History of OSP
We will introduce the main events from our founding to the present.
We will introduce the main events from our founding to the present.
| 2021 (Reiwa 3rd year) | January: OSP Label Stock Co., Ltd. is established. August: Innovation Center opens to the east of the Osaka Factory |
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| 2020 (2nd year of Reiwa) | January OSP LABEL (THAILAND) CO.,LTD. and OSP (THAILAND) CO., LTD. merged Osaka Sealing Printing Co., Ltd. and OSP Fuji Packaging Co., Ltd. merged their businesses. |
| 2019 (first year of Reiwa) | May: New building completed at Fukuoka Factory. Tobata Factory relocated and integrated. September: OSP Heartful Co., Ltd. is established. |
| 2018 (Heisei 30th year) | January: Selected as a "Regional Future Driving Company" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. March: Building J completed at Shiga Factory No. 2 August: Gifu Factory No. 3 Office completed November: OSP CEBU CORPORATION established |
| 2017 (2017) | February: 90th anniversary celebration held (Taikoen) |
| 2016 (Heisei 28) | January: President Matsuguchi declares OSP's version of Industry 4.0 in his New Year's address. February OSP Holdings Co., Ltd. acquires Royal Paper Homes (Thailand) and MOU signed March: OSP LABEL (THAILAND) CO., LTD. established. May Osaka Kirinka Printing (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. participated in the China Exhibition First exhibit at Bakery China 2016 August: MOU signed with PackLeader (Taiwan) |
| 2015 (Heisei 27) | February: OSP Gold Sea Co., Ltd. is established. March: Singapore representative office established September: Tochigi Factory No. 3 completed |
| 2014 (Heisei 26) | January: "Clear Thermal" announced July: Established "OSP (THAILAND) CO., LTD." in Bangkok, Thailand. November: OSP Fuji Packaging Co., Ltd. is established. |
| 2013 (2013) | May: OSP Trading Co., Ltd. is established. July: ASEAN Room established November: Transition to holdings system |
| 2012 (Heisei 24) | March: Celebrates 85th anniversary of founding |
| 2011 (Heisei 23) | January: Established a plant for manufacturing base paper for labels in Shiga Factory No. 2 (currently Shiga Factory No. 2). (currently Shiga Factory No. 2) established as a plant for the production of base paper for labels. December "Trajectory of Passion: Message from Matsuguchi Yutaka" memorial volume published. |
| 2010 (Heisei 22) | June: "Safety and Health Risk Assessment Activities" started October: Etching building opened in Nasu 2nd Factory |
| 2009 (Heisei 21) | March: Moji Factory G Building gravure machine operation begins August: Nasu Second Factory (now Tochigi Factory Second Office) begins operation. October: Technical Center (Osaka) opened |
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| 2008 (Heisei 20) | May: Osaka Kirinka Printing (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s Suzhou factory completed and began operations. |
| 2007 (Heisei 19th year) | February: The second factory building was completed in the Kokura Factory. March: "Label Archives - Salon OSP" held as part of the 80th anniversary celebrations Opened 80 Years of History: "Every Day, Something New, Something Big" Company History Published May: Kochi Branch Office (now Kochi Sales Office) opened. July: Osaka Kirinkaku Printing Co., Ltd. Shanghai Representative Office was abolished. December: Moji Factory opens F-building, automatic gravure plate making factory. Gravure automatic rack warehouse completed |
| 2006 (Heisei 18) | March: Etching building completed at Ogaki Factory No. 1 (currently Gifu Factory No. 1 Office) April: PRIMARK AMERICA CORPORATION in New York City, USA became a subsidiary October: Osaka Kirinka Printing (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is established in Suzhou, China. |
| 2005 (Heisei 17) | February: Gifu Sales Office opened March: Shiga Production Division obtains forest certification (COC certification) June: OSP Ajihara Building opened (Osaka sales department and other offices relocated) Head office relocated to 1-8 Obasecho cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka November: Privacy Mark certification obtained |
| 2004 (Heisei 16) | February: Kubotaji Technology Center closed Osaka Technical Center opened (currently Equipment Department and Labeling System Department). |
| 2003 (Heisei 15th year) | February: Osaka Kirinkaku Printing Co., Ltd. Shanghai Representative Office established in Shanghai, China. June: Osaka Factory completed and operations started (Hirano Factory and Kami Factory integrated). July: Established local subsidiary "Osaka Kirinka Printing Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd." in Shanghai, China. Co., Ltd. was established. September: Okinawa sales office opened The RPF building was completed at Shiga Factory No. 2 (currently Shiga Factory No. 2 Office). |
| 2002 (Heisei 14) | October: Completion of the finishing building at Shiga Factory No. 1 (currently Shiga Factory No. 1 Office) November: Shiga 3rd Factory closed. |
