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Shin Shin's
85-year History

In 2025, Shin Shin celebrate the 85th anniversary of its founding.

Throughout our history up until now, we have carried out business
with over 5,000 client companies inside and outside of Japan and expanded our business and facilities. While paying attention to the times from a variety of perspectives such as the mainstream and technological innovations for each era,
we have continually pushed onward with the slogan "One Step Forward.”

On this page, we have divided about our 85-year history into 4 stages and provided some details from various times in each stage.

Founding Period

Shin Shin was founded by Kiichi Kitada. At the time of the company's founding, the world was in the midst of the disorder of war. Difficult times continued for a while, but the company took advantage of the post-war economic boom, aggressively expanding its business and sales channels.
In the 1960s, we focused on computation templates. Taking on advanced challenges, we carried out development and sales of completely new products such as EDP files for use with computers.

1940
Founding of Shin Shin

Founding of Shin Shin

End of World War 2

1948

In addition to paper, launched handling of
stationery and other office supplies

Post-war economic boom

1953
First president: Kiichi Kitada

Shin Shin Co., Ltd. established

First president: Kiichi Kitada

1959

Head Office building completed
at 1 Mitatsuna-machi, Minato-ku (current location)

1961 to 1962
Launched sales of computation templates and computation machine ink ribbons

Launched sales of computation templates
and computation machine ink ribbons

Olympics economic boom

1967
Launched development and sales of files for use with computers (EDP files)

Launched development and sales of files
for use with computers (EDP files)

Japanese population exceeds 100 million

Innovation Period

Alongside the expansion of our business, we both promoted maintenance of organizational infrastructure and renewed our corporate image. We established our current logo, drafted a new management strategy, and promoted reforms.
In the 1980s, with the software copying business securing our position, we opened our first factory.
We began to see signs of the possibilities for further expansion.

1975 to 1976
Development of "frontier strategy" and "dragon strategy" management strategies

Development of "frontier strategy"
and "dragon strategy" management strategies

Oil crisis

1977

Appointed 2nd company president:

Katsuichi Kitada

1982
Software copy business launched

Software copy business launched

1983
First factory opened

First factory opened

Shizuoka Factory

1985
Expansion to the United States

Expansion to the United States

KITADA INTERNATIONAL INC. U.S. company established
(currently Shin Shin America)

Expansion Period

Through our software copying business, Shin Shin achieved enormous growth. Starting in the 1990s, we rapidly expanded our facilities such as sales offices and factories both inside and outside of Japan, expanding our business.
Acquired the Microsoft Authorized Replicator (AR) certification in 1995. Afterward, we continued to expand our PC-related business.

1992
Appointed 3rd company president: Seiji Kitada

Appointed 3rd company president:

Seiji Kitada

End of bubble period

1994

Expansion to Hong Kong

Shin Shin Shokai China Co. Limited established

On the 13th year since our first copy order,
exceeded 100 million total FD copies

Heisei era economic recession

1995
Microsoft Authorized Replicator (AR) certification acquired

Microsoft Authorized Replicator (AR)
certification acquired

1996
Expansion to China

Expansion to China

Shin Shin Computer Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
opened

1999
Expansion to Taiwan

Expansion to Taiwan

Taiwan Shin Shin International Co., Ltd. opened

On to the Future

We have expanded our base of facilities in order to meet the needs of our customers in a variety of different industries, especially PC-related business.
Using the quality control and handling abilities we have built up through our years in this industry, Shin Shin is continuing on its path, facing a new stage for our future.

2000
AR factory certification acquired by Shin Shin Computer Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

AR factory certification acquired
by Shin Shin Computer Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

2005
Shin Shin Printing Co., Ltd., a company specializing in printing, established in Shanghai

Shin Shin Printing Co., Ltd., a company specializing in printing,
established in Shanghai

Social inequality

2008

Appointed 4th company president:

Kazuyuki Kitada

Lehman Brothers bankruptcy

2015
Operations launched for automated packaging production line in Shanghai

Operations launched for
automated packaging production line in Shanghai

2017

Appointed 5th company president:

Katsuhito Kitada