| 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)
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- Beijing Olympic Games held
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| 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
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| 2006 |
- Established YAMAGATA Corporation Korean Office
- Yamagata Printing Manufacturing Co., Ltd. merged with YAMAGATA Corporation
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- Torino Winter Olympic Games held
- Pluto excluded from planets, classified as a newly created "dwarf planet"
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| 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
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| 2004 |
- Ycomm (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Dalian office opened
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- IC chips embedded mobile phones released
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| 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
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- The whole process of deciphering the human genome in the International Human Genome Project was completed
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| 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
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- Masatoshi Koshiba won the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Koichi Tanaka won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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| 2000 |
- Completed Yamagata Printing Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Hagiwara Factory (Gifu prefecture) and began operations.
- Established Printelligence (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
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- Astronaut Koichi Wakata boarded the space shuttle Discovery for the second time
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| 1999 |
[ Solidification of foundations in China ]
- Printelligence (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. established in Fujian Province, China
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- Single currency EURO is introduced
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| 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.
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- Nagano Winter Olympic Games held
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| 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
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- Pitcher Hideo Nomo threw a "no-hitter"
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| 1995 |
- Printelligence (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand
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| 1991 |
- Page Factory Co. Ltd. established in Miyazaki
- Printelligence (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. established in Malaysia
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- Burst of Japan's Economic Bubble / Japan Enters Recession
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| 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
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- Collapse of the Berlin Wall
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| 1987 |
[ Integrated System for Translation Services Strengthened ]
- Manual Inn Co., Ltd. established
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- Susumu Tonegawa won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine
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| 1984 |
- Yamagata Printing Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Fukushima factory established
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- Announcement of Macintosh by Apple Computer
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| 1983 |
[ Integrated Production System for the Printing production process ]
- YAMAGATA Technical Center established in Kanagawa
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| 1978 |
[ European Language Computer Typesetting System introduced ]
- Total shift from typographic printing to offset printing
- Plate-making process completed
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- Electrical home appliances and energy-saving commodities introduced after oil shock crisis.
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| 1963 |
- Choko Yamagata took office as the President
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- Animation "Astro Boy" broadcasted
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| 1935 |
- "We Japanese", a book for foreigners produced under a joint project with Fujiya Hotel Group published
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- NHK launched international broadcast programs (on shortwave radio)
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| 1906 |
[ Development mainly in printing business of ledger sheet for European languages ]
- Heiji Yamagata founded Yamagata Printing Co. Ltd. in Yokohama City, Kanagawa
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- Athens Olympic Games (special games) held
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