History
| 1948 September | Masahiko Ando and Hiroshi Kono Jointly established the Kono Photo Process Company in Koenji,Suginami Ward.Tokyo and starts operations. |
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| 1961 December | Photo processing section is separated to created Kohno Photo. Masahiko Ando is appointed president. |
| 1968 January | Tamagawa Micro Center is established. Equipment Development Division and Special Plate Making Devision are incorporated into Kono Photo. |
| 1970 | Automatic screen emulsion coating machine is developed. |
| 1973 May | In order to clarify the plan and business of a company, Changed the corporate name from Kohno Photo Co.,Ltd. |
| 1977 July | In order to reply to the request of the highly minute mask from a user, an Ota Micro Center is established newly and business is started. |
| 1980 August | Development Center is established, absorbing the Equipment & Material Special Photoengraving started. |
| 1986 March | Graphic Process Center is established in Ikegami, Ota Ward, Tokyo and operations are launched. Special Photoengraving Spection is established in Yokohama Plant in Midori Ward,Yokohama. |
| 1989 December | Paid-in capital increases to ¥50 million.The 1st bond issue,100million yen. |
| 1990 October | Nagoya Micro Center is established in Nagoya and operations are launched. |
| 1995 November | HoKuriku Center is established in the Eastern Industrial Promotion Zone of Komatsu,Ishikawa,Prefecture and operations are launched. |
| 1995 December | The metal mask laser equipment in the Ota Micro Center is introduced. Ota Micro Center photo mask section is moved to Graphic Process Center. |
| 1996 November | The Hokuriku center is extended with the increase in manufacture of the large-sized screen and the special screen. |
| 1997 October | Large,High-precision laser plotting equipment is introduced in Hokuriku Center. |
| 1999 December | The Company is certified under ISO 9002. |
| 2000 February | Follows on the high precision and minimization of the SMT industry,High precision laser processing equipment is introduced at Ota micro center. |
| 2001 May | The Material Development Center is transferred to Tana,Sagamihara,Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| 2001 July | High-precision laser plotting equipment is introduced in Graphic Process Center too. Production of a Chrome Mask is started. |
| 2001 November | The Hokuriku Technology Development Center is established in Tatsunokuchi-machi Science Park, Ishikawa Prefecture as research and development sector for large-sized PDP screen marks. |
| 2002 November | The Company upgrades to ISO 9001:2000. |
| 2003 August | High-precision laser plotting equipment is introduced in Hokuriku Center. |
| 2004 July | Graphics Processing Center acquires two ultra-high-precision laser plotters. ISO 14001 certification:Obtained 1996. |
| 2005 July | The Company upgrades to ISO 14001:2004. |
| 2005 November | Increase the 2nd laboratory in Hokuriku Technology Development Center. |
| 2010 October | Upgrade to ISO 9001:2008 |
| 2010 July | Equipment Development Center moved to Shimomaruko, Ota Ward,Tokyo. |
| 2010 May | Nagoya Micro Center is closed and its operation are distributed to other Centers to streamline operations. |
| 2012 June | Opened a Nagoya office,Nakamura-ku,Nagoya, |
| 2014 April | Minoru Ota is inaugurated as the president. |
| 2014 Jun | Head Office moved to Nakaikegami, Ota Ward,Tokyo. Sales department moved to Shimomaruko, Ota Ward,Tokyo |
| 2016 January | Opening of Shonan Fujisawa Center and relocation of Headquarters and Graphic Process Center |
| 2016 November | It became a subsidiary company of TAKEDA PRINTING CO., LTD Toru Fukuura is inaugurated as the chairman |
| 2017 October | Integrated Ota Micro Center in Material Development Center. |
| 2017 Nov | Upgrade to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 |
| 2019 November | Technical building added to Hokuriku Center |
| 2020 January | A subsidiary company, Tokyo Process Service (Thailand) CO.,LTD. is established in Thailand. |
