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~1970s
1965
November
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Founded Murakami Seihan Co., Ltd. in Funabashi, Chiba to manufacture and sell screen stencils and photo emulsions and capillary films for screen stencils
1970
January
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Relocated Head Office to Koto Ward, Tokyo, established Tokyo Plant, changed company name to Murakami Screen Co., Ltd. and turned old Head Office into Funabashi Plant
1971
April
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Established Nagoya Office in Kita Ward, Nagoya
1973
July
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Relocated Head Office and Tokyo Plant to Sumida Ward, Tokyo
1980~1990s
1982
October
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Established Ibaraki Plant (current Ibaraki Office) in Joso City (formerly called Mitsukaido City), Ibaraki
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Established Nagoya Plant (current Inazawa Office) in Inazawa City, Aichi
1985
January
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Installed capillary film manufacturing facility in Ibaraki Plant
July
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Successfully developed and commercialized “PVA-SBQ photopolymer (photo emulsion and capillary film for high-precision screen printing)” and received the 10th Inoue Harushige Prize
Website of Inoue Harushige Prize
1988
January
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Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in Singapore, Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
November
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Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in the USA, Murakami Screen (U.S.A.) Inc.
1992
November
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Established Photosensitive Materials Center in Joso City (formerly called Mitsukaido City), Ibaraki
1994
April
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Established manufacturing subsidiary with 75% ownership in China, Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.
May
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Established Funabashi Suboffice of Ibaraki Plant at Funabashi Plant
1995
October
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Built new Tokyo Plant and integrated CAD Sales Dept. and CAD Sales Center
1997
May
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Changed company name to Murakami Co., Ltd.
November
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Established wholly owned manufacturing and sales subsidiary of Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in China, Murakami Precision Stencil (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
1999
July
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Relocated Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. to current location (35 Loyang Drive)
2000~2010s
2000
September
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Established wholly owned manufacturing and sales subsidiary in China, Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
2001
March
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Established Chiba Office (currently Chiba Office No. 1) in Chiba Toke Midori-No-Mori Industrial Park
2003
August
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Accepted equity shares of Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for Murakami Precision Stencil (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and changed to fully owned subsidiary of Murakami
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Established manufacturing and sales subsidiary with 99.8% ownership in Korea, Hankook Murakami Co., Ltd.
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Increased capital of Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. to 3 million USD
2004
March
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Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Murakami (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
November
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Changed Hankook Murakami Co., Ltd. to wholly owned subsidiary of Murakami
2005
August
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Established wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary in China, Murakami Photo Sensitive Materials Beijing Co., Ltd.
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In December, transferred all operations of Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.
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Celebration commemorating 40th anniversary of our founding
2006
February
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Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Shenzhen Murakami Trade Co., Ltd.
March
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Increased capital of Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. to 1.1 million USD
August
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Liquidated Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.
2008
July
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Relocated Murakami (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. to its current location at Fute North Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai
2009
January
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Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Kunshan Murakami Trading Co., Ltd.
2012
April
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Jointly established manufacturing subsidiary for screen stencil equipment in China with 37.5% ownership, Murakami Qichuan Precision Machinery (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
2013
March
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Established Chiba Office No. 2 in Chiba Toke Midori-No-Mori Industrial Park located at 1-6-12 Onodai, Midori-ku, Chiba-shi
April
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Closed Funabashi Office
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Established wholly owned mask manufacturing subsidiary in Taiwan, Taiwan Murakami Co., Ltd.
December
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Relocated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd. to current location at 144 Beomnak-gil, Danwon-gu, Ansan-City
2014
June
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Established wholly owned photo emulsion and capillary film manufacturing subsidiary in China, Murakami Chemical (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
2015
August
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Celebration commemorating 50th anniversary of our founding
2017
April
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Started production of photo emulsions and capillary films at Murakami Chemical (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
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Installed capillary film manufacturing equipment in FF Center II of Chiba Office No. 2
2018
November
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Relocated Murakami Photo Sensitive Materials Beijing Co., Ltd. to current location at Xiao Bao Huan Dao 1 Dong Yi Shu Zhong Xin Yuan Bei 2, Song Zhuang Town, Tong Zhou District, Beijing
2020s
2020
March
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Changed company name of MSK Co., Ltd. to Murakami Techno Co., Ltd.
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Transferred R&D operations of Murakami to Murakami Techno
2021
December
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Stopped manufacturing at Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
2022
March
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Stopped manufacturing at Taiwan Murakami Co., Ltd.
October
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Closed Nagoya Office
2023
12
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Liquidated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd.