About us
Company Profile
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Trade name UNION CHEMICAR CO., LTD.
Founding 9th year of Taisho (1920)
Capital 90 million yen (Osaka SME Investment Development Co., Ltd. etc.)
Number of employees 120 people
Representative Director
and President Kimura Eiichi
Osaka Head Office Head Office, Tel.072-856-3321 Fax.072-856-3378 Head Office 3-10,
Shodaita, Hirakata, 573-1132, Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Sales Department
(Osaka Head Office) 573-1132 3-10 Shodaitachi, Hirakata-shi,
Osaka Directly to the Osaka Sales Department Tel.072-856-4091
Tokyo Sales Department Tel. 03-5825-3641 , 4th floor, Takisei Building, 3-2- 9 Iwamoto-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0032, Japan
Business content ・Manufacturing and sales of printer supplies
・Manufacturing and sales of copying-related products
・Manufacturing and sales of stationery and office-related products
Qualification Quality management system international standard " ISO9001 " certification
Registration number: JQA-1784
Registration activity range (design / development, manufacture and sale of the following products : Ribbon for dot impact printer, thermal transfer ribbon for thermal printer, ink for hot roll printer Roll, transfer tape (correction tape, tape glue, etc.)
-Registration date: June 27, 1997
-Registered offices: Head office factory, Tokyo sales office
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History
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1905 (1905) Founding of the first president, Yanosuke Kosaka, production of Japanese- style carbon paper
19th year of Taisho (1920) Reorganized into a corporate organization, Carbon Paper Co., Ltd., and started production of Western-style carbon paper.
1950 (Showa 25) Started development and production of back carbon copy paper
1962 (1962) Started development and production of new resin type copying paper "Unicoat" (carbonless paper)
1963 Started development and production of new resin type copying paper "High Copy"
1971 Started production of computer terminal ribbons, typewriter ribbons, and ink rolls . Moved head office and head office factory to Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture.
1973 Became the exclusive agent in Japan for the lettering products "Deca Dry" and "Alphac Lettering", and started importing and selling ( -2010 )
1982 Started production of film ribbons for OA and released brush type correction pen "One Touch!"
1983 (1983) Started production of thermal ribbons
1984 Japan's first! Released the dry type transfer type correction sheet "Fasto" which is the base of the correction tape.
1986 Changed company name to Union Chemicar Co., Ltd.
1987 (1987) Launched WEMEE, a correction pen that allows you to adjust the amount of ink by pressing the container.
1989 UK office: Established Union Chemikar UK Ltd.
1990 Started development and production of OA paper "Deca Dry Print" (
-2010 ) Started development and production of correction tape "erasable mouse mini"
1991 Started development and production of automatic winding type correction tape "Erase Shimouse 2Way" that proposed two ways of pushing and pulling.
1992 China (Tianjin) base: Established Union Office Supplies <Tianjin> Co., Ltd. U.S. base: Established Union Chemicar America Inc. Started development and production of tape-replacement type correction tape, "Simouse α"
1993 Started development and production of toner cartridge recycling "toner repair system" (-March 2012)
1994 Adhesive tape in a cassette Tape glue "Gruler" started development and production
1995 Started development and production of pen-type correction tape "erased mouse β" Started development and production of "refill ink for inkjet printers " (-2010 )
1996 Pioneer of decoration tape Started development and production of fluorescent tape "Piros"
1997 Obtained certification of international standard "ISO9001" of quality management system
1999 Established Union Chemika Europe BV in Holland: Started development and production of eco-friendly correction tape "Sho Shimouse e" (-2010)
2000 Started development and production of large format inkjet media "U-media" (- April 2015)
2001 Started development and production of "Ink ribbon for plain paper FAX" (-2010)
2004 Started development and production of tape glue "Glora L" (-July 2011) Started development and production of cold laminated film "U-medifits" (-2015). Started development of inkjet ink for foods
2006 Started development and production of the correction tape "Erase Shimouse HG"for ultra-fine pens
2007 Japan's first! Started development and production of color correction tape "Colors" that can be used for decoration.
2008 Started development and production of "Glula mini", a tape paste with strong adhesive tape (up to October 2018)
2009 Started development and production of "Lines," the world's first tape market that makes letters stand out. Started development and production of high-capacity tape glue "Glurer 60."
2011 Began development and production of the correction tape "Erase Shimouse HG16" equipped with ultra-thin tape
2013 China (Shanghai) base: Established Yufu Thin Film Products <Shanghai> Co., Ltd.
2014 Started development and production of inkjet ink for tablet printing
Mexico base: Union Chemica Mexico SA de CV established
2016 Started operation of “Food Print Ink.com” , a specialized site for edible inkjet
2017 (2017) Started production of thermal inkjet cartridges
India base: Union Chemika India Pvt. Ltd. established
First part of 2019 (2019) Launched the brand "WOCCS" of thermal inkjet printing system and started sales
