Corporate History
- August
- 1950
- Began manufacturing, processing, and marketing gold and silver yarn at Muromachi-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto.
- April
- 1955
- Incorporated with capitalization of ¥3 million.
- July
- 1956
- Increased capital to ¥6 million.
- March
- 1957
- Established Saiin plant.
- November
- Increased capital to ¥9 million.
- June
- 1959
- Installed continuous vapor deposition machine No. 1.
- June
- 1962
- Increased capital to ¥19 million.
- May
- 1964
- Increased capital to ¥30 million.
- Began transfer foil business.
- May
- 1965
- Completed initial phase of construction of Ritto plant, enhancing the vapor deposition and coating capabilities.
- August
- Increased capital to ¥45 million.
- July
- 1968
- Moved headquarters to new building in Nishikyogoku, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto.Established Tokyo Reiko Co., Ltd.
- Opened Tokyo office (now Tokyo Reiko Co., Ltd.) at Taito-ku, Tokyo.
- Began packaging materials business based on vapor deposition gas barrier technology.
- August
- 1971
- Increased capital to ¥105 million.
- 1973
- Began window coating film business with optical technology based on vapor deposition and coating.
- February
- 1974
- Enhanced coating technology with installation of wide-format high-speed coloring machine and wide-format reverse coater.
- August
- 1978
- Established etching technology, installed large-scale processing equipment, and began related business activities.
- November
- 1981
- Increased capital to ¥160 million.
- May
- 1982
- Established Metacoat Co., Ltd.
- October
- Installed large-format continuous vapor deposition machine No. 7 at Metacoat.
- June
- 1984
- Established Tokyo Reiko Co., Ltd.
- 1986
- Began electronic component carrier materials business based on peel-off materials technology.
- Began transparent vapor deposited barrier film business based on reactive vapor deposition technology.
- February
- 1990
- Began LCD backlight component business based on high reflection technology.
- September
- 1992
- Completed initial phase of construction of Hino plant. Began ultra-precision fine coating operations.
- October
- 1994
- Strengthened capabilities of inspection operations with establishment of new defect detection system.
- October
- 1996
- Increased capital to ¥202 million.
- July
- 1998
- Completed second phase of construction of Hino plant.
- July
- 1999
- Acquired quality control system certification of compliance with ISO 9002 international standard (all operations).
- Began business in functional gold and silver yarn with antibacterial, deodorizing, and ultraviolet filtering properties.
- October
- 2000
- Increased capital to ¥247.45 million.
- May
- 2001
- Established business office in Malaysia.
- July
- 2002
- Expanded ISO certification through compliance with new inspection standards (ISO 9001:2000).
- October
- Completed third phase of construction of Hino plant.
- September
- 2004
- ISO 14001 certification obtained by Ritto and Hino Plants.
- December
- Installed large-format continuous vapor deposition machine No.9 at Metacoat.
- January
- 2006
- Completed fourth phase of construction of Hino plant.
- January
- 2008
- Increased capital to ¥300 million.
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