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1948 July Sogo Printing & Packaging Co., Ltd. founded in Osaka
1964 July Tokyo Branch opened (later to become Tokyo Head Office)
1983 September Meibundo Industries Co., Ltd. established
1986 July Fuji Recreation Center constructed
August Sogo Co., Ltd. established
1988 September Distribution Center constructed
1990 April Osaka Head Office building constructed
August Technopack Co., Ltd. established
1996 May Hyogo Plant’s No. 1 Plant Building (gravure plant) completed
July Dual head office system created in Osaka Head Office and Tokyo Head Office
1998 March Hyogo Plant’s No. 2 Plant Bulding completed (paper packaging plant)
2000 March ISO 9002 certification acquired by Hyogo Plant
May Capital increased to 304.56 million yen
2001 October ISO 9001 certification acquired companywide
2002 May ISO 14001 certification acquired by Hyogo Plant
2004 June Meibundo Industries Co., Ltd. Nara Plant opened
July S.A.P Co., Ltd. established
2005 December Togane Plant opened (later to become Kanto Plant)
2006 September Rokko Package Co., Ltd. established
2007 January KES certification (first step) acquired by Meibundo Industries Co., Ltd.
October ISO 14001 certification acquired by Kanto Plant
2009 December Green Printing plant certification acquired by Hyogo Plant
2010 May Hyogo Plant’s No. 3 Plant Building completed (inserts plant)
June Green Printing plant certification acquired by Kanto Plant
September Meibundo Industries Co., Ltd. Sasayama Plant completed
2011 March Meibundo Industries Co., Ltd. integrated business with Rokko Package Co., Ltd.
May ISO 9001 certification acquired companywide by Technopack Co., Ltd.
December Taiyo Printing & Packaging Industries Co., Ltd. incorporated into the Sogo Group
2012 December Kyushu Plant completed
2013 October Kansai Distribution Center completed
2014 May Technopack Vietnam Co., Ltd. established in Vietnam
Received an award at WPO’s 2014 Worldstar Awards
2015 April Toyama Branch and Kyushu Branch opened
June CSR (one star) certification acquired
September Merged with Technopack Co., Ltd. and changed company name to Sogo Printing Co., Ltd.
2016 March Hyogo No. 2 Plant completed
2017 January Meibundo Industries Co., Ltd. and Taiyo Printing & Packaging Industries Co., Ltd. merged into a single company
Gravure Research Building completed at Hyogo Plant
2022 October Hyogo No. 2 Plant new building completed
2023 May Paper packaging line newly constructed at Kyushu Plant