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Toppan 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
2009-09-15The development and introduction of a UHF band RF tag-based metal pallet
management system for housing manufacturers' material logistics
- Increasing the efficiency of metal pallet management and reducing the workload -Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) and Toppan Cosmo, Inc. (hereafter Toppan Cosmo; head office: Minato Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Koji Iwasaki) have developed a UHF band RF tag-based metal pallet management system for housing manufacturers' material logistics together with Senko Co., Ltd. (hereafter Senko; head office: Osaka; President and Representative Director: Yasuhisa Fukuda).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease990.html
2009-09-15Toppan Printing becomes Japan's first company to have an employee take a gold medal in the printing category at the 40th WorldSkills CompetitionNoriaki Kikuchi (22 years old) from Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Toppan Printing) has represented Japan at the 40th WorldSkills competition held in Calgary, Canada and become the first Japanese participant to win a gold medal in the printing category.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease966.html
2009-09-08Toppan Printing develops "SMARTICS-NEO" - Japan's first contact IC card to feature
as standard biometric authentication and dynamic credit authentication functions
- Security is improved and multiple convenient functions are combined on one card -Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has developed the "SMARTICS-NEO" contact IC card. This card includes both IC cash card and IC credit card functions. SMARTICS-NEO is the first IC card in Japan to feature both biometric authentication functions and dynamic credit authentication functions as standard and it therefore achieves a high level of security. Sales will begin from September 1, 2009, targeting banks and credit card companies throughout Japan.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease962.html
2009-09-01Toppan Printing begins sales of Japan's first IC card product for authentication
to be compatible with Windows 7
- The card is WHQL certified and the driver software can be installed
from Windows Update -Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has made the PKI (*1) compatible "SMARTICS-PKI" IC card compatible with Windows 7 and developed specific driver software. Windows 7 is the latest operating system from Microsoft. It has enhanced security functions and will be launched on October 22, 2009. From September 1, operations from the creation of PKI certificates to IC card issuance will be launched as the "SMARTICS-PKI Solution" targeting companies and organizations requiring both enhanced security and the reduction of management costs.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease964.html
2009-08-31A VR production that recreates Beijing's Forbidden City as it was
at the height of the Qing dynasty
"The Forbidden City - The Palace of Emperors" to be screened
for the first time at the TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
A presentation with explanation of cultural assets for visitors to the Tokyo National MuseumThe "Palace VR: The Forbidden City - The Palace of Emperors" virtual reality (VR*1) production (Production and copyright: The Palace Museum / Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.) will be shown from Friday August 7 to Sunday September 27 at the TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater jointly established by The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Tokyo National Museum (hereafter Tokyo National Museum; Taito-ku, Tokyo; Executive Director: Teiichi Sato) and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) in the Museum's Research and Information Center.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease958.html
2009-07-28Toppan Printing constructs a cutting-edge 12 inch wafer-level
production line and starts the mass production of color filter arrays for image sensorsAt its Kumamoto Plant (Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan), Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has constructed a production line for color filter arrays (CFAs) (*1) for image sensors (*2) that can be formed on 12 inch wafers. Full operation will commence in late July 2009.
With the enhancement of the production line, Toppan Printing will be able to respond to the demand for cutting-edge 12 inch wafers and its total production capacity, including overseas production (*3) and the existing wafer-level production, will improve around 20% to 45,000 wafers per month (8 inch wafer equivalent).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease953.html
2009-07-24Toppan Printing begins sales of "SMARTICS-PKI", the first WHQL certified IC card in Japan to be compatible with Citrix's "XenApp(TM)" and "XenDesktop(TM)"From July 23, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) will launch sales of "SMARTICS-PKI". This is an IC card compatible with application virtualization solution Citrix XenApp(TM)(*1) (XenApp) and desktop virtualization solution Citrix XenDesktop(TM) 3.0 FP1(*2) (XenDesktop) from Citrix Systems Japan K.K. (hereafter Citrix; Head office Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President: Michael King).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease948.html
2009-07-23Toppan Printing's "Awaswu to deru neo(R)" is used for a picture book entitled
"The Adventures of Kazu - Fields and Mountains" from Shogakukan
First use for a picture book; over 50 pieces of text and images appear
when a special sheet is placed on the page"Awasu to deru neo(R)" developed by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has been adopted for a new picture book from Shogakukan Inc. (hereafter Shogakukan; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; Representative Director & President: Masahiro Oga) entitled "The Adventures of Kazu - Fields and Mountains (kazu no boken noyama-hen)". This is the first time that "Awasu to deru neo(R)" has been used for a picture book.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease951.html
2009-07-17"The Recreated Kohfukuji Chukondo" and "The Ashura Statue" VR productions to be screened in Kyushu
Screenings at "The National Treasure ASHURA and Masterpieces from Kohfukuji" exhibition held at the Kyushu National Museum from July 14"The Recreated Kohfukuji Chukondo" and "The Ashura Statue" virtual reality (*VR) productions jointly produced by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo: President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) and The Asahi Shimbun (Head office: Chuo Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kotaro Akiyama) will be shown at "The National Treasure ASHURA and Masterpieces from Kohfukuji" exhibition held from July 14, 2009 at the Kyushu National Museum (Organized by: Kyushu National Museum / Fukuoka Prefecture, Kohfukuji, the Asahi Shimbun, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.; Venue: Kyushu National Museum (4-7-2 Ishizaka, Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture)).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease945.html
2009-07-14Toppan Printing develops a 3D measurement system using stereo cameras
Enabling measurement of the three-dimensional shapes of objects such as cultural assets
Practical tests with the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties at Todai-ji temple's Hokke-do (Lotus Hall) and Kaidanin sub-templeToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has developed a 3D measurement system whereby the three-dimensional shape data of the subject is measured from image data shot using stereo cameras (*).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease949.html
2009-07-06Ancient Egypt's underwater ruins, sunken ships and ancient cities in front of your eyes
"Egypt's Sunken Treasures - The Ancient Cities of Alexandria" VR production completed
To be screened at an exhibition held to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the opening of Yokohama port entitled "Egypt's Sunken Treasures: The ancient cities of Alexandria region come alive from the undersea for the world to see".Toppan Printing (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) and the Asahi Shimbun Company (Chuo Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kotaro Akiyama) have completed the joint development of a virtual reality (VR*1) production entitled "Egypt's Sunken Treasures - The Ancient Cities of Alexandria" which the two companies commenced in 2009.
