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Corporate History


Year History of YAMAGATA Social Events
2008
  • YAMAGATA EUROPE Bratislava office opened in Slovakia
  • YAMAGATA AMERICA obtained CoC (Chain of Custody) certification from FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
  • Beijing Olympic Games held
2007
  • YAMAGATA PRINT SOLUTIONS (Chennai) Pte. Ltd. established in India
  • YAMAGATA AMERICA obtained ISO9001, ISO14001 certification
  • YAMAGATA INTECH obtained ISO27001 certificate in Japan and China concurrently
  • Windows Vista released
2006
  • Established YAMAGATA Corporation Korean Office
  • Yamagata Printing Manufacturing Co., Ltd. merged with YAMAGATA Corporation
  • Torino Winter Olympic Games held
  • Pluto excluded from planets, classified as a newly created "dwarf planet"
2005 [100th Founding Anniversary of YAMAGATA Group, Toward Further Development ]
  • The name of Group companies is integrated as "YAMAGATA".
  • YAMAGATA VIETNAM Co., Ltd. established in Vietnam
 
2004
  • Ycomm (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Dalian office opened
  • IC chips embedded mobile phones released
2003
  • Page Factory Co., Ltd., Manual Inn Co., Ltd. and Autech Co., Ltd. merged. Ycomm Co., Ltd. started a new framework.
  • Ycomm Co., Ltd. set up Miyazaki office.
  • Printelligence (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. established in China. Ycomm (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. opened Shaoxing office
  • The whole process of deciphering the human genome in the International Human Genome Project was completed
2002
  • PF 3D Works MSC Sdn. Bhd. established in Malaysia
  • Printelligence (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. Established in China
  • Page Factory Shanghai office opened
  • ISO14001 Environmental Management System established
  • Masatoshi Koshiba won the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Koichi Tanaka won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2000
  • Completed Yamagata Printing Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Hagiwara Factory (Gifu prefecture) and began operations.
  • Established Printelligence (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
  • Astronaut Koichi Wakata boarded the space shuttle Discovery for the second time
1999 [ Solidification of foundations in China ]
  • Printelligence (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. established in Fujian Province, China
  • Single currency EURO is introduced
1998 [ Business Network Established in Europe ]
  • Ycomm EUROPE NV established in Belgium
  • Corporate Name changed from YAMAGATA Technical Center Co., Ltd. to Ycomm Co., Ltd.
  • Nagano Winter Olympic Games held
1996
  • Choko Yamagata took office as a CEO and Ryuji Yamagata took office as a president
  • Fukushima Factory obtained Japan's first ISO9001 as a printing/bookbinding facility in August 1996
  • Pitcher Hideo Nomo threw a "no-hitter"
1995
  • Printelligence (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand
  • Windows 95 released
1991
  • Page Factory Co. Ltd. established in Miyazaki
  • Printelligence (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. established in Malaysia
  • Burst of Japan's Economic Bubble / Japan Enters Recession
1989 [ Business Development Office Established in Southeast Asia ]
  • International Technoprint, Inc. established in USA
  • Autech Co., Ltd. established in Saitama
  • Printelligence Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore
  • Collapse of the Berlin Wall
1987 [ Integrated System for Translation Services Strengthened ]
  • Manual Inn Co., Ltd. established
  • Susumu Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine
1984
  • Yamagata Printing Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Fukushima factory established
  • Announcement of Macintosh by Apple Computer
1983 [ Integrated Production System for the Printing production process ]
  • YAMAGATA Technical Center established in Kanagawa
  • Tokyo Disneyland opened
1978 [ European Language Computer Typesetting System introduced ]
  • Total shift from typographic printing to offset printing
  • Plate-making process completed
  • Electrical home appliances and energy-saving commodities introduced after oil shock crisis.
1963
  • Choko Yamagata took office as the President
  • Animation "Astro Boy" broadcasted
1935
  • "We Japanese", a book for foreigners produced under a joint project with Fujiya Hotel Group published
  • NHK launched international broadcast programs (on shortwave radio)
1906 [ Development mainly in printing business of ledger sheet for European languages ]
  • Heiji Yamagata founded Yamagata Printing Co. Ltd. in Yokohama City, Kanagawa
  • Athens Olympic Games (special games) held
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