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The start of environmental impact assessment incorporating the LIME method
Enabling comprehensive understanding and efficient reduction of the impact of business activities on the environmentFrom fiscal 2010, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) has begun assessment of environmental impact incorporating the LIME (*1) method (see diagram 1), which enables qualitative and comprehensive assessment of environmental impact due to factors such as energy and resources used in business activities, and emissions of gases such as CO2 and VOC s(*2).The LIME method was introduced with the assistance of Associate Professor Norihiro Itsubo of Tokyo City University and this is the first undertaking of its kind in the printing industry.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1092.html
2010-08-31Toppan Printing develops "Emboss Look 3D" - a printing technology that gives a sense of depth to paper cartons
Making it possible to produce product packaging with an appealing 3D design at a low costToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) has developed a surface processing technology called "Emboss Look 3D" that makes a 3D design possible by giving a sense of depth to a paper carton (paper container). Full-scale sales will be launched from early September 2010.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1094.html
2010-08-30Toppan Printing and Mobile Commerce Solution form a business alliance to support the introduction of the Gift Card ASP Service using a new type of terminal
The development and launch of sales of a new type of payment terminal that makes it possible to introduce the Gift Card ASP Service without a POS upgrade and a communication carrier
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) has formed a business alliance with Mobile Commerce Solution Inc. (hereafter MCS; head office: Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kosei Murai) to support the introduction of Gift Card (*1) ASP Services using a new type of terminal.
In this alliance, the two companies have jointly developed a new type of gift card payment terminal for the "Gift Card ASP Service (*2)" and will begin business to support introduction using this terminal from mid-August.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1091.html
2010-08-11Provision of a gift card service for Shiki Theatre Company
The first gift card in the entertainment industryFrom Monday August 2, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) and Fujitsu FIP Corporation (hereafter Fujitsu FIP; head office: Koto Ward, Tokyo; President: Nobuyoshi Sugimoto) will provide the entertainment industry's first "Gift Card (*1) ASP Service" to Shiki Theatre Company
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1088.html
2010-08-02Toppan Printing launches "Social Media Live!" an analysis service for internet word-of-mouth
The service will compile and analyze word-of-mouth information on companies and products and provide it as "marketing information for decision making"From July 30, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) will launch "Social Media Live!", targeting manufacturers, services and distribution companies. Social Media Live! is a word-of-mouth analysis service that uses technology from hottolink, Inc. (hereafter hottolink; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; CEO: Koki Uchiyama) to compile and analyze information on companies and products in real time from the enormous amount of word-of-mouth information on the Internet, such as blogs and message boards, and then use the information for purposes such as support for companies' sales promotion activities and product development.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1087.html
2010-07-27Toppan Printing to open the "Ultra-realistic Visual Laboratory"
Using technologies such as computer graphics and 3D visuals to provide integrated support for the sales promotion activities of businesses including manufacturers and distribution companiesToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) will open an "Ultra-realistic Visual Laboratory" that will use the latest expression technologies such as computer graphics and 3D visuals to provide integrated support for the sales promotion activities of businesses including manufacturers and distribution companies. From late July, this laboratory will start full provision of integrated services in line with companies' needs and challenges, from development to production, operation, and consulting for expression methods for highly realistic visual media such as virtual showrooms and 3D visual content for shops.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1080.html
2010-07-20The establishment of the Association for E-publishing Business SolutionOn July 27, 2010, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter DNP; head office: Tokyo; President Yoshitoshi Kitajima) will establish the Association for E-publishing Business Solution based on close cooperation with the publishing industry and targeting the development of an environment for the growth and healthy development of the Japanese E-publishing business.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1072.html
2010-07-09Toppan Printing launches sales of "TOP TOUCH"
an IC card campaign system based on usage histories for electronic money and IC transport cardsToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shingo Kaneko) has developed a system named "TOP TOUCH" for implementing effective campaigns by using usage histories for electronic money and transport cards held by general users. Sales will be launched in early June primarily targeting IC card issuing companies and companies in the fields of transport, distribution and eating and drinking that issue their own IC cards.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1073.html
2010-07-05Toppan Printing conducts a survey on attitudes towards financial products that are environmentally friendly or contribute to society
Interest is high in products where the target of the contribution is clear such as "contributing to tree planting" and "providing vaccinations to children in developing nations"Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has compiled a report on a survey on consumer attitudes towards financial products that show consideration for the environment or contribute to society.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1060.html
2010-06-07Sony, Toppan, KDDI, Asahi Shimbun to establish Business Planning Joint Venture
to develop the eBook Distribution BusinessSony Corporation, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., KDDI Corporation, and The Asahi Shimbun Company have reached an agreement on basic terms to establish a business planning joint venture ('joint venture'), focusing on the eBook distribution business. The four companies aim to establish the joint venture on or around July 1, 2010.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1057.html
2010-05-27In a printing industry first, the Toppan Group establishes a
"Basic Policy on Biodiversity"
Promoting biodiversity preservation activities and joining the Japan Business
Initiative for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (JBIB)*
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) established the Toppan Group "Basic Policy on Biodiversity" on April 1, 2010. In addition, on April 27, 2010, Toppan Printing joined the Japan Business Initiative for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (JBIB) in order to take a proactive approach to activities to preserve biodiversity.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1058.html
2010-05-21Toppan Printing conducts research on purchasing of high price items
Growing selectivity in consumption habits shown with people outside of
wealthy groups purchasing skin lotions costing over 10,000 yen a bottle;
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has conducted a survey on purchasing of high price items and compiled a research report.
