Trace of Growth
Since our founding, 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－ Founding
Aspired of high-quality photographic printing
Founder Naoki Suzuki
1929 Naoki Suzuki founded the company by opening a printing office at his home
＜The origin of Nissha's differentiation strategy＞
"We pursue high-quality photographic printing no other can compete with, as anybody can be just a type-set printer."
"We pursue high-quality photographic printing no other can compete with, as anybody can be just a type-set 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. of today.
NEW JAPAN (left), Koku-hou (right)
Through numerous art books and exhibition catalogues representing the times, established Nissha’s reputation for high-quality art printing
| 1949 | “NEW JAPAN” (The Mainichi Newspapers) |
| 1962 | “Koku-hou (National treasure)” (The Mainichi Newspapers) |
| 1959 | Shozo Suzuki assumed post of President & Representative Director |
1960’s－ 1st Phase of Diversification
Beginning of 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 finish films
Beginning of 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 Zaurus (PDA)
Beginning of current Devices Business
| 1970 | Opened new production factory for electronic components such as lead frame |
| 1983 | Developed transfer processing for key-top of keyboard of OA |
| 1983 | Started sales of “Angstromer” (Highly accurate thin film forming system) |
| 1990 | Developed “FineTouch” (Origin of current film-based touch sensors) |
2000’s－ Globalization
Our products and the Nissha brand penetrates the global market
Junya Suzuki Chairman of the Board, President and CEO
Upgraded our business management as the business activity globally expanded
| 2007 | Junya Suzuki assumed post of Chairman of the Board, President and CEO |
| 2007 | Surpassed 50% in Net Sales ratio of overseas |
Film based Touch Sensor
Number of dealing with global companies were expanded
Global market drives our business growth
| 2007 | Through an acquisition of molding company in the US, established global supply chain of molding between Japan, the US, China and Southeastern Asia (Industrial Materials Business) |
| 2012 | Developed capacitive-type touch sensors by photolithography process (Devices Business) |
Current 2nd Phase of Diversification
Growth by diversification of core technologies and diverse capabilities
Gas Sensor
Metallized Paper
Medical Devices
Developing new business domains through M&A
| 2014 | Acquired gas sensor manufacturer (Japan) |
| 2015 | Acquired top global metallized paper manufacturer (Belgium) |
| 2016 | Acquired medical device manufacturer (the US) and newly entered the market, started Medical Technologies Business as our 4th Business segment |
| 2016 | Acquired the manufacturer of automobile interior plastic molded components and decorative films (Germany) |
| 2017-18 | Medical Technology Business acqired 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 newly entered the 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".
