SynZenBe 「真善美」

Katsu New York is proud to announce our launch of new brand "SynZenBe".

This brand is about not only what we make, more importantly, who and how we get together to generate products.

The meaning of SynZenBe came from The Intention of Universe, which are "TRUTH, GOODNESS and BEUTY". (in Chinese and Japanese character. 「真」「善」「美」）

We will be introducing scarf and textile related accessaries from Spring 2013.

Katsu New Yorkとして、新しいブランド、SynZenBe（真善美）を立ち上げることにいたしました。

このブランド「SynZenBe」のコンセプトは、宇宙生成発展の法則のベースであります「真」「善」「美」をもとに

米国の著名デザイナーの方々とのコラボレーションで、日本の真善美職人の方々とともに、直接ユーザーさんへ、一品一品丁寧に、作成、提供させていただくためのブランドにしていきます。スカーフをはじめ、繊維工芸品を中心に、

ひとつひとつの繋がりを大切に、丁寧に育てていくつもりです。

２０１３年、春夏のデビューになりますが、その都度、詳細連絡をさせていただきます。

感謝 

Nagatsu Camp Vol.5

From Sept 2nd to 6th, Katsu New York had very productive seminars, called NAGATSU CAMP. It was our 5th one by having director, Mr. Hiroyuki Nagatsu who did fly from Fukuoka, Japan each time we had Nagatsu camp. 

Main Theme

Connection in deep mind within our Katsu New York  

Sub Theme

1. Domestic Stress Zero Atmosphere--> We need to pay 100% attention on outside of our office.

2. Be familiar with Numbers-->Associate with numbers for all actions we make.

3. Define team members' individual functions and responsibilities.

We could achieve all of above, because of Mr. Nagatsu's almost 24/7 supports with passion and beautiful mind of Katsu NY team members.

Thank you for all.

Katsu

Knoll

We have been very  lucky to work with Knoll, such a reputable company for over last 24 consecutive years. We appreciate Jhane Barnes who lead us to get into this business originally in 1988. Certainly it was quite eye opening challenges and excitement.

Thank you very much.

From Katsu New York Team

Dear Ms. Morishita: Congratulations on your Praemium Imperiale Award!

Ms. Yoko Morishita            

Dubbed the "Prima Ballerina of the World" and the "Pearl of the Orient," Yoko Morishita was the first Japanese ballet dancer to flourish on the international. 

She started to study ballet at the age of three and entered the Matsuyama Ballet Company in 1971. After she won the Gold Medal at the 1974 Varna International Ballet Competition, she made many guest appearances with leading ballet companies around the world. She was the first Japanese ballet dancer to make an appearance in Paris Opera.

Ms. Morishita has received numerous awards including the prestigious Laurence Oliver in 1985. Even after 61 years of dancing career, she still practice 5 hours every day, honing her skill as an active prima ballerina.

                                                     (Left-Right: K. Kawasaki, Yoko Morishita, Tetsutaro Shimizu) 

12 September 2012: The recipients of the 24th PRAEMIUM IMPERIALE 
23 October 2012:     The 24th Praemium Imperial Awards Ceremony

Source
http://www.praemiumimperiale.org/
Link
http://www.matsuyama-ballet.com/

We love working with J.Crew!

September 15, 2012 

We have been very fortunate to work with the J. Crew team for the last 9 years.
We are aiming to be a number one fabric vendor for their company by 2014.

Chikako and Masa really enjoy working with J. Crew people.

Sushiden at Katsu New York

April 10, 2012  

寿司田 

Mr. Koji Kimura, store director and main chef of Sushiden NY, gave us a special treat at our Katsu New York office.

Mr. Kimura was born and grew up in Hachinohe, Aomori. 

He was kind enough to set up a temporary sushi bar.

He spent time planning and rehearsing in order to make the perfect performance for our special event. Mr. Kimura taught our team members "what professionalism really is."

