Corporate information
Company history
Founding 1930s–1980s
- December 1930
- Predecessor company Asia Shokai was founded (Chuo Ward, Tokyo)
- May 1947
- Established Asia Securities Printing Co., Ltd. to engage in the printing of stock and other securities certificates (Chuo Ward, Tokyo) Kazuo Ueno assumed the position of President and Representative Director
- May 1952
- Relocated the head office factory (Minato Ward, Tokyo)
1957: Developed offset printing press using the Orlov-Sammeldruck printing method
- July 1963
- Received accreditation from each of Japan’s stock exchanges as a qualified provider of stock certificate printing services
- October 1968
- Made inroads into the business form sector
- March 1973
- Established the Osaka Sales Office (currently, the Osaka Branch) to enhance the sales and marketing activities in the Kansai region (Tennoji Ward, Osaka)
- December 1975
- Purchased a factory building in Minato Ward, Tokyo, making it the Shimbashi No. 1 Factory specializing in the printing of stock certificates
- January 1976
- Morio Ueno assumed the position of President and Representative Director
- April 1978
- Expanded operations from a dedicated stock certificate printing company to a specialty printing company that also prints various documents related to the Commercial Code of Japan, including documents involving general shareholders’ meetings of client companies
Around 1957: Sammeldruck printing press
- April 1985
- Expanded operational scope as a disclosure business, which entailed developing disclosure documents related to the Securities and Exchange Act of Japan in areas such as IPOs, financial reporting and finance, in addition to printing of securities and documents related to the Commercial Code of Japan
- December 1985
- Completed construction of the new head office and head office factory building (Minato Ward, Tokyo)
- January 1986
- Introduced the Integrated Publishing System (IPS) to enhance character data processing
- August 1988
- Relocated the Osaka Sales Office to Kitahama (current location: Kitahama, Chuo Ward, Osaka)
- December 1989
- Established ASP Communications Co., Ltd. in Toyama City to bolster the character data processing structure (currently, a consolidated subsidiary)
1990s
- January 1991
- Established the Nagoya Sales Office (currently, the Nagoya Branch) to enhance the sales and marketing activities in the Tokai region (Naka Ward, Nagoya)
- July 1994
- Registered its stock for over-the-counter trading with the Japan Securities Dealers Association
- December 1994
- Established the Fukuoka Sales Office to enhance the sales and marketing activities in the Kyushu region (Chuo Ward, Fukuoka)
- March 1995
- Launched the Disclosure Practice Study Group as an organization providing information related to practical disclosure operations for clients
- October 1995
- Established the Sapporo Sales Office to enhance the sales and marketing activities in the Hokkaido region (Chuo Ward, Sapporo)
- September 1996
- Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- January 1997
- Constructed a new factory in Toyama City to expand the scale of the business operations and leased it to ASP Communications Co., Ltd., which relocated its head office to the site of the factory
- March 1999
- Established the Hiroshima Sales Office to enhance the sales and marketing activities in the Chugoku region (Naka Ward, Hiroshima)
- May 1999
- Established the ASP Information Center within ASP Communications Co., Ltd.
- May 1999
- Commenced operations of ASPNET, a high-security two-way network for clients
2000s
- April 2000
- Security Logistics Co., Ltd. commenced operations to deliver the Company’s products and services
- March 2001
- The facilities of the ASP Information Center established within ASP Communications Co., Ltd. were expanded to enhance security and capacity
- June 2001
- Established eol, Inc. for the distribution of corporate financial information over the internet in order to cultivate the content business segment
- August 2002
- Established a2media corporation for the planning and production of IR-related tools in order to expand the IR business segment
- March 2003
- ASP Communications Co., Ltd. acquired Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification
- May 2003
- Fully launched the Edits Service online disclosure document preparation support system
- June 2003
- Developed IR-site production & update service “E-IR”
- September 2004
- Designated for listing on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- October 2004
- ASP Communications Co., Ltd. received a fiscal 2004 TQM Encouragement Award from the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers
- January 2005
- Relocated the offices of the Osaka Branch to the Osaka Securities Exchange Building (Kitahama, Chuo Ward, Osaka)
- May 2006
- Formulated new management philosophy and established code of conduct
- May 2006
- The Company’s manufacturing department acquired ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system
- October 2006
- Changed the company name to PRONEXUS INC.
