SCREEN’s predecessor, Ishida Kyokuzan Printing Works, succeeded at domestically producing glass screens for photographic reproduction in 1934. The state-of-the-art etching technology that made this possible subsequently gave rise to a range of surface control and processing technologies, which comprise one of our core technology fields.

Glass screens soon became the Company’s cash cow, but, not complacent, we kept moving forward. With the aim of becoming an all-around manufacturer of prepress machines, we released a series of graphic arts equipment. This became the base of system integration, which underlies our thinking to this day. Moreover, through the development of an electronic engraver for halftone printing, which became our first machine to be used for electronic circuit formation, we built up know-how related to automatic color tone fine-tuning. This became the origin of our second core technology field, imaging and patterning, which grew exponentially with digitization in the later decades.

In this way, we have built on our track record of innovation that started with glass screens, based on the founder’s motto, “Shi Ko Ten Kai” (broadening everyone’s thoughts and horizons for innovation). We continue to research numerous elemental technologies across our two core technology fields. And, leveraging our system integration capabilities cultivated over the years, we are developing a range of solutions in existing and new business fields.