History：1945 - 1972
From a start in glass screen manufacturing
Growing into a comprehensive manufacturer of photographic reproduction equipment
At SCREEN’s 10th anniversary celebration, President Tokujiro Ishida, who succeeded the first president, announced his ambition to make SCREEN a globally recognized company synonymous with Japan’s graphic arts industry. The Company was still young then, with only a small factory. Sights fixed on this vision, SCREEN developed the first domestically produced electronic engraving machine and direct scanner, contributing to Japan’s printing and publishing industries. In addition, SCREEN applied its screen production technologies to develop metal target meshes used in the image pickup tubes of television cameras and from there began to produce precision components, such as shadow masks for color cathode ray tubes. SCREEN then went on to develop an ultraprecise camera for semiconductor production, living up to its name as a comprehensive manufacturer of photographic reproduction equipment.
Note: From here, the Company will be referred to as "SCREEN" regardless of the formal company name at the time.
| 1946 | C-1 wooden process camera is developed |
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| 1947 | Tokujiro Ishida is appointed the Company’s second president |
| 1953 | Horikawa Factory (now the Head Office) is established |
| 1955 | SCREEN enters the electronics field with the successful application of precision technology for glass screens to the manufacture of metal target meshes for television cameras |
| 1958 | SCREEN succeeds in domestically mass-producing contact screens |
| 1959 | SCREEN develops Japan’s first electronic engraving machine |
| 1962 | SCREEN is listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange and on the Kyoto Stock Exchange |
| SCREEN makes its first appearance at drupa, an international printing technology exhibition held every four years in Germany | |
| 1963 | Production of metal shadow masks for color TV cathode ray tubes begins |
| Hikone Machine Factory is completed (now the Hikone Site) | |
| 1964 | Auto Graver electronic engraving machine is developed |
| 1965 | Shadow Mask Factory is constructed at the Hikone Site |
| 1966 | Scanagraph I, the first domestically produced electronic color scanner, is developed |
| Ambassador C-59 ultraprecise reduction camera for semiconductor production is developed, establishing a foothold in semiconductor manufacturing | |
| 1967 | Kuze Factory (now the SCREEN SPE Tech Kuze Site) is completed |
| SCREEN’s first overseas subsidiary, DS America Inc., is established in Los Angeles | |
| SCREEN’s first overseas subsidiary in Asia, Great Ocean Industry Co., Ltd., is established in Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
| SCREEN is listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange | |
| 1968 | Mass production of aperture grilles for Sony Trinitron color CRTs begins |
| 1969 | SCREEN is listed second sections of the on the Nagoya Stock Exchange |
| 1970 | SCREEN enters the printed circuit board industry with the development of the AD-401 ultra-precision automatic drafter |
| SCREEN is listed on the first sections of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchange | |
| 1971 | Chemical Equipment Division launches, and sales begin of plant equipment for pollution prevention, including waste liquid treatment |