Company Visits/Tours

[~$16 Billion revenue]
Printing Museum, Toppan Koishikawa building, Tokyo


Toppan Printing's expert in Printed Electronics area will guide you through the company's research and activities in this technology.

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. was founded in 1900 in Japan. From modest beginnings, it gradually climbed into a leading position in the printing industry; the company has recently been shifting its focus into the electronics and multimedia industries in line with the advances made in information technology. Toppan is determined to become a leader in the information and communications sector. Toppan Printing has 7 major business fields: Security and Cards, Publications Printing, Commercial Printing, Packaging, Industrial Materials, Electronics, and Multimedia. In its color filter business, Toppan is No.1 color filter supplier in the world.

[~$2 Billion revenue]

The tour will showcase Toppan Forms' achievement so far in printed electronics

Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. is Japan's largest producer of business forms and related systems. It is the leader in the Data Print Service sector, in which the company does everything from processing client data to printing and mailing it. Toppan Forms' large customer base is increasingly turning to the company to provide once purely paper-based business solutions electronically and online. In addition to business forms and related services, Toppan Forms provides cards, including IC cards, and card-related equipment, computer systems management services and office supplies.

[~$16 Billion revene]

The tour will introduce DNP's activities in relevant fields, and provide you with opportunity to meet DNP's senior staff.

About Dai Nippon Printing

DNP is a world-class printing conglomerate with 1.5075 trillion yen in annual revenues and approximately 35,000 employees. Based in Tokyo, Japan, DNP offers a broad range of products and services for publishing, commercial printing, smart cards, networking, and electronics components, among others. Its products in the electronics field include color filters and other components for LCDs, photomasks, PCBs and semiconductor-related components. In the photomask market DNP is a world leader, utilizing its time honored printing techniques and know-how in the fabrication of cutting-edge photomasks.

About Hodogaya Chemical

Hodogaya Chemical is a mid-sized chemical manufacturer company based in Japan. Our primary goal is to develop and produce fine chemicals. Some of our products are toner additives (CCA), charge transport material of OPC and intermediates used in pharmaceutical and agriculture. Currently, we are focused on the development of our carrier transporters, namely HTM and ETM. Our main topics for discussion are HTMs and ETMs under development as well as commercialized HTMs.