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DIEGO June 17, 2005 Established just 15 years
ago, International Technoprint (ITI) possesses a rich printing
tradition that precedes the offset press by decades. This
tradition began with ITI’s parent company, the Yamagata
Group, which is now celebrating its 100th birthday.
Over the last century, the printing industry has experienced
major technology breakthroughs, and the Yamagata Group has
kept pace at every step. Its first printer was a letterpress,
which is one of the earliest methods of printing text on paper.
The Yamagata Group adopted offset printing in 1978 and now
operates numerous digital print facilities around the world.
The Yamagata Group offers a wide range of services, including
printing, translation, 3D animation, technical writing, desktop
publishing, Web-based content development and technical support.
These services enable ITI to provide U.S. companies with a
single point of contact for developing manuals, user guides,
brochures and Web sites.
“Thanks to the Yamagata Group’s vast printing
experience, International Technoprint is helping U.S. companies
effectively market to their customers all over the world,”
said Shiro Fujimoto, president of ITI. “We handle every
detail, from translation to printing to delivery.”
100 Years of Printing
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1906 Yamagata Printing Company
founded |
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1945 Reorganized company as Yamagata Printing
Co., Ltd. |
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1978 Switched from letterpress printing
to offset printing. Introduced process printing and computerized
typesetting. |
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1983 Established Yamagata Technical Center
and introduced CAD system |
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1984 Established Yamagata Printing Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. |
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1987 Introduced integrated production system
from planning and manuscript writing to printing, binding
and delivery |
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1988 Completed expansion of manual printing
and binding division of Fukushima factory |
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1989 Established International Technoprint,
Inc. (San Diego, USA) |
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1998 Established Ycomm Co., Ltd. (Changed
name) Established Ycomm Europe NV (Belgium) |
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1999 Established Printelligence (Xiamen)
Co., Ltd. (China) |
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2000 Completed Yamagata Printing Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. Hagiwara Factory (Gifu prefecture) Established
Printelligence (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. Opened Page Factory
Co., Ltd. Shanghai Office (China) |
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2002 Established Ycomm (Shanghai) Co.,
Ltd. (China) Established Printelligence (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
(China) Established PF 3D Works MSC Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) |
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2003 Merged Ycomm and Page Factory |
Serving a Global Economy
With its headquarters in San Diego, ITI is well positioned
to serve today’s global economy. ITI enables U.S. manufacturing
companies to provide product documentation to their customers
both onshore and offshore.
Companies maintain total quality control over their documentation
materials, while keeping up with their critical, just-in-time
manufacturing schedules. ITI serves its customers with a keen
understanding of U.S. and Asian manufacturing; expert translation
and localization services; and complete print logistics support
in the United States, Asia, Europe, Canada and Latin America
(including the Maquiladora in Mexico).
International Technoprint
Established in 1989, International Technoprint Inc.
is the North American business arm of Yamagata Printing Group,
a global company based in Yokohama, Japan. With full publishing
and printing services in Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Europe
and the United States, International Technoprint can print,
warehouse and deliver documents to any location around the
world. Services include complete print-on-demand and logistics
support for developing manuals, user guides, brochures and
Web sites. International Technoprint’s headquarters
is located at 10625 Scripps Ranch Boulevard, Suite F., San
Diego, CA 92131-1026. For more information, please call (858)
578-9273 or visit the Web site at www.technoprint.com.
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