Company History
Founded in Kyoto in 1916. Business expansion in line with needs of our customers.
Founded as a printing company in 1916, ITP was first based in Kyoto, Japan's world-class city of history and culture. At that time, our main business focused on printing wrapping paper for use in major local department stores, but as these stores expanded nationwide, we opened branch offices in major cities throughout Japan, including Tokyo and Nagoya. From printing to promotion, we have expanded our business to become a partner company dedicated to fulfilling the various needs of our customers.
After the end of WW2, our company was one of the first to start dealing with a major automaker which would later develop into a global company. We then expanded our business domain from printing to the editing and translation of owner's manuals and other documents for passenger vehicles.
In line with the overseas strategies of major automakers, we made our first foray into the U.S. market in 1989, and in recent years, we have established a presence in the fast-growing Asian market. Currently, we have built a sales network of 11 domestic and 12 overseas branch offices.
With our sight always set towards the future of information services, we will continue to provide innovative solutions in line with the growth of our customers.
1916 - 1987
| 1916 | May | Founded at present location in Kyoto as a letterpress printing business |
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| 1929 | Sep. | Reorganized as public company Kajuro Ishida appointed as first president |
| 1954 | Aug. | Tokyo Branch Office established in Shintomicho, Chuo-ku |
| 1956 | Jun. | Koichi Abe appointed as second president |
| 1958 | Dec. | Headquarters building renovated and offset printing business started |
| 1959 | Mar. | Nagoya Branch Office established in Kakomachi |
| 1961 | Dec. | Osaka Branch Office established in Kitamomodanicho, Minami-ku |
| 1963 | Nov. | "Creates" established in Ginza, Chuo-ku as the planning department for the Tokyo Branch Office |
| 1968 | Sep. | Construction of Nagoya Plant completed at Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1975 | Jan. | Fukuoka Branch Office established in Akasaka, Chuo-ku |
| 1978 | Sep. | Company name changed from Ishida Taiseisha Printing Co., Ltd. to Ishida Taiseisha, Inc. |
| 1981 | Apr. | Video image production section newly established in Nagoya and video production business started |
| Sep. | Takashi Abe appointed as third president | |
| 1983 | Mar. | Construction of Tokyo Plant completed at Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo |
| Apr. | Hamamatsu Branch Office established in Motoshirocho | |
| 1985 | Apr. | Fukuoka Creates established in Tenjin, Chuo-ku |
| 1986 | Sep. | Nagoya Branch Office established in Hirabari, Tenpaku-ku |
1988 - 2002
| 1988 | Jul. | New plant established in Nakajima Goshonouchicho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto |
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| 1989 | Jun. | Construction of Kyoto Headquarters building completed |
| Sep. | Capital reaches ¥90 million Ishida Taiseisha USA, Inc. (ITP USA) established in Los Angeles, California U.S.A. |
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| 1991 | Mar. | Representative office established in Brussels, Belgium |
| 1992 | Jul. | Kyoto Plant relocated to Kamitoba Waranden, Minami-ku |
| Oct. | Nagoya Office established in Nishiki, Naka-ku | |
| 1993 | Mar. | Nisshin Office established in Nisshincho, Aichi Prefecture |
| 1996 | Jan. | ITP Digital Graphics established in Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo |
| Dec. | Fukuoka Office relocated to Gionmachi, Hakata-ku | |
| 1999 | Apr. | Construction of new company building completed at Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Jul. | Ishida Taiseisha (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (ITP Thailand) established in Samrong, Thailand, a suburb of Bangkok | |
| 2000 | Mar. | Management rights acquired for Daimaru Creation. Trade name changed to Creation Co., Ltd. |
| Aug. | Nagoya Plant acquires ISO 9001 certification | |
| 2001 | Apr. | iPLUS ONE established in Osaka as a production organization to play a system development role with a focus on computer graphics |
| Sep. | Creo Co., Ltd. Trendsetter 3244 CTP installed at Tokyo Plant | |
| 2002 | Apr. | Tatsuzo Abe appointed as fourth president |
| Aug. | Sapporo Office established in Hokkaido | |
| Dec. | ITP Technology & Information (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (ITP Shanghai) established in Shanghai, China |
2003 - Present
| 2003 | Jan. | ITP Thailand Office established in Bangkok |
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| Feb. | ISO 14001 certification obtained at Tokyo Plant | |
| Apr. | Book binding process newly established at Nagoya Plant. Integrated production from editing to book binding established | |
| 2004 | Feb. | Heidelberg SM102-8-P 8-color printing press installed at Tokyo Plant |
| Nov. | Roland R704SW 4-color printing press installed at Nagoya Plant | |
| 2006 | Mar. | ITP Design (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (ITP Beijing) established in Beijing, China Roland R204E-OB 4-color printing press installed at Nagoya Plant |
| Aug. | Logistics Center established in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture | |
| 2007 | Feb. | Nagoya Office relocated to Shinsakae, Naka-ku |
| May | Privacy mark certification obtained | |
