Company Information
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COMPANY
| 2011 | DIGILAS Laser Imager No.2 by SHEPERS installed. |
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| 2009 | Tamakazu Takagi became Chairman of the Company. Hidehito Takagi became President of the Company. |
| 2008 | The 60th Anniversary Foundation Commemorative Ceremony conducted. Kozaika Factory established. Hamamatsu Factory closed. |
| 2007 | Takagi Chokoku Co., Ltd. was chosen as one of
“300 of Japan’s Dynamic Monozukuri Manufactures, Year 2007” by Small and Medium Enterprise Agency of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan. |
| 2006 | DIGILAS Laser Imager by SHEPERS installed. |
| 2005 | Publication of Sixth PRIVATE-PRESSMENT-BOND (200 million Yen) |
| 2004 | Publication of fourth PRIVATE-PRESSMENT-BOND (100 million Yen) & fifth PRIVATE-PRESSMENT-BOND (100 million Yen). |
| 2003 | Digital Engraving System for Embossing roll’s mill installed. |
| 2002 | Publication of third PRIVATE-PRESSMENT-BOND (100 million Yen). Laser Engraver for Rotary screen best LEN 5102 by Stork installed. |
| 2001 | Nieftec Co., Ltd. The 10th Anniversary Foundation Commemorative Ceremony conducted. Hard copper plating device by KASPER WALTER installed. CST Large Size Flat Bed Scanner installed. |
| 2000 | Polishing system by KASPER WALTER installed. |
| 1999 | Publication of first PRIVATE-PRESSMENT-BOND(100 million Yen) & second PRIVATE-PRESSMENT-BOND (100 million Yen). Gravure Electronic Engraving System (OHIO M820-J) installed. Laser Engraver LE-3000 for Rotary screen installed. |
| 1998 | The 50th Anniversary Foundation Commemorative Ceremony conducted. New environmental pollution and draining facilities in factory of head office improved. RSI rotary screen making system installed. |
| 1997 | New environmental pollution and draining facilities construction in electro, plating factory completed. |
| 1994 | Iwade warehouse completed in Iwade city, Wakayama. |
| 1992 | Nieftec Co., Ltd incorporated. New office & factory of Hamamatsu Factory completed and started rotary screen making work. |
| 1991 | New factory for TKG completed in Macon, Georgia, the United States. |
| 1990 | Nieftec Factory established. |
| 1987 | Tamakazu Takagi became President of the Company. |
| 1986 | Began to manufacture nickel drums and nickel sleeves. |
| 1981 | TKG International Corp increased the capital to U.S.$600,000. |
| 1979 | Began to produce Ni foil and Ni pattern. |
| 1977 | Main factory (4th Floor) building of head office completed. TKG International Corp increased the capital to U.S. $500,000. FICSA established in Central America. |
| 1976 | TKG International Corp established in Macon, Georgia, the United States. |
| 1973 | Hamamatsu Factory established to produce roller engraving and flat screen making in Hamamatsu City. |
| 1972 | Began to manufacture perforated cylinder and galvano screen process for rotary screen-printing. New process for Rotary screen developed (pierce etching process). |
| 1969 | Emboss factory established. Taiwan Takagi Chokoku Co.,Ltd incorporated in Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 1968 | Gravure Engraving process started. |
| 1967 | Started exporting to Africa. Began to dispatch technicians to foreign countries. |
| 1966 | Electro-plating factory opened. 36 sulfuric acid copper plating tanks installed. Hard chrome plating started. Rotary screen making started. |
| 1958 | Copper Plating Division’s operation started. |
| 1955 | Photo process engraving for textile printing developed first in Japan. |
| 1948 | Takagi Chokoku Co., Ltd incorporated. Hideo Takagi became President of the Company. |
| 1934 | Shanghai factory established in China. |
| 1921 | Takagi engraving factory established by Tomezo Takagi in Wakayama City, Japan |
