2001-2014 Contributing to Society based on Prosperous, and Emergent Evolution
In 2001, DNP released its "DNP Group Vision for the 21st Century.” The Vision's aim is to contribute to the development of a society based on emergent evolution by combining printing and information (P&I) technologies with knowledge and experience that we have previously accumulated, in order to propose "P&I Solutions."
Since 2000, the Japanese printing industry has been plagued by deflation despite a gradual recovery trend in the nation's economy. With the addition of further pressure from the simultaneous recessions in many parts of the world that followed the financial crisis of September 2008, the Company faced a period of unprecedented difficulty.
As we searched for a way out of this situation, we steadily established systems that enabled us to demonstrate new strengths and to accelerate the pace of business development by means of internal and external collaboration. In 2012, we began public relations activities based on the brand statement, Creating future standards. We aim to continue developing new products and services that contribute to solving society's problems.
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Flexible organic EL -
Public announcement of the DNP Group Vision for the 21st Century -
Maison des Musées de France -
Solar battery module -
The DNP Gotanda Building
Photo: Kawasumi, Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office -
Capillary blood vessel pattern after transfer -
Package for Japanese-style space food -
"honto" hybrid online bookstore
- 2001April 4
- Succeeded in developing a flexible color organic EL display
- May 13
- Released the "DNP Group Vision for the 21st Century"
- August 15
- Entered the micro-machine (MEMS) processing business
- September 30
- Developed “FOMA” SIM cards for use in cell phones provided by NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
- 2002June 25
- Collaborated with STMicroelectronics N.V. of Switzerland to establish photomask manufacturing joint venture DNP Photomask Europe S.p.A. in Italy
- 2003May 8
- Completed DNP Sohatsu-no-Mori Hakone Training Center
- May 12
- Established Maison des Musées de France (now Maison des Musées du Monde) in Tokyo's Ginza district, as a locus for providing information about French art and art museums
- May 12
- Developed components for solar battery modules
- 2004May 25
- Developed new screen for use with front projectors; sold from September 2005
- July 12
- In collaboration with Tokyo Medical and Dental University, succeeded in forming capillary blood vessel patterns; entered the field of regenerative medicine
- July
- Began selling PrintRush self-service digital photo printing systems
- 2005January 18
- Established DNP International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- February 7
- Established and participated in Shared Security Formats Cooperation (SSFC)(Open in a new window) aimed at formulating common data formats for smart cards
- March 25
- Expo 2005 held in Aichi Prefecture
- April 1
- Japan's Personal Information Protection Act took effect
- November 15
- Opened Kurosaki Plant in Kitakyushu City and began producing LCD color filters for 6th-generation products
- 2006January
- Started “Kangaroo Club” back-to-work seminars for employees taking childcare leave
- March 8
- Agreed to acquire ID photo and related businesses from Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
- July 7
- Completed DNP Gotanda Building
- August
- Opened Kamiya Solutions Center
- October 20
- Announced full-fledged entry into e-book production and distribution licensing businesses
- October 25
- Opened the Louvre-DNP Museum Lab, a joint project with the Louvre Museum
- 2007January 1
- Acquired organic and inorganic photographic chemicals manufacturing and sales businesses from Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
- February 7
- Developed Japan's first packaging for Japanese-style space food
- 2008June 20
- Established DNP IMS Netherlands B.V. in the Netherlands (now DNP Imagingcomm Europe B.V.)
- August 20
- Acquired shares in Maruzen Co., Ltd., making it a consolidated subsidiary
- 2009January 5
- Switched from paper to digital stock certificates
- January 29
- Installed new facilities within the Izumizaki Plant for making back sheets and filling materials used in photovoltaic cells
- March 18
- Acquired shares in Junkudo Co., Ltd., making it a consolidated subsidiary
- October 1
- Integrated the domestic ink businesses of DIC Corp. and The Inctec Inc. to form DIC Graphics Corp.(Open in a new window)
- November 18
- Acquired Oguchi Book Binding & Printing Co., Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary
- 2010February 1
- Established CHI Group (now Maruzen CHI Holdings Co., Ltd.); Maruzen Co., Ltd. and TRC, Inc. became subsidiaries of CHI Group
- February 1
- Launched "DreamPages" photo book production service
- April 1
- Initiated a "work-life balance" support system aimed at transforming working styles
- April 9
- Acquired Intelligent Wave Inc.(Open in a new window) as a consolidated subsidiary through acquisition of shares
- November 25
- Began operating "honto" hybrid bookstore network, providing both paper and electronic books
- 2011February 14
- Acquired China UnionPay-brand card issuer certification
- March 11
- Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake
- 2012July 25
- Established DNP IMS Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (now DNP Imagingcomm Asia Sdn. Bhd.)
- August 9
- Business tieup with Nihon Unisys, Ltd.(Open in a new window)
- 2013April 26
- Opened “The Lab. CAFE Lab.(Open in a new window)” within Knowledge Capital in Osaka
- June 5
- Opened film packaging plant in Vietnam's Binh Duong Province
- July 25
- Full-scale start-up of DNP Fine Chemicals Utsunomiya Co., Ltd.
- August 23
- Established Dai Nippon Printing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- December 3
- Opened factory to produce transfer printing media in Johor, Malaysia
- December
- Began operations of DNP Kashiwa Data Center
- 2014August 1
- Established a representative office in India
- September
- Began selling film medium for microorganism testing
- October 9
- Opened DNP Kyoto Uzumasa Cultural Heritage Gallery(Open in a new window)