The company relied on outside artisans for artwork painting and gold foiling, but the aging workforce and shortage of successors raised concerns about its future production capabilities. Screen printing also required cumbersome management of printing screens and placed limitations on fine details and size variations.

With the UJF-7151 plusII, Sakura Seisakujo digitized decorative printing, expanded its in-house design and size options, and established a digital foiling process for gold decoration. This reduced reliance on artisans while maintaining quality and enabling the company to explore new forms of product expression.

As the company expanded in the advertising market, it needed to handle more diverse jobs, from signage and soft signage to custom apparel and promotional items. However, its existing equipment posed challenges in quality consistency, colour stability, and reliable continuous operation.

Mimaki’s large-format printing systems expanded the company’s capabilities across rigid media, roll media and textiles. Stable, high-quality output improved flexibility for short lead times and small-lot jobs, while standardised operations improved efficiency and reduced training demands.

The flag market is shrinking and we want to develop new markets.

By introducing 11 units of TxF150-75 and establishing an environment in which even new staff can manufacture goods so as not to become a dependent work, goods can be manufactured quickly, safely and securely. Can be ordered in units of 1 to tens of thousands.

Need a machine with high productivity and high cutting accuracy for apparel applications.

When they were using other companies' machine, they experienced cutting discrepancies or lack of cutting, but the CJV150 covered all the problems. The vividness of the colors is highly evaluated by customers, and they are also satisfied with Mimaki's support system.

They were having trouble keeping a large inventory of products in stock.

Switching to in-house UV printing on plain materials eliminated inventory concerns. The business has steadily expanded, and now offers fabric printing, acrylic coating, and other services in addition to goods production using approx. 40 UV machines.

The COVID-19 made it imperative to develop new sales channels.

Purchased sublimation transfer printers, UV printers, laminators, cutting plotters, etc., and launched an in-house manufacturing and sales business specializing in sports-related goods to meet detailed needs.

In addition to output by 3D printer, post-processing such as polishing and coloring was time-consuming. Also, the hue were not very good and sometimes the finished product was not as desired.

The size of the output at a time was increased, greatly reducing labor and time. Output could be done at a level that did not require post-processing such as scraping off and polishing. In addition, coloring work is no longer necessary and colors can be expressed as they are in the 3D data, expanding the range of applications and making it possible to realize a variety of offers.

The Mimaki's JFX200 that was previously in our operation was a really good printer. While using it, I wanted a printer with even more productivity.

The JFX600, which supports a variety of print modes, is capable of printing approx. 15 full-size board per hour with even high image quality. And like the JFX200, its ease of setting media of various shapes and the repeatablity of print position accuracy were desitive factors in the investment.

Want to switch from traditional craft production to a new business

In four years, acrylic goods sales have grown to 80% of total sales!

Want to expand the business type that has grown during the COVID pandemic.

The company has expanded the scope of its operations through the introduction of the UCJV300 and other equipment. They plans to continue to grow its digital printing business.