 感謝  寿司田ニューヨーク店長、木村浩司 様

Yoshi 40th's Birthday!!!

Congratulations on your 40th Birthday - Yoshi.
It's a beginning of being fully Adult!
Enjoy your 40s life!

   

Jetro - Japan Textile Show Posted On WWD!!

1/24/11 東日本企業復興支援プロジェクト in New York

TEAM JAPANメンバーの皆様
今回は社会的にも相当意義のあるミッションをご一緒させていただき本当に有難うございました。
このプロジェクトに携わられた皆様の動機が純粋で、私利私欲のない強い想いが、そしてジェトロスタッフの方々の昼夜を、そして陰ひなたを問わずの心遣い、身体遣いが、ここ米国でのお客様に伝わり、それがテレビ、新聞等の報道関係者に伝わり、そして一番の目的であります、東北繊維メーカーの方々に伝わるという善果につながったものと思います。突貫工事に近いものにもかかわらず何一つ手を抜かず、常にベストケースシナリオを追求しつづけられた、公的プロジェクトのあるべき姿を見せていただけました。 素晴らしかったです。

TEAM JAPAN in NEW YORKの皆様 このたびは、皆様、本業超ご多忙中にもかかわらず、ボーダーレスマインドでの絶対的サポート、心より感謝いたします。プロ職人の人間としての意識の高さにいたく感銘を受けました。大変大きな学びと気付きをいただけました。みなさん格好善かったです。
ご存知の通り、SHINGOさんのお言葉をおかりすれば、「東北のメーカーさんを泉にお連れする、そして水の飲み方をもお教えする」というミッションでした。これからは各社のメーカーさんが創意工夫をされ、独自で再上陸をされる努力が必要になりますが、できれば全社、少なくとも５社くらいの方々には、立派に再上陸を果たされ長期的に発展できる米国でのビジネスが構築できますことを祈っております。
あらためまして、今回は大変お世話になりました。文字通り「有難い」ものでした。
大感謝
Katsu Kawasaki 

1/1/12 KNY NEW SLOGAN "STEP UP"

"STEP UP" as Katsu New York's slogan in 2012.

The company's growth is really depending upon individual team members growth.

This year, we will be working on Step up tracking system, which we review monthly growth comparing with their own monthly goals also as team. We want to upgrade each category, such as PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (UNIQUE), SERVICES (OMG) and ATTITUDE (DECENT). We hope we can report great news as conclusion of 2012, on Dec 31st 2012.

Thank you for supports. 

Katsu Kawasaki

1/12/12 KNY NEW YEAR PARTY FOR "THAI FLOOD RELIEFS."

It was another great memory to start this year 2012. We had an appreciation party which had a Thai theme to help Thai flood victims.


We set up a silence auction to gather all donation. Every cent we made, it will be sent to Royal Thai Consulate in New York to pass this donation to Thai Flood center in Thailand.


Besides auction for goodness, we still had a very warm support from our customers and venders by knowing from their time visiting us on that night. It was such a memorable day to gather these decent people together.


See you all in July 2012!

1/18 - 19 JAPANESE TEXTILE SHOW IN NYC BY JETRO

Katsu New York is a part of this big contribution to the textile business matching event which is held by Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).


For more details, please visit below link.


http://www.katsunewyork.com/Jetro_Invitation-RSVP%20.pdf

KNY NEW YEAR 2012 COMMITMENT

1988年、このニューヨークの地で創業以来、今期で２５期目を迎えることになります。

産業界で、経済界で、この地球上での人類への警鐘の如き、多くの気付きをいただけた激動の2011年を終えました。

特に経済界ではさらに続くであろう人間の過ぎたるエゴに対する学びの機会が増えます2012年度、なんの為に

働くのかということをあらためて、深く考え直すとともに、社会的にも人間的にも、KATSU NEW YORKチームが

大きく成長すべく、今期のスローガンを定めさせていただきました。

STEP UP (進化　新化、深化、真化)

