History
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History of Kawase
- May 1955
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Our company was originally established in Osaka, as “KAWASE SHIKO,” and started making and selling business forms and roll paper
- October 1956
- Tokyo Head office established
- December 1956
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Osaka Factory established
- November 1965
- Nagoya Branch established
- January 1968
- Kyoto Branch established
- February 1968
- Kobe Branch established
- November 1976
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Company name changed to “KAWASE COMPUTER SUPPLIES CO., LTD”.
Osaka Factory established - September 1983
- Yokohama Branch established
- November 1987
- Chiba Branch established
- April 1990
- Osaka Merchandise Center established
- March 1995
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Osaka KIPS Center established
high-speed inkjet printers introduced
data print service started - July 1997
- Host computers introduced for data processing
- December 1998
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TOKYO KIPS Center established, with high-speed inkjet printers installed.
- December 2000
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VICS-Variable Information, on-demand Color-Print system developed
- March 2001
Listed on the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange.
[Code 7851]- September 2002
- ISO9001 certification acquired by Tokyo KIPS center
- January 2004
- Privacy Mark System (JIPDEC) certification acquired
- July 2004
- Tokyo Head Office moved to Ginza 6-chome
- March 2008
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New data processing center in Chiba Research Park completed
- November 2008
- Sectional 8 color rotary press introduced
- September 2009
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Full-color inkjet printers introduced
- March 2011
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification acquired
- June 2011
- Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification acquired
- June 2013
- Digital Invoice Delivery Service started
- July 2013
- TSE and OSE to merge into the Japan Exchange Group
- June 2015
- Patent obtained in June 2015 for our electronic invoice issuance system (form data management method), Registration Number: Patent 5766730
- February 2019
- Digital Messaging Delivery Service started
- June 2019
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Full-color inkjet printers introduced additionally
Full-color personal print solution service started - December 2020
- Tokyo Head Office relocated to 7-chome Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo