株式会社ムラカミ

History

~1970s

1965

November

  • Founded Murakami Seihan Co., Ltd. in Funabashi, Chiba to manufacture and sell screen stencils and photo emulsions and capillary films for screen stencils

    Founder, the late Shizuo Murakami
    Founder, the late Shizuo Murakami

1970

January

  • 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

  • Established Nagoya Office in Kita Ward, Nagoya

    Established Nagoya Office
    Established Nagoya Office

1973

July

  • Relocated Head Office and Tokyo Plant to Sumida Ward, Tokyo

1980~1990s

1982

October

  • Established Ibaraki Plant (current Ibaraki Office) in Joso City (formerly called Mitsukaido City), Ibaraki

    Ibaraki Plant (current Ibaraki Office)
    Ibaraki Plant (current Ibaraki Office)

  • Established Nagoya Plant (current Inazawa Office) in Inazawa City, Aichi

    Nagoya Plant (current Inazawa Office)
    Nagoya Plant (current Inazawa Office)

1985

January

  • Installed capillary film manufacturing facility in Ibaraki Plant

July

  • 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

    Received 10th Inoue Harushige Prize for PVA-SBQ photopolymer
    Received 10th Inoue Harushige Prize for PVA-SBQ photopolymer

1988

January

  • Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in Singapore, Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

November

  • Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in the USA, Murakami Screen (U.S.A.) Inc.

    Established Murakami Screen in USA
    Established Murakami Screen in USA

1992

November

  • Established Photosensitive Materials Center in Joso City (formerly called Mitsukaido City), Ibaraki

1994

April

  • Established manufacturing subsidiary with 75% ownership in China, Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.

    Established manufacturing base in Beijing
    Established manufacturing base in Beijing

May

  • Established Funabashi Suboffice of Ibaraki Plant at Funabashi Plant

1995

October

  • Built new Tokyo Plant and integrated CAD Sales Dept. and CAD Sales Center

1997

May

  • Changed company name to Murakami Co., Ltd.

November

  • Established wholly owned manufacturing and sales subsidiary of Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in China, Murakami Precision Stencil (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

1999

July

  • Relocated Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. to current location (35 Loyang Drive)

    Relocated Singapore sales office
    Relocated Singapore sales office

2000~2010s

2000

September

  • Established wholly owned manufacturing and sales subsidiary in China, Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.

    Established Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. in China
    Established Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. in China

2001

March

  • Established Chiba Office (currently Chiba Office No. 1) in Chiba Toke Midori-No-Mori Industrial Park

    Established Chiba Office No. 1
    Established Chiba Office No. 1

2003

August

  • Accepted equity shares of Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for Murakami Precision Stencil (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and changed to fully owned subsidiary of Murakami

  • Established manufacturing and sales subsidiary with 99.8% ownership in Korea, Hankook Murakami Co., Ltd.

  • Increased capital of Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. to 3 million USD

2004

March

  • Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Murakami (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.

November

  • Changed Hankook Murakami Co., Ltd. to wholly owned subsidiary of Murakami

2005

August

  • Established wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary in China, Murakami Photo Sensitive Materials Beijing Co., Ltd.

  • In December, transferred all operations of Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.

  • Celebration commemorating 40th anniversary of our founding

    Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)
    Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)

2006

February

  • Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Shenzhen Murakami Trade Co., Ltd.

March

  • Increased capital of Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. to 1.1 million USD

August

  • Liquidated Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.

2008

July

  • Relocated Murakami (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. to its current location at Fute North Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai

    Relocated Shanghai sales office
    Relocated Shanghai sales office

2009

January

  • Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Kunshan Murakami Trading Co., Ltd.

2012

April

  • Jointly established manufacturing subsidiary for screen stencil equipment in China with 37.5% ownership, Murakami Qichuan Precision Machinery (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

2013

March

  • Established Chiba Office No. 2 in Chiba Toke Midori-No-Mori Industrial Park located at 1-6-12 Onodai, Midori-ku, Chiba-shi

April

  • Closed Funabashi Office

  • Established wholly owned mask manufacturing subsidiary in Taiwan, Taiwan Murakami Co., Ltd.

December

  • Relocated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd. to current location at 144 Beomnak-gil, Danwon-gu, Ansan-City

    Relocated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd.
    Relocated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd.

2014

June

  • Established wholly owned photo emulsion and capillary film manufacturing subsidiary in China, Murakami Chemical (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.

    Established manufacturing base in Zhongshan
    Established manufacturing base in Zhongshan

2015

August

  • Celebration commemorating 50th anniversary of our founding

    Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)
    Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)

2017

April

  • Started production of photo emulsions and capillary films at Murakami Chemical (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.

  • Installed capillary film manufacturing equipment in FF Center II of Chiba Office No. 2

2018

November

  • 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

  • Changed company name of MSK Co., Ltd. to Murakami Techno Co., Ltd.

  • Transferred R&D operations of Murakami to Murakami Techno

    Work at Murakami Techno
    Work at Murakami Techno

2021

December

  • Stopped manufacturing at Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.

2022

March

  • Stopped manufacturing at Taiwan Murakami Co., Ltd.

October

  • Closed Nagoya Office

2023

12

  • Liquidated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd.