About Us
Company name
SunM Color Co., Ltd.
Representative
Katsumi MATSUI
Established
August 10, 1985
Number of Employees
110 (as of Jan 2023)
Capitalization
¥10 million
Correspondent financial institutions
- Bank of Kyoto
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
- Shiga Bank
- Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank
- Kyoto Shinkin Bank
- Resona Bank, Kyoto Branch
- Mizuho Bank, Kyoto Branch
Certifications
- March 2017: Acquired Kyoto Oscar Certification
- September 2021: Acquired FSC® (CoC) Certification Certificate registration no.: SA-COC-012340
Main businesses
- Offset printing, FM screening
- Sheet-fed inkjet digital press, on-demand printing
- UV inkjet printing, water-based pigment inkjet printing
- Affixing to panels / framing/ mounting, art reproduction
- Digital archiving, high-resolution photography, Matterport photography, 360-degree photography
- Planning/Printing/Processing of catalogs, pamphlets, fliers, etc., planning/production/sale of merchandise
HISTORY
1984.9
Founded SunM Color. Operations began with a single Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 (kikuzen size, 4 color)
1985.8
Organized company as SunM Color Co., Ltd.
1997.1
Established Sales Department
1998.1
Established CDC Division
2000.10
Established CDC Division
2002.3
Adopted CTP
2003
Kimura Ihei Award received by Tomoko Sawada for ID400, our company's first work to receive the award
2004.10
Integrated Sales Department, General Affairs Department, and CDC Division, and relocated to new company
2005.5
Opened Tokyo Sales Office (currently Tokyo Branch Office)
2006.2
Expanded South Plant of Printing Division
2006.4
Adopted first Heidelberg Speedmaster XL105
2010.3
"The World of Kyoto's Master Printers" broadcast on BS Asahi
2011.4
Established Design Production Office
2012.4
Partially converted printing equipment to LED-UV
2015.3
Introduced Ryobi MHIV3000LX
2016.9
Established Sankyodo Co., Ltd.
2017.3
Certified as Kyoto Oscar Company
2017.5
Adopted Gigapixel Art Scanner
2017.10
Adopted Heidelberg XL-105-8P double-sided 8-color machine
2019.7
Adopted swissQprint large-size UV printer
2020.11
Received Outstanding Technology Award at Kyoto SME Technology Awards for Sun Excel Art (Printing 8K)®
2021.4
"Wings of Growth: The Struggles of 3.5 Million Companies" broadcast on BS TV Tokyo
2022.4
Adopted Versafire EV, digital printer from Heidelberg
2022.5
Adopted Jet Press 750S digital printer from Fujifilm
2024.5
40th anniversary of the founding of SunM Color