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Trace of Growth
Since our foundation, Nissha has incorporated a variety of elements into our own printing technologies for the ongoing expansion of our Core Technologies. We have grown our business domains through product and target market diversification, as well as through our entry into global markets.
1929～ Foundation
Aspired to high-quality photographic printing
Founder Naoki Suzuki
1929 Naoki Suzuki founded the company by opening a printing office at his home
＜The statement as the Company founded＞
“We pursue high-quality photographic printing no others can compete with, as anybody can be just a typeset printer.”
“We pursue high-quality photographic printing no others can compete with, as anybody can be just a typeset printer.”
| 1929 | Naoki Suzuki started printing business |
| 1932 | Established Suzuki Shobisha |
| 1942 | Established Nissha Printing, Ltd. through business merger |
Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. front entrance to Shichijo Factory
1946 Established Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.
After the War, the well-known Kyoto printing press Jigyokudo was absorbed into the company, giving rise to the Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.
NEW JAPAN (left), Koku-Hou (right)
Established Nissha’s reputation for high-quality photographic printing through numerous art books and exhibition catalogues representing the times
| 1949 | “NEW JAPAN” (The Mainichi Newspapers) |
| 1962 | “Koku-Hou (National Treasure)” (The Mainichi Newspapers) |
| 1959 | Shozo Suzuki assumed post of President & Representative Director |
| 1966 | “Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu” (Art Collection of Japanese Cultural Inheritance) (Shogakukan) |
1960s Diversification
Formed our Industrial Materials and Devices Businesses
Promoting new product development by evolving printing technology
Expanding target markets by new products such as transfer foil and electronic components
| 1979 | Listed on the First section of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges |
| 1992 | Hiroshi Furukawa assumed post of President & Representative Director |
A television cabinet made using wood-grain transfer foil
Formed the current Industrial Materials Business
| 1967 | Entered home appliances market with the first wood-grain transfer foil in Japan |
| 1974 | Developed a vacuum metallized multi-color film |
| 1983 | Developed a simultaneous molding and decorative transfer system (IMD) |
Touch Panel for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Formed the current Devices Business
| 1970 | Opened new production factory for electronic components such as lead frames |
| 1983 | Developed transfer processing for key-top of keyboard of OA |
| 1983 | Started sales of “Angstromer” (Highly accurate thin film forming system) |
| 1985 | Developed resistive-type transparent touch sensors |
2000s Globalization
Nissha brand penetrated the global market
Sales and production bases established globally
Junya Suzuki Chairman of the Board and Group CEO
Expanded number of global companies Nissha deals with; growth in global market
| 2007 | Junya Suzuki assumed post of Chairman of the Board, President and CEO |
| 2007 | Overseas net sales ratio surpassed 50% |
| 2007 | Established global molding supply chain between Japan, US, China, and Southeast Asia through acquisition of a US molding company (Industrial Materials Business) |
| 2012 | Developed capacitive-type film-based touch sensors using photolithography and adapted by top global of IT Devices manufactures (Devices Business) |
film-based Touch Sensor
Current Strengthen business portfolio strategy
Formed our Medical Technologies business
Growth through optimization of management capital
Gas Sensor
Metallized Paper
Medical Devices
The business domain evolves and expands beyond the bounds of printing; diversification of new business domains through M&A
| 2014 | Acquired gas sensor manufacturer (Japan) |
| 2015 | Acquired top global metallized paper manufacturer (Belgium) |
| 2016 | Acquired medical devices manufacturer (US) and entered the medical devices market Formed the Medical Technologies business |
| 2016 | Acquired mobility-related molding company (Germany) |
| 2017-18 | Medical Technology Business acqired 4 manufacturers of medical divices |
New company logo
Milestone 90 logo
Pharmaceutical
From Nissha Printing to Nissha
The business domain evolves beyond the bounds of printing
| 2017 | Changed company name to Nissha Co.,Ltd. |
| 2019 | Information and Communication business restructured, and concentrate its business foundation in the Kansai area to focus for making use of its highly accurate, high quality color reproduction capacities |
| 2019 | Marked 90th year in Business. Called 2019 Milestone 90 to reflect this important waypoint between our past and our future as we aim for even higher levels of growth |
| 2019 | Acquired pharmaceutical company (Japan) and entered the pharmaceutical market |
Nissha’s high-quality manufacturing is currently gaining an excellent reputation from customers in the global market. This could be described as a positive result of implementing the differentiation strategy of the founder, who always aimed to “do what nobody else is doing.”
