; and merchandise comprising hardware, chains, wire ropes, screws, lighting equipment, panel boards, air-conditioning equipment, and eco items. The company is also involved in the manufacturing, procurement and sale of structural steel materials for steel fabricators; and procurement and sale of electrical equipment for electrical work operators and electrical appliance stores. In addition, it designs and manufactures various types of machines and equipment, including labor-saving equipment and transport devices; provides scaffolding construction services for civil engineering and architecture, as well as sells related materials; rents scaffolding equipment; wholesales electric equipment; and develops and manufactures aluminum extrusions. Kondotec Inc. was formerly known as Kondo Iron Works Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kondotec Inc. in January 1989. Kondotec Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in Osaka, Japan.