Toppan Explained

Toppan Holdings Inc.
Former Name:	Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Type:	Public KK
Traded As:	Nikkei 225 Component
Location:	1, Kanda Izumi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0024, Japan
Key People:	Shingo Kaneko (CEO & President)
Industry:	Printing
Revenue:	$ 15.793 billion (FY 2012) (¥ 1,502 billion) (FY 2012)
Net Income:	$ 197.36 million (FY 2012) (¥ 18.562 billion) (FY 2012)
Num Employees:	48,878 (consolidated)
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

is a Japanese global printing company. Toppan was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Tokyo.^[4]

History

As of March 2013, the company has 169 subsidiary and affiliate companies. Toppan is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.^[5]

In December 2020, Toppan acquired Taiwanese software company iDGate in order to integrate iDGate's electronic know your customer (eKYC) technology into its identity card business.^[6]

Business segments and products

Information and Networks

• Securities and cards: investment security certificates, passbooks, product coupons, gift certificates, lottery tickets, data printing, IC cards
• Commercial printing: posters, catalogs, pamphlets, flyers, direct mailings, calendars, yearbooks, corporate communication tools
• Publications printing: weekly and monthly magazines, books, art books, dictionaries and other reference books, textbooks, electronic publications
• Business forms: RFID and NFC solutions, digital-media related business, integrated slips

Living environment

• Packaging: flexible packaging materials, paper containers, cups, molded plastic products, complex liquid containers, cardboard containers, marketing planning, product planning, development and manufacturing of functional packaging and materials
• Functional products: solar cell backsheets, molded plastic products for electronic devices, materials for recording information, components for secondary batteries
• Interior decor materials: decorative paper/films, wallpaper, flooring materials, interior fixtures, decorative panels

Electronics

• Displays: LCD color filters, anti-reflection films, electromagnetic wave shield mesh for plasma displays
• Semiconductors: photomasks for semiconductors, design services for LSI, device OEM, leadframes, BGA/CSP substrates, color filter arrays for image sensors and small display devices, etched products, printed circuit boards^[7]

External links

• • Toppan UK & Europe (subsidiary)
• Toppan Photomasks, Inc
• Toppan USA, Inc. (supplier of transparent barrier films [GL Films])

Notes and References

1. Web site: Corporate Information . April 7, 2014.
2. Web site: Annual Report 2013 . April 7, 2014.
3. Web site: Company Profile . https://archive.today/20140407205908/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=7911:JP . dead . April 7, 2014 . . April 7, 2014.
4. Web site: Customer Success Story - Toppan Printing America. Xerox. April 8, 2014.
5. Web site: Components:Nikkei Stock Average . . April 8, 2014.
6. Web site: HIRAOKA . DAIKI . HOTTA . AKAFUMI . Japan's Toppan beefs up ID security with Taiwan developer purchase . asia.nikkei.com . Nikkei . 31 December 2020.
7. Web site: Business Segments . April 8, 2014.