昨年度は、仕入先の皆様、そしてここ米国でのお客様、同業他社様、そして一緒に苦楽をともにしてくれている仕事仲間の

お陰さまで、増収増益という有難い決算を創らさせていただけました。

今年度は、激変が予想されます市場構造、消費者動向、生産地状況に機敏に対応していくとともに、我々KATSU NEW YORKの

存在価値、社会性というものを強く意識して、本当に必要とされる商品の探索、開発、サービスの充実をはかっていきます。

具体的には、既存ビジネスのメンズ、レディース、インテリア用テキスタイル市場で、地球に優しい、オーガニック、リサイクル関連テキスタイル、そして関連製品、加えまして、ハイテクノロジーテキスタイル（スマートファブリック）等を重点的に取り扱っていきたいと考えております。

また大切な社員スタッフの皆のためにも、この会社の永続的SHINKAを目指し、「大善」ベースを常に念頭に置き、どこの社会でも人様のお役立ちができますような人財教育に、社長の仕事の最重要部分に位置づけていくつもりです。「国際職人養成会社」というテーマを設け、インターンの方々も含めた人間育成制度をさらに充実させていき、いままでこの会社を育てていただいた、繊維業界、社会への恩返しの一助となればと願っております。

感謝

代表取締役社長

河崎克彦

KATSU NEW YORK WISHING THE HAPPTEST 2012!!!

9/2/11 SUGA'S FAREWELL .. LONG LASTING MEMORIES...

It was another quite sad day that a meaningful KNY member was leaving our team.
The end of a story is a beginning of another story. Wish you luck with your new journey.
Everyone wish you to come back to visit us or WORK with us again! 


In the past 4 years, everyone said the same thing "You are such a wonderful person."


We all will miss you "Big Time."

NATURE and ART

Rainbows with Skyscrapers on the other day....

You might see double rinabows!!

TEAMMATE WANTED!!!

TEAMMATE WANTED!!!

WE ARE Always seeking for decent team mate to grow together as full time base. If you are interested in working with us, please check following 9 points before contacting us.

1. Do you still want to work after reading our company's philosophy? 

2. Are you hoping you don't rewrite your resume anymore after joining our company? 

3. Are you always positive and caring person to others? 

4. Are you a good listener? 

5. Are you very responsible?  

6. Do you say "Yes" to over 80% of situation? 

7. Do you want to have great life by working so hard 

8. Do you love to work with people?

9. Do you love challenges?

Only if you can say YES to 9 of above, please send us e-mail.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

8/19/11 WELCOME OUR NEW INTERN FROM RUSSIA, ANZOR!

It is an exciting period of having a new intern from Russia joining our team Katsu New York.

Anzor Makharadze is from Russia. He has been involved in fashion industry for quite years as his background back in Russia. Right now he is in a business school, Rennert, to gain more knowledge about international business.

Hope he will have a great time in KNY and our team.

Enjoy your last month of NYC summer!

8/12/11 SEMINAR "ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING."

We discussed how important is attitude toward success in life and business.  Many people say "Attitude can break or build" a company, do you think so??


In the middle of lessons, we gave a flow chart of where the attitude comes from. Psychologically, attitude comes from our thoughts. The way we think will lead to our attitude and eventually attitude will lead to our action.


What we think what we will become.


We will keep uploading our slides from seminar each time for internal members and sharing to public. 


Keep your eyes on!

WELCOME MR.TAKI, THE PRESIDENT OF TAKISADA OSAKA.

It was an honor to have Mr.Taki, the president of Takisada Osaka, visiting our KNY office and spent sometimes to enjoy semi-business time together. He was also at the Katsu New York appreciation party as well.


He has brought many inspirations and creativities in business and put them forward to Katsu New York team.


Again, without his great support, things would have been harder for us.


Thank you for your existing and support.