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| 1945 - 1954 |
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Start-up Stage - For
realization of ideals, clearly expressed in the corporate name "RISO" |
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| Sep., 1946 |
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Noboru Hayama,
the company founder, establishes a mimeograph printing company, "Riso-sha", at
his home in Setagaya, Tokyo. |
| Sep., 1948 |
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Opens a mimeograph print shop in Nihonbashi, Tokyo,
to expand business with 5 employees under a new company name, "Riso Printing Company."
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| Mar., 1952 |
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Starts a typed-character print service with the
first electric typewriters and printing machines that landed in Japan, which were
personally imported from the United Kingdom. |
| Jun., 1954 |
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The ink developing team, which was organized in
the previous year, develops emulsion ink for the first time in Japan, which led
to the building of a new ink production plant and the sales of own brand ink,
"RISO INK."
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| 1955 - 1974 |
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The 1st Growing Stage - Success
through honesty and creativity |
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| Jan., 1955 |
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Riso Printing Company is developed into "Riso Science
Laboratory Limited" (with a capital of 1 million yen) and the existing codes of
conduct, "Our Business Creed" and "RISO Manager's Principles", established.
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| Dec., 1958 |
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Launches an advanced mimeograph printer specially
designed for typed-character printing, "RISO-Graph."
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| Sep., 1959 |
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Launches a mimeograph stencil for handwriting, "RISO
Stencil." |
| Feb., 1961 |
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Launches a duplicator stencil for typewriting, "RISO
Duplicating Stencil <Typing>." |
| Jan., 1963 |
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The company is incorporated under a new name, "RISO
KAGAKU CORPORATION" (with a capital of 10 million yen). |
| Jul.-Aug., 1965 |
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Completes Kasumigaura Plant and starts production
there. |
| May, 1967 |
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Launches a quick thermal duplicator stencil maker,
"RISO FAX JF-7", and a high-sensitive thermal
duplicator stencil, "RISO MASTER." These types
of stencil maker and stencil have never been marketed in Japan before. |
| Aug., 1968 |
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Moves the head office to the building facing the
Shinbashi railway station, which would be the headquarters of the company for
27 years since. |
| May, 1969 |
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Launches the successor of RISO FAX JF-7, "RISO FAX
JF-8." |
| Jun., 1969 |
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Opens local sales offices in major domestic cities,
such as Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima and Fukuoka, to extend the sales
territories all over Japan. |
| May, 1972 |
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Launches the following new products: a xenon-flash-lamp
transparent film imaging machine, "RISO TRAPEN-UP TU-230",
an overhead projector, "RISO OHP 750" and
a roll of transparent film, "RISO TP Roll."
Their strong sales saved the company from the brink of bankruptcy after its greatest
financial crisis ever, fueled by the launch of the successor models, TU-250, TU-260,
TU-270 and OHP 760, in the following years. |
| Feb., 1974 |
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Launches a xenon-flash-lamp multipurpose imaging
machine, "RISO XENOFAX FX-150", and a heat-sensitive
thermal duplicator stencil, "RISO XENO MASTER." With "RISO XENOFAX FX-150", both
an OHP transparent film and a duplicator stencil could be quickly imaged. |
[Note]
The product release dates given in the above chronological table are only applicable
in Japan. |
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