HISTORY
Packwell Group celebrates its 100th anniversary with your support
We value our connections with our customers and do business based on trust.
It is with your support that we have been able to continue our business for 100 years since our founding in 1921.
We will continue to move forward for the next 100 years, valuing trust and integrity.
1920-1950
● PACKWELL INC. ● NITTO CO., LTD ● AFTER MERGER
- 1945
- Moved to Honmachi, Nakano Ward due to war damage
- 1948
- Nitto Adhesive Company established in Katsushika, Tokyo, whose main business was glue sales to the bookbinding industry
Nitto Adhesive Company
1950-2000
● PACKWELL INC. ● NITTO CO., LTD ● AFTER MERGER
- 1956
- Took over Konishiroku Hakobu and opened Odawara Factory
- 1959
- With the relocation of Roku Konishi, Hachioji factory opened in Ishikawa-cho, Hachioji City
Sakura Negative Color Lab Asahi Natural Color Co., Ltd. established in Hino City - 1959
- Started selling synthetic adhesives as well as glue
- 1964
- Encyclopedia boom puts adhesive sales on track
- 1970
- X-ray film sack automatic box making machine was developed
- 1977
- Floppy disk automatic box making machine was developed
- 1977
- Changed the company name to Nitto Paper Craft Co., Ltd. and expanded business to the paper processing business
- 1983
- Head office moved from Nakano to Hachioji
- 1985
- Automatic box making machine increased to 10 Jigsaw puzzle boxes production increased
- 1987
- Asahi Natural Color sold to Konica and withdrew from the laboratory business
- 1988
- Changed the company name to Packwell Inc. due to CI implementation on October 1
Construction of the new office building of the FD Division was completed and relocated - 1990
- Established Hong Hin Paper Processing Company in Bangkok, Thailand to produce NTT Telegram mounts
- 1995
- Bangkok factory moved to Suzhou, China and Hong Mei joint venture was established
- 1998
- Started manufacturing photo mounts and middle windows of Studio Alice
- 1999
- Studio Alice Business Center started operations
- 2000
- Shanghai Nikbo Kogei Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai, China as a joint venture with Nisshinbo Co., Ltd., and expanded production of telegram mounts
2001-2023
● PACKWELL INC. ● NITTO CO., LTD ● AFTER MERGER
- 2001
- Nitto Paper Craft (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in Shanghai, China
- 2002
- Established Nitto limited company mainly engaged in sales planning
- 2003
- FD Division abolished and Alice Business Center expanded
- 2004
- Packwell Inc. and Nitto Paper Works Co. merged
- 2006
- Former Nitto Paper Craft Co. Hachioji Factory was renovated and the paper container division was relocated from the Hino Warehouse opened
- 2007
- Leased the entire FD Building to JVIS Co.
- 2008
- Studio Alice mount and medium window processing division transferred to JVIS Co Relocated the headquarters of Packwell Corporation from Hachioji City, Tokyo to Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture
- 2013
- Annex building completed as the second factory in Yashio City
- 2017
- Adachi Factory opened Odawara Factory facilities relocated
Completed construction of the third factory - 2019
- Establishment of NP CHANGS, INC. in Davao City, Philippines
Started construction of factory - 2020
- Yashio Factory acquired ISO22000 certification
- 2021
- Completedconstruction of Davao Factory in the Philippines
- 2023
- Core Well Co., Ltd. was established through the acquisition of the RIGID BOX business from Core Corporation.