This VR production will be shown from Saturday June 27 to Wednesday September 23, 2009 at an exhibition entitled "Egypt's Sunken Treasures: The ancient cities of Alexandria region come alive from the undersea for the world to see", which will be held to mark 150 years since the opening of Yokohama port (Organizers: The Asahi Shimbun Company, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., Executive Committee for "Egypt's Sunken Treasures"; Venue: Pacifico Yokohama).
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease936.html
2009-06-29Toppan Printing develops a new hologram - the "Crystagram(R)-EP"
Avoiding the risk of static electricity;
wide ranging applications including certificates and cardsToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) has developed a new hologram (*1) called the "Crystagram(R)(*2)-EP (Electrostatic Prevention)" that reduces the generation of static electricity.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease935.html
2009-06-25Toppan Printing to begin sample shipments of new solar cell backsheet product "DuPont Tedlar(R) film with BS-TX from Toppan"
Aiming to expand solar cell backsheet business through technical tie-up with DuPont of the U.S.In July 2008, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company of the U.S. (hereafter DuPont; Head office: Wilmington, Delaware; Chief Executive Officer: Ellen J. Kullman) concluded a technology transfer and license agreement for DuPont's polyvinyl fluoride resin processing technology for solar cell backsheets and a trademark license agreement for DuPont's registered trademark "Tedlar(R) film".
Based on these agreements, from June 2009, Toppan Printing will begin sample shipments of "DuPont Tedlar(R) film with BS-TX from Toppan", a new solar cell backsheet product developed using DuPont's material technology and Toppan
Printing's printing processing technology.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease931.html
2009-06-22Latest genotype analysis system provided to Thailand
Clinical research begins to verify the method to guide appropriate use of AIDS drugs
based on genetic informationIn May 2009, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Naoki Adachi), RIKEN GENESIS CO.,LTD (President: Yusuke Tsukahara) and RIKEN, Japan (President: Ryoji Noyori) loaned a "TPSA-003" small genotype analysis system (*1), which can be used in clinical practice, to Ramathibodi Hospital, which is attached to Thailand's Mahidol University, and trial operation has begun. This system was jointly developed by the 3 companies, targeting the realization of personalized medicine which makes it possible to give treatment matched to the genetic information of the individual. From the end of June, RIKEN and Mahidol University will use the TPSA-003 to jointly conduct full-scale clinical research into how to use AIDS drugs to suit individual patients.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease944.html
2009-06-22Notice of changes of representative directorsWe hereby give notice that with regard to changes of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. representative directors due to take place on June 26, 2009 (the day on which Toppan Printing's 163rd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and following Board of Directors Meeting are to be held), the following proposed changes were passed by resolution at the company's board of directors meeting of May 12, 2009.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease911.html
2009-05-12Victor Creative Media Co., Ltd. and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
will establish a capital and business alliance.
To reinforce their CD/DVD manufacturing businesses and expand their BD businessesVictor Creative Media Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Yamato-shi, Kanagawa; President: Kenichi Sugino, "VCM"), which is an affiliate subsidiary of Victor Company of Japan, Limited ("JVC") and involved in the CD/DVD software press business, and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. ("Toppan" ,Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Naoki Adachi) and its subsidiary, Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd. agreed on April 28, 2009 to form a capital and business alliance with a view to reinforcing their pre-recorded CD/DVD (disc) manufacturing businesses and expanding their blue-ray disc (BD) businesses.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease905.html
2009-04-28Toppan Printing and The Tokyo Shimbun begin joint production of VR content to be screened at the "L'eredità dell'Impero romano" exhibition
The city of Pompeii's "House of the Golden Bracelet" to be recreated in VRToppan Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter Toppan Printing; Head office: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; President & CEO: Naoki Adachi) and The Tokyo Shimbun will begin the joint production of a VR (virtual reality *1) work to be screened at the "L'eredità dell'Impero romano" exhibition that will be held at The National Museum of Western Art (Ueno Park, Tokyo) from September 19, 2009.
http://www.toppan.co.jp/english/news/newsrelease916.html
2009-04-22