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Our history is a long and accomplished one that dates back to 1896.
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Serving the Printing Industry for Over a Century
1896
Founded in Osaka under the name Sakata Ink Seizousho
1909
Acme Printing Ink Company founded in Chicago
1910
Roberts & Porter, Inc. founded in Chicago
1916
Sakata Tokyo office established
1948
Sakata’s Export Import Division established
1959
Sakata Osaka plant opened
1960
Sakata's first overseas office setup in the Phillippines
1969
Sakata Tokyo plant opened
1979
Sakata’s Joint Venture plant started in Taiwan
1980
Graphic Arts Laboratory established in Tokyo
1984
Sakata’s Funabashi plant opened
1986
Sakata INX and Acme sign Technology License Agreement
1986
Roberts & Porter changes name to Midland Color Company
1987
Sakata’s Joint Venture plant in Spain established
1987
Name changed to Sakata INX Corp.
1988
INX Group Ltd. established
1988
Sakata INX acquires Acme Printing Ink Company
1989
Sakata’s Joint Venture plant in Indonesia established
1989
Sakata INX acquires Midland Color Co. & CPS Corp.
1989
Sakata INX acquires Knight Colors & Chemicals
1992
INX International Ink Co. formed -merger of Midland Color and Acme
1992
INX West Chicago plant opened
1992
Established INX United Kingdom
1992
Established CDI Sakata INX Corp. Philippines
1993
Established Sakata INX Malaysia
1993
INX Edwardsville, Kansas plant opened
1994
Sakata Hanyu plant opened
1995
Established Sakata Inx (India) Limited) in India.
1995
INX Santa Fe Springs plant opened
1996
INX Appleton plant expanded
1996
INX R&D State-of-the-Art facility opened
1998
CPS plant expanded
2002
Sakata INX Shanghai established
2002
Established Eternal Sakata INX Co. Ltd.
2003
Sakata INX Vietnam Co. established
2004
Maoming Sakata INX Co. Ltd. established
2004
INX International France S.A.S. formed by acquisition of Holliday Encres
2004
Established INX Europe Limited
2004
INX opens world’s largest 2-piece metal decorating ink plant in Charlotte, NC
2005
INX acquires Triangle Digital, LLC forms Triangle Digital INX Co.
2007
INX acquires Innovative Solutions Inc., forms Innovative Solutions INX
2008
Triangle Digital INX Co. acquires Megaink Digital of Czech Republic and Anteprima SRL of Italy
2008
INX Homewood, IL plant opened
2009
Triangle Digital INX Co. changes name to INX Digital International Co.
2009
Innovation solutions INX merged into INX International Ink Co.
2010
Megaink Digital changes name to INX Digital Czech a.s and Anteprima S.r.l changes name to INX Digital Italy S.r.l.
2010
INX establishes INX International De Mexico
2013
INX Digital International Co. is merged into INX International Ink Co.
2014
INX International UK Ltd. new plant opened
2015
INX Lebanon, OH plant opened
2015
INX Digital Czech new plant opened
2016
INX Charlotte, NC plant expanded
2016
INX do Brasil ltd. acquires Creative Industria e comercio Ltda.
2017
INX Edwardsville, KS plant expanded
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