The survey focused on the purchasing of expensive products, looking at 24 items in 8 categories, such as food and everyday items, and targeted 20,000 men and women from all over Japan. The survey looked at the type of people that buy expensive products and their purchasing styles.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1052.html
2010-05-17The development and introduction of a "Document Storage Service Management System"
that uses UHF band IC tags
-Enhancing the reliability of document storage services and
reducing the workload through the use of IC tags-
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) and Maintec Co., Ltd. (hereafter Maintec; head office: Koto Ward, Tokyo; President: Yoshihiro Ando) have jointly developed a "Document Storage Service Management System" that uses UHF band IC tags. Chuo Express Co., Ltd. (hereafter Chuo Express; head office: Suginami Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kiyokazu Sakai) will introduce this system as the "i BOX" document storage service and begin operation at its Kanetsu Kodama Warehouse (Honjo, Saitama Prefecture) from May 1, 2010.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1051.html
2010-04-30Toppan Printing brings small and medium-sized TFT manufacturer Ortus Technology
into the groupIn order to commence a business collaboration with Casio Computer Co., Ltd (hereafter Casio; President: Kazuo Kashio) in the small and medium-sized display business, on April 1, 2010 Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) will add Casio subsidiary Ortus Technology Co., Ltd. (hereafter Ortus Technology; President : Ichiro Ono) to its group of companies.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1043.html
2010-03-31Toppan Printing launches sales of "TOPPAN ACIS-PI", Japan's first
service for determining the authenticity of personal identification documents
-Determination of authenticity is possible through analysis of the data on documents
and crimes involving the counterfeiting of personal identification documents can be prevented-
From April 1, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) will launch sales of "TOPPAN ACIS-PI", a service for reading personal identification documents and determining their authenticity. This is the first service in Japan with which it is possible to determine authenticity not just using the original personal identification documents but also using scanned images such as photocopies.
"TOPPAN ACIS-PI" is a service for determining the authenticity of personal identification documents in the provision of services that require the personal identification of users, such as opening bank accounts, entering contracts for mobile phones or using amusement facilities. The data on documents such as driving licenses, passports and health insurance cards is analyzed and checked for authenticity and adequacy. By introducing this service, it will be possible to prevent and reduce crimes such as identity theft by general users and counterfeiting of personal identification documents.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1042.html
2010-03-30Toppan Printing launches sales of "TOPPAN ACIS-RS", Japan's first card manufacturing
and issuance process management service
Internet-based reference service for card issuing operations to be launched, reducing the workload of card issuing companiesFrom April 1, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) will launch sales of "TOPPAN ACIS-RS", a management service for the manufacturing and issuing processes of credit and cash cards.
TOPPAN ACIS-RS is a service that checks and manages progress in card issuing operations for companies introducing cash cards or credit cards. This system enables checking of the current process in card issuing operations, applications such as for stopping dispatch during a process, and inventory and history management of cards and items included with them to be performed from one's own company via a web browser.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1039.html
2010-03-26Notice regarding changes of representative directors (Chairman and President)We hereby give notice that the following provisional changes of representative directors were agreed at the Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. board of directors meeting held on March 18, 2010. Changes in the roles of representative directors will be formally determined after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in late June this year and the subsequent board of directors meeting.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1036.html
2010-03-18Toppan Printing develops a low-cost, high-precision new technique for gene analysis of cancerous tissueToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has developed a new analysis technique called the "Fluorescent PHFA (Preferentially Homoduplex Formation Assay)" method for the gene analysis of cancerous tissue.
