History
1932 (Showa 7)
Established in Nihonbashi Kobunacho, engaged in printing and seal-making businesses.
March 1952 (Showa 27)
Established Noritake Real Estate Co., Ltd. and opened Marianne restaurant in the food and beverage industry.
1967 (Showa 42)
Opened the You Me Restaurant by Lake Yamanaka.
October 1977 (Showa 52)
Opened Sendai Branch Office in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
November 1977 (Showa 52)
Installed photosensitive resin plate-making equipment (Eraslon) at the headquarters.
May 1985 (Showa 60)
Installed photosensitive plate-shaped resin plate-making equipment AFP at the Satte Factory.
February 1989 (Heisei 1)
Installed APR equipment at the Sendai Branch Office.
June 1989 (Heisei 1)
Installed Digital Direct Color Proofing (DDCP) at the Central Factory.
November 1989 (Heisei 1)
Installed inline plate exposure machine at the Central Factory.
February 1992 (Heisei 4)
Introduced DAS (Digital Artwork System) at the Satte Factory, installed Image Setter and Macintosh.
October 1992 (Heisei 4)
Introduced the latest large-scale APR machine at the Satte Factory.
December 1992 (Heisei 4)
Introduced DAS at the Sendai Branch Office and Nihonbashi headquarters.
April 1994 (Heisei 6)
Established Digital Design Department within the letterpress printing department at Koishikawa.
April 1997 (Heisei 9)
Constructed a central factory in Soka City, Saitama Prefecture, and relocated from the Satte Factory. Installed two Image Setters (large and medium) at the Central Factory.
July 1999 (Heisei 11)
Installed an Image Setter at the Sendai Branch Office.
October 1999 (Heisei 11)
Installed a large resin plate inline printing machine at the Central Factory.
December 1999 (Heisei 11)
Installed CAD System (Artios Cad) and a large plotter at the Central Factory.
February 2001 (Heisei 13)
Installed Digital Direct Color Proofing (DDCP) at the Central Factory.
October 2001 (Heisei 13)
Installed inline plate exposure machine at the Central Factory.
July 2003 (Heisei 15)
Establishment of a Chinese Corporation. (Noritake Kougado Graphic Design Co., Ltd.)
December 2005 (Heisei 17)
Establishment of the Isezaki Branch Office.
February 2008 (Heisei 20)
Expansion of the Central Factory for APR Plate-making System AWF.
January 2010 (Heisei 22)
Expansion of the Third Factory adjacent to the Central Factory.
December 2014 (Heisei 26)
Introduction of Kodak Flexcel NX Wide-C Imager.
July 2018 (Heisei 30)
March 1952 (Showa 27)
Establishment of Noritake Kougado Co., Ltd. Capital: 500,000 yen
May 1952 (Showa 27)
Establishment of the Rubber Plate Casting Plate-making Equipment at the Fukagawa Factory.
September 1958 (Showa 33)
Expansion of Press Machine and Grinding Machine at the Fukagawa Factory.
January 1971 (Showa 46)
Establishment of Saniku Co., Ltd.
November 1983 (Showa 58)
Construction of a New Factory in Satte City, Saitama Prefecture Installation of Asahi Photosensitive Resin Plate-making Equipment.
March 1987 (Showa 62)
Expansion of the Satte Factory by an additional 1818M^2 Increase of Capital to 20 million yen.
January 1991 (Heisei 3)
Relocation of the Sendai Branch Office to the Rokuchonome Printing Industrial Park.
March 1993 (Heisei 5)
Networking of the Head Office, Satte, and Sendai through Digital Communication (ISDN NET64).
May 1996 (Heisei 8)
Establishment of Mediaface Co., Ltd.
February 1998 (Heisei 10)
Installation and Expansion of a Large-Scale Image Setter at the Central Factory.
May 2000 (Heisei 12)
Expansion of the Central Factory for APR Manufacturing Equipment (Two Machines)
February 2002 (Heisei 14)
Installation of Flexo CTP FL-10 at the Central Factory.
May 2002 (Heisei 14)
Establishment of a Hong Kong Corporation. (Noritake Kougado Hong Kong Limited)
December 2004 (Heisei 16)
Expansion of the Central Factory with the addition of a Printing Department.
May 2006 (Heisei 18)
Introduction of Flexo CTP Advance 5080CDI and AWP Water-Based Plate Cleaning Machine.
June 2006 (Heisei 18)
Establishment of the Osaka Branch Office and Kansai Factory.
September 2006 (Heisei 18)
Establishment of the Printing Division.
February 2009 (Heisei 21)
Expansion of the Central Factory with the addition of Flexo Automatic Developing Equipment and Plate Equipment.
July 2009 (Heisei 21)
Establishment of a Chinese Corporation. (Noritake Kougado (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.)
October 2009 (Heisei 21)
Establishment of the Nagoya Plate-making Center.
May 2013 (Heisei 25)
Establishment of the Offset Plate-making Division.
June 2016 (Heisei 28)
Construction of the Fourth Factory adjacent to the Central Factory Establishment of a Vietnamese Corporation (Noritake Kougado Vietnam Ltd.).
Establishment of a Vietnam Corporation.
（NORITAKE KOUGADO VIETNAM LTD.）