| 2001 (Heisei 13) | January: Shikoku branch office opened (Takamatsu, Kochi sales offices and Tokushima branch office merged). October: Ogaki Factory No. 1 (now Gifu Factory No. 1 Office) completed and began operations. |
| 2000 (Heisei 12) | October: Obtained ISO 14001 certification |
| 1999 (Heisei 11) | January: Kanazawa Sales Office opened |
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| 1998 (Heisei 10) | March: Soft packaging production division obtains ISO 9002 certification. ISO 9001 certified September: Gunma Sales Office opened |
| 1997 | September: Ogaki Factory (now Gifu Factory No. 2) completed and began operations. |
| 1996 (Heisei 8) | April: Minami Osaka Sales Office opened |
| 1995 (Heisei 7) | March: Osaka Business Center (now Osaka Factory West Wing) opens. |
| 1994 (Heisei 6) | January: Niigata branch office (now Niigata sales office) opened. September: Moji Factory completed and operations started |
| 1993 (Heisei 5) | April: Appointed Matsuguchi Tadashi and President September Kanto Nasu Plant (currently Tochigi Plant No. 1) completed and begins operations. |
| 1992 (Heisei 4) | January: Tokyo branch is promoted to a branch office. February: Nagano Branch Office (now Nagano Sales Office) opened |
| 1991 (Heisei 3) | March: Kokura Factory (now Fukuoka Factory) completed and began operation. August: Kuboji Technology Center opens |
| 1990 (Heisei 2) | June: Development center opened September: Yao Management Center opens |
| 1989 (first year of Heisei) | June: Shiga Factory No. 2 (now Shiga Factory No. 2 Office) completed and began operations. August: Tokushima branch office opened |
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| 1988 (Showa 63) | January: Kami Factory opens and begins operations. February: OSP Building (now OSP Ajihara Honmachi Building) completed |
| 1987 (Showa 62) | May: Yonago Sales Office and Kobe Sales Office (now Kobe Branch) opened. June: Hamamatsu Branch Office (now Hamamatsu Sales Office) opened Fukushima Branch Office (now Fukushima Sales Office) opened. |
| 1986 (Showa 61) | May: Design and studio departments established July: Nishitokyo Sales Office opened October: Kochi Sales Office opened |
| 1985 (Showa 60) | February: Northern Japan Sales Office opened |
| 1984 (Showa 59) | October: Muraki Factory (Shiga 3rd Factory) opened. |
| 1982 (Showa 57) | July: Hirano Factory opens and begins operations |
| 1980 (Showa 55) | January: Chiba Sales Office (now Higashi-Kanto Branch) opened. |
| 1979 (Showa 54) | February: North Kanto Sales Office (now Saitama Sales Office) and Matsuyama Sales Office opened March: Kumamoto Sales Office opened December: Kitakyushu Sales Office opened |
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| 1978 (Showa 53) | January: Yokohama Sales Office (now Yokohama Branch) opened. April: Capital: 262.5 million yen November: Kyoto Sales Office opened |
| 1976 (Showa 51) | March: Capital increased to 170 million yen. July: Sapporo sales office opened September: Nagoya Sales Office (now Nagoya Sales Department) and Tohoku Sales Office opened October: Takamatsu Sales Office (now Shikoku Sales Office) and Kagoshima Sales Office opened. |
| 1975 (Showa 50) | January: Hiroshima Sales Office opened April: Shizuoka Sales Office opened May: Capital increased to 90 million yen |
| 1973 (Showa 48) | October: Head office relocated to 1-25 Obasecho-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka |
| 1972 (Showa 47) | January: Shiga Factory No. 1 (now Shiga Factory No. 1 Office) completed and began operations. October: Kyushu Branch (now Fukuoka Sales Office) opened. |
| 1971 (Showa 46) | October: Kyushu Factory (now Tobata Factory) opened. |
| 1969 (Showa 44) | March Started clean back printing (curved surface printing) April: Appointed Matsuguchi Yutaka and President October Okayama Branch Office (now Okayama Sales Office) opens |
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| 1967 (Showa 42) | July: Various automatic sticker machines for use with our own sticker and label products Started manufacturing and sales |
| 1965 (Showa 40) | November: Capital increased to 45 million yen |
| 1964 (Showa 39) | February: Tokyo branch opened June: Capital increased to 30 million yen |
| 1963 (Showa 38) | February: Capital increased to 10.8 million yen |
| 1962 (Showa 37) | November: Head office building constructed at 1-8 Kobashi-Obasecho |
| 1960 (Showa 35) | April: Senior Managing Director, Matsuguchi Yutaka, after a tour of the printing industry in Europe and the United States, After visiting the printing industry in Europe and the U.S., began modernization of facilities by introducing various cutting-edge printing presses |
| 1954 (Showa 29) | In March OSAKA SEALING PRINTING CO., LTD. (capital: 800,000 yen). Organizational change: Matsuguchi Ukichi appointed President |
| 1946 (Showa 21) | March: Reconstructed and resumed business at 7-10 Tanimachi, Minami-ku, Osaka City |
| 1945 (Showa 20) | March: Closed due to war damage. |
| 1927 (Showa 2) | February: Founder Matsuguchi Ukichi moves to 1-10 Izumi, Higashi-ku, Osaka. Started business as a privately owned business |
