CLIC#10: Cosentino, Going Beyond the Surface

After a long hiatus the SCCIJ is happy to announce the next inter-chamber networking event in the “CLIC” series. CLIC is a loose organization of 11 smaller European Chambers of Commerce in Japan (Austrian, Belgian-Luxembourg, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Icelandic, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Swiss).

This time, our speaker will be Mr. Mamoru Seko, General Manager of Cosentino Japan.
Just forty years ago, Cosentino Group, a family-owned company that produces and distributes high-value innovative surfaces, began its first international operations with a small team of 17 people. Today the group employ more than 5,000 people worldwide and more than 90% of Cosentino Group’s financial turnover comes from international markets.
Cosentino bases its development on international expansion, an innovative research and development program, respect for the environment and sustainability, and its ongoing corporate commitment to society and the local communities where it operates, education, equality and health & safety.
The company has changed the way its products engage with the architecture and design ecosystem through Cosentino city showroom. Located in the city centre in the key design capitals around the globe, since 2022, they are also in Tokyo.

About the Speaker:

Having been exposed to many European imported interior products throughout his career (MS. Interior, interoffice, De’Longhi), Mr. Mamoru Seko eventually joined Cosentino in 2014, a global Spanish company that produces and distributes high-value, innovative and sustainable surface solutions for the world of architecture. There, he was tasked to develop the Japanese market with technologically advanced and high-performance ultra-compact stone solutions in large format, He has been successful thus far, as shown in the widespread adoption of Consentino for worktops, wall claddings, and floorings.

About CLIC:

CLIC (“Creative Linking of International Chambers”) is a loose organization of 11 smaller European Chambers of Commerce in Japan created for the purpose of organizing innovative networking events to enable trading of ideas between the members of the participating chambers. CLIC is the Austrian Business Council, Belgian-Luxembourg, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Swiss Chambers.