Alcare Co., Ltd. celebrates its 70th anniversary in July 2025.

On July 1, 2025, Alcare Co., Ltd. proudly celebrated its 70th anniversary.

Founded in 1955, Alcare began its journey with the development and production of Japan's first plaster cast bandage, the 'Speed Gyps'. At the time, nurses had to spend a lot of time and effort creating casts, which was also very hard for patients. Having witnessed this situation firsthand, our founder began experimenting with prototypes despite lacking expertise. Through continuous innovation and improvement, he laid the foundation for our company, which we have inherited in the form of the founding principle of 'creating compassionate products'. We have continued to pursue product development that reduces the burden on medical professionals and contributes to the comfort of patients. As a result, 70 years after our founding, we now offer 300 products and 2,000 items across four specialized fields: Wound Care, Nursing Care, Ostomy Continence Care and Orthopedics & Rehabilitation.

Regarding the 70th anniversary logo:

To celebrate our 70th anniversary, we have created a logo to be used in communications for one year, starting in July 2025.
The seven lines represent our 70-year history. The design evokes the woven texture of our original products, such as the plaster cast bandage 'Speed Gyps', which inspired the founding of our company, and the elastic bandage 'Elascot', which has been in use for over 60 years. The design also symbolizes the meticulous weaving process of intertwining vertical and horizontal threads in manufacturing and reflects the idea of Alcare and its employees remaining connected with one another, as well as with all our stakeholders.

Greetings from President and Representative Director Katsumi Ito

On behalf of everyone at Alcare, I would like to express our deepest gratitude to the medical professionals and patients who trust and use our products every day, as well as to our partner companies, academic and research institutions, overseas partners and local communities, who have supported us in our efforts to deliver high-quality products to the medical field. Thanks to your support, we have reached this milestone of 70 years since our founding.

We have launched a 30-year growth strategy aimed at becoming a 100-year company, based on our vision of 'nursing that stays close to people a global standard'. 'Nursing that stays close to people a global standard' refers to the products, technologies and services that we have cultivated and refined in Japan to reduce the burden on and improve the comfort of medical professionals and patients.

Building on the values we have cultivated over the past 70 years, our goal is to evolve from a medical manufacturer that provides products to an company that serves as a foundational infrastructure that supports the healthcare through nursing. The challenges posed by an ageing population are becoming more serious every day. With the population ageing rapidly not only in Japan, but also in other Asian countries, the need for nursing care is growing in local communities and in people's daily lives.

We recognize that a single company alone cannot address the major challenges facing medical facilities and communities around the world, and that collaboration with medical institutions, local communities, the government and even other industries is essential. By sharing Alcare's unique value of 'nursing that stays close to people' with our stakeholders and further advancing co-creation, we will continue to take on the challenge of delivering this value as a matter of course to medical professionals and patients around the world, while striving to continually enhance the quality of nursing care.