As the result of the study with the University of Chicago, it has been shown that this new technique makes it possible to analyze the genotype of cancerous tissue taken from actual patients at low cost and with a high degree of accuracy.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1030.html
2010-02-22Toppan Printing launches sales of TopCert- an IC employee ID card
authentication and management solution compatible with Windows
-Using Windows Server OS standard authentication functions and reducing the workload for
construction of a security base-On February 19, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) will launch sales of "TopCert", an IC card authentication and management solution for employee ID cards that is compatible with Microsoft Windows.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1028.html
2010-02-19Provision of gift card services for HMV Japan KK
The first gift card for the specialist CD and DVD store industry in Japan
From Friday February 5, Fujitsu FIP Corporation (hereafter Fujitsu FIP; head office: Koto Ward, Tokyo; President: Nobuyoshi Sugimoto) and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) will provide HMV Japan KK (hereafter HMV Japan) with a "Gift Card*1 ASP Service" which will be the first in Japan for the specialist CD and DVD store industry.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1023.html
2010-02-02Toppan Printing conducts practical tests for "Amusement Touch Spot"
- a new promotional media for mobile phones with electronic money functions
- Touch terminals will be installed in amusement facilities and users taken to websites via Osaifu-Keitai -From December 28, 2009 to January 31, 2010 Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) will conduct practical tests of a new promotional media named "Amusement Touch Spot" for Osaifu-Keitai (English translation: Wallet Mobile - mobile phones with functions including electronic money and related services).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1020.html
2009-12-25- Toward Next-Generation Flexible Electronic Paper -
Toppan Demonstrates Electronic Paper Driven by Solution-processed Oxide Semiconductor TFTToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has successfully driven an electrophoretic type of electronic paper by using a solution-processed oxide semiconductor TFT (Thin Film Transistor) array at a low process temperature.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1014.html
2009-12-15A joint venture manufacturing company
for display surface treatment film establishedOn December 10, 2009 Tomoegawa Co., Ltd. (hereafter Tomoegawa; head office Chuo Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Yoshio Inoue) and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President and CEO: Naoki Adachi) agreed to the terms of the establishment of a joint venture manufacturing company for display surface treatment film by merging the two companies'production sections.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1012.html
2009-12-10Development and research of system to revitalize shopping districts
through the use of eco bags with IC tags
- Eco bags with IC tags distributed in a shopping district in Kami-Itabashi, Tokyo
and visits to the district promoted -As part of a the JKA's (location: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; Director: Minoru Harada) project to supplement promotion of bicycle and other machine industries, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has been contracted by the New Media Development Association (location: Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo; President: Takehisa Okabe) to conduct development and research of a system to revitalize shopping districts through the use of eco bags with IC tags (hereafter the experiment). The experiment will be conducted at 30 stores from the around 140 in the Kami-Itabshi Minami-Guchi Ginza Shopping District in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward from December 7, 2009.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1015.html
2009-12-04Toppan Printing launches sales of "TOPPAN ACIS - DG"
- a central data management service for IC card issuance
- Improving management efficiency and reducing costs for management
and maintenance through centralization -Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has launched "TOPPAN ACIS - DG" a service that handles and centrally manages the master keys needed by financial institutions for IC card manufacture.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1009.html
2009-11-27Announcement Concerning Cooperative Venture in Small and Medium-Size Display Business
(OLED and TFT Liquid Crystals)TOKYO, November 6, 2009- Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Kazuo Kashio; hereafter "Casio") and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Naoki Adachi; hereafter "Toppan Printing") have agreed to the terms of a cooperative venture in the small and medium-size display business, toward the goal of an early shift to mass production of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, which the two companies have jointly developed. Casio will establish a new company for the small and medium-size display business, and transfer a portion of the new company's shares to Toppan Printing. The new company will add the manufacture and sale of OLED displays to Casio's current line-up of small and medium-size thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal displays (LCDs), in order to strengthen competitiveness in the small and medium-size display business and to foster new growth.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease994.html
2009-11-06Toppan Printing undertakes initiatives to strengthen overseas operationsToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) is proactively expanding printing-related operations overseas in collaboration with group companies.
Toppan Printing has strengthened its organizational structure in order to further expand overseas operations. Now, in order to respond to fierce demand in the ever-growing Chinese printing market, a new production base named "Toppan Leefung Beijing Printing Hub" has been opened in China's Beijing as part of the Toppan Group and operations began on November 3, 2009.
With these undertakings, Toppan Printing aims to further strengthen its expansion of business overseas, increase its percentage of overseas sales to 30% in the medium term, and contribute to the growth of the company as a whole.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1000.html
2009-11-04Toppan Printing launches sales of a series of flexible RF Tags
with outstanding durability
- Realizing flexibility and durability by using a special type of rubber
to develop 2 products with different frequency bands to respond to user needs -Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has developed "Flexible RF Tags" that have both flexibility and excellent resistance to water and high temperatures. From early September 2009 sales were launched for 2 different products that respond to user needs. These are a Flexible UHF Tag (strip-type) and a Flexible HF Tag (coin-type).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease981.html
2009-09-16Toppan Printing, TÜV Rheinland, and NXP will jointly start providing a new product control and authentication service using UHF-band RFID Crystagram tags.Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Naoki Adachi), TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd. (Head office: Kohoku-ku, Yokohama; President: Ralf Wilde), and NXP Semiconductors Japan Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Jeffrey Brown) have developed a new service which combines Toppan Printing's UHF-band RFID Crystagram technology and TÜV Rheinland's Product Control and Authentication System (PCAS)*1. Toppan Printing will start selling this service in early October 2009.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease1021.html
2009-09-16Toppan Printing and Toppan Forms develop a document storage box management system
that uses UHF band RF tags
- Making the management of document storage boxes more efficient
and considerably lowering operational costs -Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) and Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Forms; head office: Minato Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Shu Sakurai) have developed a document storage box management system that uses UHF band RF tags. Full scale sales will be launched from October 1, 2009 targeting the trunk room industry, which offers document storage services, as well as financial institutions' administration centers and companies' archives.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease986.html
2009-09-15