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2024
- 7
ISO17100(The international standard for translation service quality.) acquired
- Akagane Osaka Branch
- Language pairs (Japanese-English, Japanese-Chinese, English-German) industry/science and technology fields
- 1
AKAGANE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED established in India (Gurugram, Haryana)
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2022
- 12
Product selection site construction package [ERAVIDAS] released
- 7
Akagane Printing (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. cosmetic packaging factory in operation
- 2
Development-type machine translation service [AK-Trans] beta version released
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2021
- 11
Product information management and automatic typesetting system [Pimlus 2.0] released
- 5
Product Development Group launched
- 4
Product information database operation agency services launched
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2020
- 12
AI development research division launched to research next-generation technologies
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2019
- 9
20th anniversary of the establishment of Akagane Computer Data Processing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- 6
Name changed to Akagane Computer Data Processing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
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2018
- 5
Back-office service for e-commerce mall product information registration started
- 1
Osaka Branch established
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2017
3MCB adopted as business slogan
Bases in Japan, China, and Thailand act as hubs to provide customers with multi-product x multi-language x multi-media cross-border solutions- 7
Manual CMS system [ASTRA] developed
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2014
- 4
Nagoya Office established
- 1
Akagane Computer Data Processing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Suzhou Office established
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2013
- 11
Product information management and automatic typesetting system [Pimlus] released
- 10
Automatic translation typesetting system (ATTS) released
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2010
- 11
Akagane (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Bangkok
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2009
- 8
Honorable Mention in Japan Manual Contest (now Japan Manual Awards) held by Japan Technical Communicators Association
- 7
Tokyo Branch established
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2006
- 4
Numerous automation tools dedicated for catalog production developed, streamlining processes such as data application, replacement, price revisions, etc.
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2005
- 9
Name changed to Akagane Co., Ltd.
The name reflects the idea of akagane (copper) as a metal that has contributed to humanity across the eras. Expansion from conventional paper media to system work and digital media
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2005On
ISO accreditation acquired (Akagane China)
Akagane Computer Data Processing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.- ISO/IEC27001 acquired (April 2015)
- ISO9001 acquired (May 2005)
Akagane Printing (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
- ISO/IEC27001 acquired (April 2015)
- ISO14001 acquired (November 2008)
- ISO9001 acquired (May 2007)
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2004
- 10
Akagane Printing (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. established
- 4
Video work launched
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2001
- 11
After ISO accreditation acquired (Akagane Japan)
- ISO14001 acquired (June 2007)
- ISO9001 (2000 version) acquired (November 2001)
- 11
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1999
- 8
Akagane Computer Data Processing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established
- 4
System Engineering Office (now System Engineering Division) established
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1998
- 8
Translation work launched
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1991
- 5
Techno Research Division launched for R&D of automation and systemization, toward the information society of the future.
In 1993, manual automatic typesetting system [GAZETT] developed; DTP and CAD systems introduced.
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1966～
1988Photo typeset offset printer and computerized photo typeset system introduced (2nd company in Osaka) while letterpress printing was at its height. Further, a planning/editing division was launched to achieve in-house production, taking over functions then usually performed by the ordering company.
In 1984 draft production began, with employees working on location with customers. High quality provided at lower prices as a one-stop catalog production service.
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1965
- 12
Akagane Printing and Publishing Co, Ltd. established and incorporated
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1962
- 4
Imanishi Print founded
