“Supporting MONOZUKURI (Excellence in Manufacturing)”
MUTOH was founded in December 1942 by Yoshiro Mutoh, who founded the Mutoh Scale Engraving Research Center (in Mishuku, Setagaya ward),
which is close to the current headquarters in Ikejiri, Setagaya ward.
Before and during the war, the company manufactured measuring equipment, such as disk-type slide rules for aerial navigation, calipers, and rotary protractors.
These products reflected the high technical capabilities required to engrave scales accurately and marked the beginning of the company’s spirit of supporting MONOZUKURI (Excellence in Manufacturing).
10 years later in March 1952, MUTOH Memori Chokoku (MUTOH Scale Engraving) LTD was founded.
While maintaining the company spirit of foundation, we created products such as the Drafter,
a drafting and design equipment that was registered in the Mechanical Engineering Heritage,
and Pen Plotter, a machine that prints product drawings.
MUTOH has continued to uphold the spirit by supporting many people involved in various aspects of MONOZUKURI, such as creators and designers with our LFP products, and the manufacturing and construction industries with our design and measuring equipments and 3DP products.
In order to continue to build on MUTOH's history, each and every one of us will continue to earn the trust of our customers and provide them with valuable proposals. We will continue to be a company that "enhances the creation of people and companies" by inheriting the founding spirit (DNA) of "supporting MONOZUKURI" through each and every one of our employees to build MUTOH's history.
1940's
1950's
April 1953Releases Drafter MH-1, Japan's first arm-type (belt/pulley type) design and drafting machine.
1960's
June 1967Establishes the Chigasaki Factory in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (changes the name to Shonan Office in June 1993)
May 1962Releases Numericon (model of current plotters), an automatic drafting machine.
June 1967Releases Drafter, Japan's first rail-type design and drafting machine.
1970's
July 1973Obtains and establishes the Suwa Factory from Yashica Corporation (current Kyocera Corporation) in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture.
September 1977Establishes Mutoh Enterprises Ltd. (sales of sports accessories)
July 1971Releases Drafter, the world's first dial-type angle reader design and drafting machine.
February 1976Releases Drafter, the world's first digital-type angle reader design and drafting machine.
October 1979Releases Digicolor, an optical measuring equipment.
1980's
October 1981Releases 2D CAD EasyDraf2 (sales tie-up with Bruning in the U.S.)
November 1983Releases the ET Series Lettering Machines.
June 1984Releases iP-100, a flatbed-type personal pen plotter.
April 1985Releases F-600 and F-900 pen plotters.
May 1988Releases AP-1518, a dedicated CAD plotter for apparel.
1990's
May 1990Completes the new office building for the headquarters in Setagaya City, Tokyo (current MUTOH Ikejiri Building).
September 1990Establishes MUTOH BELGIUM nv in Ostend, Belgium.
May 1991Opens the Yokohama Technology Center in Ofuna, Kanagawa Prefecture.
November 1991Completes the new office building for Mutoh America, Inc. in Chicago, U.S.
October 1999Obtains ISO 9001 certification.
October 1990Releases the PH Series Dedicated Plotters for Engineering and Measurements.
January 1991Releases XP-600 Series Pen Plotters.
May 1991Releases RJ-501 Large Color Inkjet Plotter.
October 1991Releases XP-500 and XP-700 Series Pen Plotters.
November 1992Releases AC-500, a cutting plotter for apparel.
June 1994Releases XP-900 and XP-800 Series Pencil Plotters.
December 1995Releases RJ-1300 Wide Format Color Inkjet Printer for the indoor/outdoor advertising industry.
August 1997Releases FALCON Color RJ-800 Series Full Color Inkjet Plotters for CAD.
November 1997Releases AC-800, a cutting plotter for apparel.
June 1999Releases LAMILESS, a wide format inkjet printer for outdoor use.
2000's
August 2007The multipurpose drafting machine Drafter MH-I is recognized as a Mechanical Engineering Heritage (No. 21) by the Japan Society Mechanical Engineers.
October 2000Releases DrafStation RJ-301 Series Inkjet Plotters for CAD.
March 2002Releases RJ-8000 Series Wide Format Inkjet Printers.
December 2005Releases DrafStation RJ-901C Inkjet Plotter for CAD.
May 2006Releases ValueJet 1204 Wide Format Inkjet Printer (compatible with eco-solvent ink).
August 2006Releases ValueJet 1604/2606 Wide Format Inkjet Printer (compatible with eco-solvent ink).
October 2006Releases M-Draf Suite 2007 for 2D and 3D CAD.
August 2007Releases ValueJet 1608 Wide Format Inkjet Printer (compatible with the industry’s first plant-based ink, MUBIOINK).
2010's
December 2010Establishes business and capital tie-up with Sekonic Holdings Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section).
March 2011Starts introducing shareholder incentives.
January 2012Opens the MUTOH Designing gallery as a showroom at the headquarters.
June 2014Establishes Mutoh Figure World Co., Ltd. (subsidiary for 3D figure printing services)
October 2014Relocates the Kansai Office and opens a showroom in Kansai and Shikoku.
September 2015Relocates the Chubu Office and opens a showroom.
December 2016Relocates the Kyushu Office and opens a showroom.
October 2010Releases MP Ink, a multipurpose ink (50% plant-based ingredients that can be printed on various materials).
May 2011大Releases VJ-1624J and VJ-1324J Wide Format Inkjet Printers.
October 2011Releases VJ-1638 Wide Format Inkjet Printer.
September 2012Releases ValueCut VC-600/1300/1800 Cutting Plotters.
December 2012Releases VJ-1617HJ Inkjet Printer (uses multipurpose white ink).
November 2013Releases VJ-1638X and VJ-1638WX Wide Format Inkjet Printers.
January 2014Releases Value 3D Magix MF-1000, a 3D desktop printer (the first 3D printer developed in-house).
April 2014Releases Value 3D Magix MF-2000, a 3D desktop printer.
April 2014Releases VJ-426UF and VJ-1626UH Wide Format Inkjet Printers that are compatible with UV ink.
June 2015Releases Value 3D Magix MF-2200, a 3D desktop printer.
March 2016Releases PG-1000, a chart drafting machine for profile grinder.
October 2016Releases MF-2500EP 3D Printer that is compatible with engineering plastic.
March 2018Releases VJ-628MP Inkjet Printer that is compatible with multipurpose MP31 ink.
March 2018Releases PerformanceJet 2508UF (PJ-2508UF), a large UV-LED flatbed inkjet.
January 2019Releases MF-800 and MF-2500EPⅡ, which are 3D desktop printers.
July 2019Releases XpertJet 1682SR and XpertJet 1641SR, which are new design platform wide format inkjet printers.
September 2019Releases ML-100 and ML-80, which are high-definition stereolithography 3D printers.
2020's
May 2020Provides 3D-printed face shields for medical use free of charge (for Covid-19). Publishes data for printing face shields.
June 2021Installs energy supply that does not produce CO2 called Shinshu Green Denki in the Suwa Office of MUTOH INDUSTRIES LTD.
April 2022Acquisition of AMP SPEED Co.,Ltd. shares (to make into a wholly owned subsidiary)
January 2020Releases XpertJet 461UF and XpertJet 661UF, which are new small UV-LED flatbed printers.
October 2020Releases VerteLith™, a genuine Mutoh RIP software.
September 2021Releases XpertJet 1341SR Pro Eco-Solvent Printer.
January 2022Releases XpertJet 1641SR Pro Eco-Solvent Printer.
February 2022VerteLith™, a genuine Mutoh RIP software, wins Europe's EDP Award 2021.