{"id":1689,"date":"2023-06-20T18:32:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T09:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/?page_id=1689"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:15:53","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"swContentTitle left\" id=\"1970\">~<span class=\"num\">1970<\/span>s<\/h2><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1965<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">November<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Founded Murakami Seihan Co., Ltd. in Funabashi, Chiba to manufacture and sell screen stencils and photo emulsions and capillary films for screen stencils<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history01.png\" alt=\"Founder, the late Shizuo Murakami\">\n                            <figcaption>Founder, the late Shizuo Murakami<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Izanagi boom (up to 1970)<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1970<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">January<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>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<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Expo&#8217;70 held in Osaka<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1971<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">April<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established Nagoya Office in Kita Ward, Nagoya<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history02.png\" alt=\"Established Nagoya Office\">\n                            <figcaption>Established Nagoya Office<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1973<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">July<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Relocated Head Office and Tokyo Plant to Sumida Ward, Tokyo<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>1973 oil crisis<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"swContentTitle left\" id=\"1980\"><span class=\"num\">1980<\/span>~<span class=\"num\">1990<\/span>s<\/h2><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1982<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">October<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established Ibaraki Plant (current Ibaraki Office) in Joso City (formerly called Mitsukaido City), Ibaraki<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/history03.jpg\" alt=\"Ibaraki Plant (current Ibaraki Office) \">\n                            <figcaption>Ibaraki Plant (current Ibaraki Office) <\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established Nagoya Plant (current Inazawa Office) in Inazawa City, Aichi<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/history04.png\" alt=\"Nagoya Plant (current Inazawa Office)\">\n                            <figcaption>Nagoya Plant (current Inazawa Office)<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Started operation of Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen lines<\/li><li>Yasuhiro Nakasone Cabinet formed<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1985<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">January<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Installed capillary film manufacturing facility in Ibaraki Plant<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">July<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Successfully developed and commercialized \u201cPVA-SBQ photopolymer (photo emulsion and capillary film for high-precision screen printing)\u201d and received the 10th Inoue Harushige Prize<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/inouesho.jp\/\" class=\"swTextLink blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website of Inoue Harushige Prize<\/a><\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history05.png\" alt=\"Received 10th Inoue Harushige Prize for PVA-SBQ photopolymer\">\n                            <figcaption>Received 10th Inoue Harushige Prize for PVA-SBQ photopolymer<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Equal Employment Opportunity Act comes into effect<\/li><li>Expo\u201985 held in Tsukuba<\/li><li>Privatization of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation as NTT<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1988<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">January<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in Singapore, Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">November<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in the USA, Murakami Screen (U.S.A.) Inc.<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history06.png\" alt=\"Established Murakami Screen in USA\">\n                            <figcaption>Established Murakami Screen in USA<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Opening of Seikan Tunnel<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1992<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">November<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established Photosensitive Materials Center in Joso City (formerly called Mitsukaido City), Ibaraki<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>\u201cNozomi\u201d begins operation on Tokaido Shinkansen<\/li><li>Retirement of former Yokozuna, <br>Chiyonofuji<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1994<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">April<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established manufacturing subsidiary with 75% ownership in China, Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history07.png\" alt=\"Established manufacturing base in Beijing\">\n                            <figcaption>Established manufacturing base in Beijing<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">May<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established Funabashi Suboffice of Ibaraki Plant at Funabashi Plant<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Oe Kenzaburo receives Nobel Prize in Literature<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1995<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">October<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Built new Tokyo Plant and integrated CAD Sales Dept. and CAD Sales Center<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1997<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">May<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Changed company name to Murakami Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">November<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned manufacturing and sales subsidiary of Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in China, Murakami Precision Stencil (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Hong Kong returned to China<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">1999<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">July<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Relocated Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. to current location (35 Loyang Drive)<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history08.png\" alt=\"Relocated Singapore sales office\">\n                            <figcaption>Relocated Singapore sales office<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Opening of entire route of Joshin-etsu Expressway<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"swContentTitle left\" id=\"2000\"><span class=\"num\">2000<\/span>~<span class=\"num\">2010<\/span>s<\/h2><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2000<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">September<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned manufacturing and sales subsidiary in China, Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history09.png\" alt=\"Established Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. in China\">\n                            <figcaption>Established Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. in China<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Sidney Olympics held<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2001<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">March<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established Chiba Office (currently Chiba Office No. 1) in Chiba Toke Midori-No-Mori Industrial Park<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history10.png\" alt=\"Established Chiba Office No. 1\">\n                            <figcaption>Established Chiba Office No. 1<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>September 11 attacks in USA<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2003<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">August<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Accepted equity shares of Murakami Screen (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for Murakami Precision Stencil (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and changed to fully owned subsidiary of Murakami<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established manufacturing and sales subsidiary with 99.8% ownership in Korea, Hankook Murakami Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Increased capital of Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. to 3 million USD<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Outbreak of Novel Pneumonia (SARS)<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2004<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">March<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Murakami (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">November<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Changed Hankook Murakami Co., Ltd. to wholly owned subsidiary of Murakami<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Magnitude 7 Earthquake Strikes the Niigata Chuetsu Region<\/li><li>Opening of the Athens Olympics<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2005<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">August<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary in China, Murakami Photo Sensitive