Dai Nippon Printing
Dai Nippon Printing (大日本印刷, Dai Nippon Insatsu), established in 1876, is a Japanese printing company. Dai Nippon operates its printing in three areas: information communications, lifestyle and industrial supplies, and electronics.[2]
Native name | 大日本印刷株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Dai Nippon Insatsu kabushiki gaisha |
Type | Public kabushiki gaisha |
TYO: 7912 | |
Industry | Printing |
Founded | October 9, 1876 |
Headquarters | Tokyo , Japan |
Key people | Yoshitoshi Kitajima (president) |
Products | IC tag, thermal transfer ribbons, smart card, shadow mask, photomask, building material |
Services | Business service, commercial printing |
Revenue | ¥1,401,505 (as of March 31, 2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 38,627 (consolidated, 2019)[1] |
Subsidiaries | DNP Imagingcomm Europe DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation |
Website | www |
The company is involved in a wide variety of printing processes, ranging from magazines to shadow masks for the production of displays, as well as out-coupling enhancement structures for LCD displays and scattering for display backlights. They employ more than 35,000 people.
Dai Nippon also operates Honto.jp, an online "hybrid" bookstore that sells both print and digital books.[3]
DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation (DNP IAM) offers a comprehensive range of printer and media solutions for retailers, event photographers, and photo booth operators in the North American, Canadian, and Latin American markets.
See also
- Vertical, Inc., an American publisher joint-venture with Kodansha publishing English-translated Japanese literature, most prominently known for the works of Koji Suzuki
- Toppan Printing Co., main competitor
References
- "Dai Nippon Printing on the Forbes Global 2000 List". Forbes.com. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- "DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD (7912:Tokyo): Company Description". Investing.Businessweek.com. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- "DNP to Market On-Demand Book Service with MaruzenJunkudo Bookstores and honto.jp". DNP.co.jp/eng. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dai Nippon Printing Co.. |
- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in Japanese)
- "Company History Books (Shashi)". Shashi Interest Group. April 2016. Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Dai Nippon Printing.