MonotaRO Co., Ltd. engages in sales of indirect materials for factories for businesses. The company is headquartered in Osaka, Osaka-Fu and currently employs 1,432 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2006-12-01. is a Japan-based company principally engaged in the sale of factory indirect materials. The firm sells factory indirect materials to customers, mainly small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in Japan and overseas, by mail order using e-commerce (distribution based on the Internet). The firm publishes products purchased from domestic and foreign wholesalers and manufacturers in the web catalog of its Website and in the paper catalog distributed to each customer, and sells them directly to domestic and foreign end users. The products handled by the Company are mainly factory indirect materials, such as consumables and repair products that are routinely used in factories. The firm is also involved in the development of private brands for some products with high demand from customers.
