About us
Profile
| Company | AVRIL Co.Ltd. | ||
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| Head office | 20-1 Ichijojitakatsuki-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 604-8381 JAPAN | ||
| TEL. | +81.(0)75.724.3550 | FAX. | +81.(0)75.724.3551 |
| URL. | http://www.avril-kyoto.com/ | ||
| Branches |
[ AVRIL pépin Kyoto Ichijoji ] 20-1 Ichijojitakatsuki-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto city, KYOTO 606-8185 [ AVRIL Kichijoji shop ] 2-34-10 Kichijoji Hon-cho, Musashino-shi, TOKYO 180-0004 [ AVRIL Umeda shop ] 1-13-13 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, OSAKA 530-8224 Umeda Hanshin Dept.store 7F |
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| Establishement | 1st-April-1992 | President | Jiro Fukui |
| Capital | 10 million JPY | Main products | Handicraft yarn, Handicraft tool and material |
| Employees | 38 | ||
History
| Jan 1992 | Masami Fukui started the wholesale business of knitting yarn in Kyoto. |
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| Apr-1992 | Avril was established by Masami Fukui and Setsuko Torii who is the knitwear designer. |
| Mar-1994 | Moved to Kitayama St as the office and the retail shop |
| Sep-1996 | Moved as the shop which mainly sells handicraft yarns and knitwears. |
| Sep-1998 | Opened the yarn shop AVRIL in Osaka, Daimaru shinsaibashi Dept. |
| Sep-1999 | Opened the yarn shop AVRIL in Kyoto, Fujii Daimaru. |
| Sep-2000 | Opened the yarn shop AVRIL in Kanagawa. |
| Apr-2001 | Moved the head office to Kyoto Kitaku Kamigamo and started mail-order service. |
| Sep-2001 | Came out original rigid heddle loom. |
| Nov-2003 | Moved the shop in Kanagawa to Kichijoji in Tokyo, and opened the new shop,Kichijyoji shop. |
| Oct-2004 | Published the book of the collection of works made by the rigid heddle loom ' where does the present arrive' by Masami Fukui. |
| May-2005 | Published the book of finger garter knitting devised by Masami Fukui 'kawaii ito ni deattara'. |
| Oct-2005 | Published the book of the collection of works made by the rigid heddle loom 'the presents from sheeps' from Maria book company. |
| Sep-2006 | Published the book of the collection of knitwears by Setsuko Torii 'SETSUKO TORII HAND-KNIT WORKS' from Maria book company. |
| Mar-2007 | Published the second book of finger garter knitting 'kawaii ito de amimono'. |
| Apr-2007 | Moved the shop in Kyoto Fujii Daimaru to SACRA building and started Sanjo shop. |
| Sep-2007 | Started the series of books for enjoying AVRIL yarns 'Playing with Avril's Yarns'. |
| Mar-2009 | Published the book of techniques and materials of hand weaving 'enjoy weaving such as life' by Masami Fukui from Maria book company. |
| Jun-2009 | Started the publishing business (by getting a ISBN). |
| Feb-2010 | Started to retail products in Tokyu hands Nagoya shop. |
| Mar-2010 | Moved the sanjo shop in 2nd floor to 3rd floor of SACRA building. |
| Apr-2010 | Moved the Kichijoji shop to the house at Nakamichi St. |
| Apr-2011 | Established AVRIL design room at Sanjo in Kyoto. |
| Feb-2012 | Closed Shinsaibashi shop in Osaka, Daimaru shinsaibashi Dept. |
| Mar-2012 | Opend the yarn shop AVRIL in Hyogo, Hankyu Nishinomiya shop. |
| Jun-2012 | Moved AVRIL design room to Sanjo shop. |
| Sep-2012 | Moved the head office to Nishinokyo Shokushi-cho Nakagyo-ku. |
| Oct-2012 | The brand "SETSUKO TORII" became independent as SETSUKO TORII KNIT WORKS at Gojo-Karasuma. |
| Spt-2014 | Closed Hankyu nishinomiya shop in Hyogo, opend the yarn shop AVRIL in Osaka, Umeda shop in Umeda Hanshin Dept. store. |
| Mar-2016 | Closed Sanjo shop in Kyoto. |
| Apr-2016 | Opend the yarn shop AVRIL in Kyoto, AVRIL pépin Kyoto Ichijoji. Moved the head office to Ichijoji Sakyo-ku. |