21Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd. was established through a merger with Seibi-Do, a company that engaged mainly in fine art printing and was founded by Kokichi Ohashi, Director of Hakubunkan, whose president was Kokichi Ohashi. As a comprehensive printing plant, the company established a mass production system.Construction of the entire headquarters plant was completed. At the same time, the company started printing on fabric and metal, rather than on just paper, and even became known as the largest department store of printing technologies in the East.Kyodo Printing commercialized vinyl and metallic tube production and printing. An 8-color photogravure rotary press which was jointly developed with Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd. was installed, and the company became known as a pioneer in multi-colored photogravure printing.Koshigaya Plant was established to manufacture and print on metal containers.Hakushinsha Printing Company’s factory division renamed itself Hakubunkan Printing Company and started printing publications from other publishers than Hanshinsha.The first laboratory of a private printing company in Japan was established. Later on, this laboratory developed revolutionary technology, including deep-etch plate and type-posi.Hakubunkan Print Factory moved to its present location, and its name was changed to Hakushinsha Printing Company.Hakubunkan Printing Company was organized into a joint-stock company.The Japanese Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau assigned Kyodo Printing as the national-bank-note-printing institution.of the time.Odawara Plant was established as a special plant for metallic tube manufacture.Joban Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd. was established to exclusively manufacture décor printing materials.Odawara Plant commenced operations of laminate tube production lines.Kyodo Printing succeeded in applying its wood grain printing technology onto metal plate.Kyodo Printing when it was first incorporated (1925)1932年頃の共同印刷Kyodo Printing around 1932Typesetting for printing press(around 1950)Sahei Ohashi, the owner of Hakubunkan, founded Hakubunkan Print Factory, the predecessor of Kyodo Printing, in Kyobashi-ku, Tatekawa-cho (now known as 6-Chome, Ginza) to print its own publications.Major part of Kyodo Printing facilities were destroyed by air raids during World War II. Reconstruction began immediately afterwards.The electronic color separation system (PDI color scanner) was installed to Kyodo Printing’s production site. Kyodo Printing was first listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Kinki Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd. (the precursor of Kyodo Printing Nishinihon Co., Ltd.) was established in Osaka as Kyodo’s commercial printing plant in the Kansai region.Stall set up at the World Exposition held in Japan (1970)Our research laboratory (around 1936)Bank of Japan Notes printed by Kyodo Printing during the postbellium period1897 : Founded1925:Incorporation1935:Headquarters plant was completed1945:Restoration1963:Publicly listed1950:New fields1968 : New opening1932:Research laboratory established1946:Printing of banknote1960:Practical Use1964 : New opening1972 : New opening1979 : New introduction1898 : Relocated1905 : Renamed1918:ReorganizedHISTORY
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