- October 2006
- Carved out the securities printing department through a simplified incorporation-type split to form a new company that assumes the former company name, Asia Securities Printing Co., Ltd.
- December 2006
- Established ZAIHON, INC., a translation services provider focused on financial documents, as a joint venture
- February 2008
- Relocated the head office to Kaigan 1-chome, Minato Ward, Tokyo
- April 2008
- Acquired company-wide ISO 27001 certification for its information security management system
- May 2008
- Reacquired company-wide ISO 9001 certification for its quality management system
- June 2008
- Introduced an executive officer system and established the positions of CEO and COO
- July 2008
- Launched services of “PRONEXUS WORKS,” a disclosure operations support system
- April 2009
- Launched sales of “WORKS-i,” an integrated disclosure support system for accounting
2010s
- June 2010
- Takeshi Ueno assumed the position of President and Representative Director
- July 2010
- Commenced operations of Toda Factory (relocated from Minato Ward, Tokyo, to a new factory in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture)
- June 2011
- Launched services of “PRONEXUS FUND DOCUMENT SYSTEM,” a document preparation support system for investment trust firms
- July 2012
- Began airing “Asaichi Market Square Asazai,” a radio program sponsored by the Company, on Radio Nikkei
- January 2013
- Took over Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation’s corporate information database “NEXT Yuho Kakumei”
Launched new integrated database “eolDB”
- April 2013
- Made ZAIHON, INC. a wholly owned subsidiary to strengthen its English-language IR service capabilities (currently, a consolidated subsidiary)
- November 2013
- Acquired some shares in Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. (thereby making it an associate accounted for by the equity method) to strengthen the website-related business
- December 2013
- Launched the new PRONEXUS WORKS, a disclosure operations support system compliant with Japan’s Financial Service Agency (FSA) Next Generation Electronics Disclosure for Investors’ NETwork (EDINET)
- August 2014
- Established PRONEXUS TAIWAN Co., Ltd. to provide BPO business for Japanese companies in Taiwan (currently, a consolidated subsidiary)
- March 2015
- Established DISCLOSURE PRO, Inc. as a joint venture to provide disclosure and BPO services (an associate accounted for by the equity method)
- August 2015
- Entered into a business alliance with Business Brain Showa-Ota, Inc. and formed a capital tie-up in December
- April 2016
- Launched “Smart Convocation” service
- April 2017
- Launched “WORKS-Core” in full scale as a new service for improving disclosure operation processes
- May 2017
- Launched “IFRS Disclosure Total Support Package”
- June 2018
- PRONEXUS TAIWAN Co., Ltd. established its second business center in Taipei
- October 2018
- Upgraded the Nagoya Sales Office to branch status
- October 2018
- Acquired shares of I-N INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LTD. (made it a subsidiary)
- April 2019
- Announced New Medium-term Management Plan 2021
- October 2019
- Acquired shares of Rainbow Japan Inc. (made it a subsidiary) to strengthen web integration and expand the digital marketing domain
- October 2019
- Established PRONEXUS VIETNAM CO., LTD. to provide BPO business for Japanese companies in Vietnam
2020s
- July 2020
- Acquired additional shares of DISCLOSURE PRO Inc. (made it a subsidiary)
- December 2020
- Celebrated the 90th anniversary and established a new management philosophy
- March 2022
- Formed capital and business alliance with FRAIM Inc., a document technology company
- April 2022
- Transitioned to Prime Market from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange upon restructuring of the TSE market segments
- May 2022
- Announced New Medium-term Management Plan 2024
- May 2022
- Formed business and capital alliance with Bridge Consulting Group Inc., provider of comprehensive support for companies seeking to conduct IPOs as well as assistance with financial results disclosure for listed companies
- March 2023
- Acquired all shares of Cine Holdings Co., Ltd., a company specializing in event video equipment and operational support, and its subsidiary Cine Focus Corp., thereby making them consolidated subsidiaries