Materials Beijing Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>In December, transferred all operations of Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Celebration commemorating 40th anniversary of our founding<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history11.png\" alt=\"Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)\">\n                            <figcaption>Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Aichi Expo Held<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2006<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">February<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Shenzhen Murakami Trade Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">March<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Increased capital of Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. to 1.1 million USD<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">August<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Liquidated Beijing Murakami Screen Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Japan\u2019s Population Enters Decline<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2008<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">July<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Relocated Murakami (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. to its current location at Fute North Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history12.png\" alt=\"Relocated Shanghai sales office\">\n                            <figcaption>Relocated Shanghai sales office<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Global Financial Crisis<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2009<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">January<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned sales subsidiary in China, Kunshan Murakami Trading Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>WHO Declares Pandemic of Novel Influenza<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2012<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">April<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Jointly established manufacturing subsidiary for screen stencil equipment in China with 37.5% ownership, Murakami Qichuan Precision Machinery (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Tokyo Skytree completed<\/li><li>Shinya Yamanaka received Nobel Prize for iPS cell research<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2013<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">March<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established Chiba Office No. 2 in Chiba Toke Midori-No-Mori Industrial Park located at 1-6-12 Onodai, Midori-ku, Chiba-shi<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/murakami006-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                            <figcaption><\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">April<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Closed Funabashi Office<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned mask manufacturing subsidiary in Taiwan, Taiwan Murakami Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history14.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                            <figcaption><\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">December<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Relocated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd. to current location at 144 Beomnak-gil, Danwon-gu, Ansan-City<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history15.png\" alt=\"Relocated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd.\">\n                            <figcaption>Relocated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd.<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Mount Fuji was designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2014<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">June<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established wholly owned photo emulsion and capillary film manufacturing subsidiary in China, Murakami Chemical (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history17.png\" alt=\"Established manufacturing base in Zhongshan\">\n                            <figcaption>Established manufacturing base in Zhongshan<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Three Japanese nationals were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2015<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">August<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Celebration commemorating 50th anniversary of our founding<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history16.png\" alt=\"Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)\">\n                            <figcaption>Message by Hirotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President (at the time)<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>The Paris simultaneous terrorist attacks took place<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2017<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">April<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Started production of photo emulsions and capillary films at Murakami Chemical (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Installed capillary film manufacturing equipment in FF Center II of Chiba Office No. 2<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>The UN has adopted the treaty banning nuclear weapons<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2018<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">November<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>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<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history18.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                            <figcaption><\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Opening of the PyeongChang Olympics<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"swContentTitle left\" id=\"2020\"><span class=\"num\">2020<\/span>s<\/h2><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2020<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">March<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Changed company name of MSK Co., Ltd. to Murakami Techno Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month --empty\">\n                        <h4><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Transferred R&#038;D operations of Murakami to Murakami Techno<\/p>\n                                <figure>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/history19.png\" alt=\"Work at Murakami Techno\">\n                            <figcaption>Work at Murakami Techno<\/figcaption>\n                        <\/figure>\n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Pandemic declared due to the novel coronavirus<\/li><li>The United Kingdom leaves the EU<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2021<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">December<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Stopped manufacturing at Murakami Precision Stencil (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Opening of the Tokyo Olympics<\/li><li>Shohei Ohtani wins the MLB MVP award for his two-way performance<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2022<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">March<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Stopped manufacturing at Taiwan Murakami Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div><div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">October<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Closed Nagoya Office<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Russia launches military invasion of Ukraine<\/li><li>Resurgence of COVID-19 infections<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2023<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">12<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Liquidated Hankook Murakami Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Generative AI in the spotlight, with regulation posing a challenge<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2024<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">6<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>Established a manufacturing subsidiary, \u201cMUCOM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED,\u201d in India (100% ownership).<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Magnitude 7 earthquake hits Ishikawa and Noto, causing major damage<\/li><li>Opening of the Paris Olympics<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"year\">\n                <div class=\"yearHead\">\n                <h3><em><span class=\"num\">2025<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"event\">\n                    <div class=\"company\">\n                    <div class=\"month \">\n                        <h4><span class=\"num\">11<\/span><\/h4>\n                        <ul>\n                            <li>\n                                <p>60th Anniversary<\/p>\n                                \n                            <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"social\">\n                    <h4>Social conditions\/events<\/h4>\n                    <li>Opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo<\/li>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"backSection\">\n<div class=\"stContainer\">\n<div class=\"backTop\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/company\/\" class=\"swBackButton\">To Company Information<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":727,"parent":20,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pages\/company-history.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1689","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3637,"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689\/revisions\/3637"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.murakami.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}