Date: December 20th, 2023
Press Release:
The Origin of Seeknit Barnd and Kinki Amibari Co. Ltd. Profile.
To celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2016, Kinki Amibari launched a new brand “Seeknit” to help you seek and explore the world of knitting.
Through our products and various activities, we thought that we could bring knitting closer to you. Kinki Amibari will continue to contribute to and promote the ongoing culture of knitting.
(1) About our company:
By trial and error, founder Unokichi Oyama perfected his original method of manufacturing bamboo knitting needles.
Since our establishment in 1916, we have continued to produce knitting needles following our promise to always
deliver the best quality. We only use carefully selected high-quality bamboo grown in Japan. Based on our years
of experiences and expertise, we are committed to pleasing our customers with our products.
In 2016 Kinki Amibari celebrated its 100th anniversary and now Ms. Kyoko Oyama has become the 3rd generation President of Kinki Amibari.
Over these years, we have devoted ourselves to making the best use of our accumulated skills and expertise to
improve the quality of our products and to develop easier-to-use knitting needles.
The bamboo knitting needles are so popular, they are made of natural materials that are very friendly to the
environment. We continue to research and develop innovational knitting needles.
(2) Corporate Philosophy:
Contribute to the world’s knitting culture while helping enrich people’s minds:
Promoting knitting while using green products which are very friendly to our global environment:
- Contribute to a prosperous society through our products and various activities by making use of
renewable Japanese bamboo and woods. Kinki Amibari will continue to promote the ongoing culture of
knitting in the world.
- Operate with suitable products which will not burden the earth environment.
- We utilize renewable and recyclable resources which is friendly to our environment.
- We design attractive products with particular care taken during their production.
- Traditional engineering and accumulated expertise and trademark skills are passed down from
craftsman to craftsman. We continue to investigate and implement suitable new technology, while still
ensuring that we are supplying a high-quality product.
- We care for our customer relationships and will work with you to improve our mutual business success.
(3) Company History: (December 2023):
Please see PDF file.
(4) Product Feature and attractiveness:
[Sustainable]
_ Bamboo is a renewable resource as it grows extremely quickly.
_ Using bamboo means there is very little environmental impact and logging bamboo for knitting needles is fulfilling a natural evolution.
_ It is relevant to ECO and KA has self-declared to follow SDGs #7, #12 and #15.
[Useful]
_ Easier to pick up stitches with finely ground needle points and carefully polished surfaces.
_ The size is laser-printed so it won’t rub off.
_ Swivel cords help prevent the cord from twisting.
_ The asymmetric circular needle is a KA original product developed to knit small diameter tubes such as socks comfortably. One of the needles is just one centimeter shorter than the other, and that makes a big
difference in smoothness and comfort.
[Comfortable]
_ Easily fit to hand, light and flexible.
_ We are confident that you will see the top quality of our workmanship in our needles that are polished to
perfection.
[Grace]
_ Our graceful and pleasing knitting needles made of Japanese natural bamboo are produced by our highly
skilled craftsmen. Their years of experience working with this medium allow them to manufacture top
quality bamboo knitting needles.
_ Enjoy a relaxing time with the easiness of knitting with our needles.
(5) Kinki Amibari; Supply items and Sizes:
Please see PDFfile.
(6) KA Quality:
Over 100 years, KA continues our commitment to quality and exacting standards:
Since our foundation in 1916, we have continued to make the best use of our 100 years of accumulated skills and expertise, improving the quality of our products, and supplying the world’s best quality knitting needles.
KA Quality:
Continue to be particular about production:
Production Engineering based on professionalism and experience.
We have continued to produce knitting needles following our promise to always deliver the best quality. We are
dedicated to only ever use carefully selected high-quality bamboo, grown in Japan, as we commit ourselves to
pleasing our customers with superior products crafted with professionalism and experience.
Bamboo is different in nature, depending on where it is grown, the season, and the variety. For this reason, only skilled craftsmen who have the flexibility to work with these properties are able to manufacture stable quality bamboo knitting needles. Over these years, we have devoted ourselves to making the best use of our accumulated skills and expertise to improve the quality of our products and to develop easier-to-use knitting needles.
(7) Sustainability:
Our endeavor for a sustainable society:
In regards to bamboo material and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals):
Our business is to supply bamboo knitting needles which are friendly to natural environments and contribute to
promoting a global knitting culture.
Bamboo is a renewable resource as it grows extremely quickly. Using bamboo means very little environmental
impact and logging bamboo for products such as knitting needles means giving more room to protect our forests.
One of the reasons that people have preferred bamboo throughout the years is that it is natural and
environmentally friendly.
Our bamboo knitting needle products are compatible with our social requirements of ECO and Sustainable
environment.
We as a company proclaim and are committed to following the below SDG targets:
#7 Affordable and clean energy:
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
#12 Responsible consumption and production:
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
#15 Life on land:
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
(8) Our future aim is continuing to promote a global knitting culture:
Through our business in overseas and domestic markets in Japan:
Inspiration of knitting activities and support for sustainable environmental materials.
We believe that we can encourage the fun of making handcrafted articles and a richness of emotion or spirit in the future.
(9) Message from the president:
Knitting makes sense for fashionable:
We continue to follow our companies promise to always produce knitting needles of the very best quality.
To celebrate our 100th anniversary, we launched a new brand of knitting needle, in 2016, called “Seeknit”, to help you seek and explore your own world of knitting.
Through our products and various activities, we bring knitting closer to you.
Kinki Amibari continues to contribute to and promote the ongoing culture of knitting.
Since 1916
Kinki Amibari Co. Ltd.
4368 Takayama-cho, Ikoma-city,
Nara, 630-0101, Japan
www.amibari.jp/english/
www.seeknit.jp
email: office-en@amibari.jp
Phone: +81-743-78-1108
Fax: +81-743-79-0882
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