Mizobata Shiko Printing Co., Ltd. e stablished with capitalization of 195,000 yen.
1950
Lithographic printing department formed, 20 employees
1952
Began mail-order sales of chopstick wrappers, formed national distribution hubs, employed 31 people
1957
Purchased Nanwa Insatsu Trading Company in Gojo-cho (current-day Gojo City), Nara Prefecture through an absorption merger, employed 60 people
1964
Increased capitalization to 10 million yen, added a letterpress printing machine from Heidelberg of Germany
1965
Added a Morisawa ty pesetting machine and photolithography machine with the aim of shortening production times and improving the company’s technology
1968
Completed construction of a new three-story headquarters building, celebrated the 20th anniversary, held a party for the new HQ building Added another lithographic printing machine from Heidelberg
1969
Added a Komori Printing’s high-speed, offset 2-color printer
1970
Raised capitalization to 15 million yen Completed construction of a two-story reinforced concrete sales office building in Gojo Established Kindai Bijutsu Insatsu Shuppansha Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Kindai Co., Ltd.)
1971
Opened a sales office in Osaka Added a New Coney Marinonio offset printing machine, developed and implemented an automatic three-fold machine for chopstick wrappers Completed the first phase construction of the Nitta Factory (main factory), started lithographic chopstick wrapper-making operations
1972
Celebrated the 25th anniversary, invited our customers for a trip to Hong Kong and TaiwanAdded an automatic chopstick-wrapper making machine
1973
Raised capitalization to 30 million yen Built a Hokkaido factory in Ikutahara-cho, Hokkaido The 1st Machida factory burned down. Developed and implemented an automatic chopstick-wrapper film printer, PS version
1974
Completed the second phase construction of the Nitta factory, relocation of all divisions
1975
Opened a Tokyo sales office, opened a form-printing division
1977
Celebrated the 30th anniversary, developed and implemented a cut-finishing machine for chopstick wrappers
1978
Established Wakayama Computer Systems Co., Ltd. Made the Hokkaido factory separate and independent, forming Hokkaido Mizobata Shiko Printing Co., Ltd.
1979
Raised capitalization to 50 million yen
1980
Established Mizobata Co., Ltd. Added a paper napkin processor, aiming for enhanced expansion of food service related goods Added an ph ototypesetting machine
1981
Built a Kyushu factory in Toyono-mura (current-day Toyono-cho, Ujo City), Kumamoto Prefecture Developed and implemented a rotating two-color chopstick wrapper printing machine Gathered support from businesses across the nation involved in chopstick production to sponsor the building of a memorial tower dedicated for deceased people who worked in our industry at a large cemetery on sacred Mt. Koya. Hold memorial services there every August
1983
President Yasuo Mizobata retired to run for mayor, Sougo Mizobata appointed new president Added a ply napkin machine
1984
Made the Kysuhu factory separate and independent, forming Kyushu Mizobata Shiko Insatsu KK
1985
Moved headquarters (offices, plate-making plant) to a new building
1988
Celebrated 40th anniversary
1989
Built a headquarters sales office, printing plant, Kanto sales office, automatic rack warehouse
1991
Added a rotating four-color chopstick wrapper printing machine and a two-color machine, incorporated DTP in the design division
1992
Added a rotating three-color chopstick wrapper printing machine
1993
Built an East Japan factory in Miharu-machi, Fukushima Prefecture
1994
Added a chopstick wrapping machine
1995
Began process to meet rising demand for setting chopsticks into wrappers
1996
Promoted the trend toward digital production with Macs
1997
Reached the 50th anniversary Relocation of the napkin factory, relocation of the Osaka sales office to Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture Built an automatic rack warehouse for our products
1998
Built an automatic rack warehouse for products at the East Japan factory
2000
Market demand for factory hygiene management and product quality management grows; company undertakes environmental improvements at its factories
2001
Celebrated the 20th anniversary of Kindai Co., Ltd. relocation of the Kindai’s headquarters Celebrated the 20th anniversary of Kyushu Mizobata Shiko Printing Co., Ltd.
2002
All sites are networked through VPN, lines for Oshibori and napkins are automated
2004
Opened a Nagoya sales office
2005
Added an on-demand printer [Docu Color8000] to the Osaka sales office Relocation of the Tokyo sales office to Ogawa-machi, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
2007
Relocation of the Tokyo sales office to Ogawa-machi, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Celebrated 100 year since founding and 70 years since establishment of company
Sougo Mizobata retired as president, Shigeki Mizobata appointed new president Started construction of a Chitose factory in Izumisawa, Chitose City, Hokkaido
2009
Added a CTP 4-color printer to the East Japan factory
2010
Acquired the Hashimoto storage facility in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture Chopstick wrapper printing becomes colorized
2011
Celebrated the 30th anniversary of Kyushu Mizobata Shiko Printing Co., Ltd. Built the automatic rack warehouse for products at the East Japan factory
2012
Hokkaido Mizobata Shiko Printing Co., Ltd. and Kyushu Mizobata Shiko Printing Co., Ltd. integrated into the company headquaters
2015
Acquired the Kominedai factory in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture Add an offset film printing machine
2016
Add a slitter machine Built a Myoji factory in Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
