October, 1964 | Established as an after-sales service company for copiers of Ricoh Co., Ltd. under the trade name of Shinmei Shokai Co., Ltd. in Ota-ku, Tokyo. |
June, 1965 | Subcontracted Kanto area’s after-sales service business of Hassler postage instruments and stamp tax payment instruments from Japan Postal Flanker Co., Ltd. |
December, 1975 | Subcontracted Kanto area’s after-sales service business of Bam-type label printing machine from Japan Postal Flanker Co., Ltd. |
March, 1977 | Opened Matsumoto sales office. Acquired sales rights for Hustler postage instruments and Bam-type label printing machines from Japan Postal Flanker Co., Ltd. and started sales. |
April, 1980 | Opened Niigata sales office. |
April, 1981 | Established a development department in the head office and started development of original equipment. |
April, 1984 | Opened Nagano factory. Started production of labels related to handling equipment. |
June, 1985 | Released check stamper the CS-85 series, the first in-house original equipment. Started as a manufacturer. Started selling stampers mainly in the financial and egg industry. |
September, 1986 | Opened Tokyo sales office. Established a sales office in Kanto Area aiming to expand sales channels. |
August, 1987 | Opened Saku factory. Started production of original equipment and increased production capacity. |
October, 1987 | Opened Osaka sales office. |
March, 1989 | Changed company name to Shinmei Co., Ltd. |
September, 1991 | Opened Nagoya sales office. |
August, 1993 | Released initial model of labeler “ALS-350N”. |
May, 1994 | Released initial model “ALS-100” series. |
February, 1996 | Opened Kyushu sales office. |
April, 1997 | Moved the engineering department from the headquarters (Ota-ku, Tokyo) to the Tokyo sales office. |
August, 1997 | Released initial model of direct thermal printer “CPS-354”. |
August, 2000 | Released initial model “ALS-100EPCX”. |
February, 2002 | Return all contract after-sales service businesses such as Hustler postage meters to Japan Postal Flanker Co., Ltd. Completely left from sales business and maintenance business for those equipment. |
April, 2002 | Integrated headquarters with Tokyo sales office. Moved the head office to New Kanto Building, Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
July, 2003 | Opened Tohoku sales office. |
October, 2009 | Released direct thermal printer for packaging machine “SCS400” series. |
April, 2012 | Established overseas division in Tokyo headquarters. |
February, 2014 | Established a local corporation in China. |
April 2014 | Celebrated the 50th anniversary. |
June, 2014 | Moved the headquarters to the current address of Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, due to the aging of the New Kanto Building. |
July, 2014 | Established overseas business division. Started overseas development. |
November, 2018 | Carried out employee trip to Taiwan on the 55th anniversary. |
August, 2019 | Changed the name from Saku Factory to Nagano Tomi Factory along with the construction of a new factory in Tomi-City in Nagano Prefecture. |