| 1877 |
Company founder, Hyozaburo Yamada, establishes Yamada Hyozaburo Shoten in Omi-hachiman, as the first step into the printing industry |
| 1907 |
Fukujiro Yamada, second son of Hyozaburo Yamada, succeeds family business |
| 1948 |
Fujiko, wife of third president, Koichi Yamada, takes over business operations aided by previous Chairman and brother Ichiro Miyao |
| 1953 |
Yamada Hyozaburo Shoten renamed Yamada Printing, LLC |
| 1961 |
Company renamed Yamada Printing, Inc. |
| 1963 |
New production site built in Nakamura Omi-Hachiman City and premises moved |
| 1968 |
EINS Supplies Corporation (formerly Yamada Computer Trading, Inc.) established |
| 1971 |
Computer technology (NEAC-1240 made by NEC) introduced ahead of others in the printing industry |
| 1974 |
Extensions built to No.2 Form Production Site and printing operations started
2nd stage for enhancing office computer system implemented
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| 1976 |
Letterpress printing operations discontinued
S-line Business Division formed for small-lot printing
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| 1979 |
3rd stage for enhancing office computer system implemented
Online system linking in-site departments introduced
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| 1980 |
Higashimachi Production Site built in Omi-Hachiman City
Prince Takamatsu-no-miya visits our company on the occasion of his visit to the city to attend the Shiga National Athletics Competition
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| 1982 |
EINS Graphics Corporation (formerly Yamada Design, Inc.) established |
| 1984 |
EINS Hall (formerly Yamada Community Hall) completed |
| 1986 |
4th stage for enhancing office computer system implemented
Online system (MELCOM-SYSTEM10 made by Mitsubishi Electric) linking sales offices introduced
LEAD Shiga job advertisement magazine launched
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| 1988 |
Production site for commercial printing completed and operations started in Kagami, Ryuo |
| 1989 |
EINS Creative Center established
Own recruitment magazine ING launched
5th stage for enhancing office computer system implemented
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| 1990 |
Sheet Feed Production Site and delivery center built |
| 1991 |
Hall for employees (capacity 1,200) built
Ryuo General Production Site completed
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| 1992 |
ID card (magnetic card) system introduced for work management |
| 1993 |
Inventory warehouses expanded and training rooms built
Self-generating plant (1,260 kW output) built
New production control system developed (operation of in-house LAN started)
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| 1994 |
Tokyo Sales Office closed and Tokyo Branch opened
Electronic total editing system Renatus (TaigaSPACE) introduced to promote the digitization of prepress
Fuji Xerox DocuTech electronic printing system introduced
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| 1995 |
No.3 Production Site built
Developed and introduced multi-purpose A2 offset rotary press system, first in Western Japan
Offset Rotary Press Production Site built
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| 1996 |
Ryuo branch installed with access point for Internet Shiga (BIWALOBE) |
| 1998 |
Renamed as EINS Corporation for further growth and development as a "total information corporation" |
| 1999 |
Large-size 8-color sheet-fed Heidelberg SM102-8P installed
EINS Ski Team formed
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| 2000 |
Meister System introduced
Grade System for promoting company personnel completed
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| 2001 |
ISO 9001 certification acquired
Flexographic press (made by Comco, America) installed
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| 2002 |
ISO9001:2000 and ISO14001 certification acquired |
| 2003 |
Privacy Mark JISQ15001 certification acquired |
| 2004 |
Operation of Kanto Production Site started |
| 2005 |
Large-size 6-color Heidelberg CD102-6MCS installed |
| 2006 |
Two skiers belonging to the EINS Ski Club selected as members of The 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino
Large-size Heidelberg 12-color sheet-fed SM102-12P installed, first for Asia & Pacific Rim area
Management and Administrative Wing built in Ryuo Production Site
Office computer system primarily for production control system released
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| 2007 |
6-color UV press Heidelberg CD74-6LX and die-cutter Heidelberg Varimatrix installed
EINS Graphic Corporation absorbed into EINS Corporation
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| 2008 |
Saddle stitcher Heidelberg ST450-8 Stitch Master installed
Glued saddle-stitched binding started
High-speed cutter AUTOTRIM 137XT and 115XT installed
Large-size Heidelberg 4-color Speedmaster SM52-4 with Anicolor inking unit installed
Participated in Shiga Prefecture's first professional basketball team Shiga Lake Stars project
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| 2009 |
ISO9001 discontinued and voluntary EQMS (EINS Quality Management System) started in October
Sales of "pet shower head w/ microbubble generator" started in October as new business venture
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