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History

1920Started a private company with a small shop.
1952Incorporated as Isowa Industry Co., Ltd.
1964Appointed General, Inc. as Isowa's North American sales agent.
1966Sale of the first Isowa Printer Slotter in the United States.
1969Genichi Isowa is awarded the Blue Ribbon Medal Award.
Licensing agreement reached with Koppers
1971Established of "Isowa Hooperswift, Ltd.h a joint venture with Koppers.
1972Exhibited an Isowa Flexo Press at DRUPA f72
1973A numerical tape controlled flexo printer slotter is developed.
1976Sale of the first Direct Drive Cut Off Knife.
1977Sale of the first Fingerless Singlefacer.
1979Granted manufacturing license of the Fingerless Singlefacer to Koppers.
1980Sale of the first Isowa Jumbo Flexo Die Cutter in the United States.
1982CNC Gemini Flexo Folder Gluer to USA.
1983Acquired Cor-Mac as a new North American sales agent.
1985Granted manufacturing license of the Corrugator and CNC Flexo Gluers to Dorries, West Germany.
1986ISOWA US SERVICE CENTER opens in Seattle.
1989ISOWA NORTH AMERICA, INC. opens in New Jersey.
1990ISOWA AG opens in Switzerland.
Company name changes to ISOWA CORPORATION.
1991Developed the TWIN LINE Double Deck Corrugator.
1992ISOWA SERVICE CENTER GmbH opens in Duren, Germany.
Introduced the SuperPress gExceedh.
1993Eiichi Isowa is awarded the Blue Ribbon Medal Award
1999Developed the worldfs first Non-Circulating Fexo Folder Gluer gThe Super Flexh
Eiichi Isowa is awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.
2001ISOWA EUROPE GmbH opens in Germany.
gSuperFlexh wins gThe Most Innovative Technical Developmenth in Technical FEFCO
2002ISOWA AMERICA, INC. opens in Arizona, USA.
2003ISOWA Corporation is listed in gThe Manufacturing Brand Nagoya Listh by The Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry
2004Developed the Fixed Type Flexo Folder Gluer gFALCONh.
Developed a new flexo inking system gThe SuperFlex Plush.
2005Introduced the Digital Printer hBox Dreamh at SINO CORRUGATED in Shanghai
ISOWA SHANGHAI CO., LTD. opens in Shanghai
2007Honored as one of the "top 300 small to mid enterprises promoting healthy Monozukuri by Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
2007Designated as an "Aichi Brand Enterprise" by Aichi Prefecture
2008Developed the Open/Close Type Flexo Folder Gluer "IBIS".
2008Licensing agreement reached with Kohler Coating to develop a Lower Energy State Corrugator.
2009Received "The 34th Invention Grand Prize Performance Award" hosted jointly by Japan Invention Promotion Institute and Daily Industrial Newspaper Publishing Company.
2011Received "The 36th Invention Grand Prize Performance Award" hosted jointly by Japan Invention Promotion Institute and Daily Industrial Newspaper Publishing Company.
2012Received "The 37th Invention Grand Prize Performance Award" hosted jointly by Japan Invention Promotion Institute and Daily Industrial Newspaper Publishing Company.

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