| Jul. | European branch offices registered as corporations. Belgian local subsidiary ITP n.v. established | |
| Dec. | ITP subsidiary company (Taiwan Branch Office) established in Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2008 | Mar. | ITP n.v. Branch Office established in Slovakia |
| Sep. | Ishida Taiseisha de Mexico established | |
| 2009 | May | Nagoya Plant expanded and construction of new Nagoya Plant completed |
| Jul. | KOMORI LITHRONE large plate (kiku-zen size), 2-sided, 2/2 color printing press installed at Kyoto Plant | |
| Sep. | KOMORI LITHRONE large plate (kiku-zen size), 2-sided, 4/4 color printing press installed at Nagoya Plant | |
| Dec. | Management rights acquired for SAKAE PRINTING CO., LTD. | |
| 2010 | Jul. | Merged with Creation Co., Ltd. and moved the Osaka Office to Daikoku, Naniwa-ku |
| Sep. | Otohiko Abe appointed as seventh president | |
| 2012 | Jun. | ISO 14001 certification jointly obtained by four domestic plants (Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka) |
| 2013 | Jun. | ICOMM Co., Ltd. established in Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Jul. | Ishida Taiseisha Yamagata (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Printing Plant) established in Bangkok, Thailand Purchased building in Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka and relocated the Osaka Office |
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| 2014 | Jan. | ITP Beijing's Guangzhou Branch Office (ITP Guangzhou) established in Guangzhou, China |
| Jun. | HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press installed at the Kyoto Plant | |
| Jul. | Heidelberg SX102-4-P 2-sided UV, large plate (kiku-zen size), 4-color printing press installed at the Nagoya Plant Ishida Taiseisha Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. (ITAP) established in Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Aug. | Construction of Sakae ITP Logistics Center completed in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture | |
| Nov. | Management rights acquired for Shinwa Printing Co., Ltd. | |
| 2015 | Feb. | Heidelberg LED-UV large plate (kiku-zen size), 5-color printing press installed at Kyoto Plant |
| Jul. | Merged with SAKAE PRINTING CO., LTD. Established ITP Unyu Inc. in Minami-ku, Kyoto Established ITP Enterprise Co., Ltd. in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture |
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| Dec. | Construction of Tajimi Office completed at Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, with our first employee cafeteria Manual Editing Department moved from Nisshin to the Tajimi Office |
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| 2016 | Mar. | Heidelberg large plate (kiku-zen size), 4-color LED-UV printing press is installed at the Tokyo Plant Construction of our first dormitory for singles named "Kobushi Dormitory" completed at Tajimi |
| Apr. | Dissolved Belgium local subsidiary and established the Belgium Branch Office and Slovakia Branch Office | |
| May | In celebration of the 100th year since our founding, anniversary ceremonies were held at four venues in Japan and four overseas venues | |
| Jul. | Printing department was separated and ITP Imaging Products Inc. was established ITP-SVEN PHILIPPINES INC. was established as a joint venture with SVEN Group in Manila, Philippines |
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| 2017 | Mar. | Construction of the second dormitory for singles named "Tsutsuji Dormitory" completed at Tajimi |
| Jun. | Shinji Kida appointed as eighth president | |
| Jul. | ITP USA Branch Office established in Dallas, Texas | |
| Sep. | Shinji Awa appointed as vice president | |
| Nov. | Employee recreation facility "Kayanoiori" opened adjacent to the Kyoto Headquarters building | |
| 2018 | Jan. | Planning and production departments for the Kansai region separated, and the Yotsubashi Planning & Creative Office established in Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka "ITP Future Laboratory" established |
| Apr. | ITP Leasing Co., Ltd. established in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto | |
| Jun. | Nagoya Office construction completed at Meieki Minami, Nakamura-ku and relocated from Shinsakae, Naka-ku | |
| Jul. | Planning and production departments for the Chubu area separated, and KREI Inc. established in Meieki Minami, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya | |
| Oct. | Management rights acquired for EnDo Technical Photoprint Co., Ltd. | |
| 2019 | Jan. | ITP Kanto Service Co., Ltd. established in Koto-ku, Tokyo |
| Apr. | ITP Myanmar established in Yangon, Myanmar Okayama Branch Office opened in Okayama |
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| May | Tohoku Branch Office established in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture | |
| Jul. | Drone ITP Planning Inc. established in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto | |
| 2020 | Feb. | Net Printing ITP Inc. established in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto |
| Apr. | Company name changed from Ishida Taiseisha, Inc. to ITP INC. Purchased building in Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo and opened the building as the Hongo Office |
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| Jul. | ITP Communications Inc. established by merging Design Production ICOMM, Yotsubashi Planning & Creative Office, and KREI | |
| Sep. | Shinji Awa appointed chairman of the board |