SII Merges its Wholly-owned Subsidiary "SII P & S Inc."

Seiko Instruments Inc. (Abbreviation: SII; President, CEO, COO & CFO: Yukihiko Chayama; Head Office: 1-8 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture; Tel: 043-211-1111) will merge as of June 1, 2005 its wholly-owned subsidiary “SII P & S Inc.” (Abbreviation: SPS; President: Shinji Nureki) involved in manufacturing and marketing of mini-thermal printers.

Looking back on SII’s printer business, SII embarked upon the mini-thermal printer business in 1982 and established its wholly-owned subsidiary SPS to develop, manufacture and market mini-thermal printers and peripheral devices in 2001. Since its independence from SII, SPS has been aggressively committed to the development of lightweight, low power consumption and fast mini-thermal printers to meet customers’ needs in the growing digital age and has achieved stirring success in the market of EFT-POS and ECR.

This merge aims to respond to the widest possible range of market needs. To do this, SII fosters to strengthen SII’s printer business base by creating a synergy effect of SII proprietary technologies and businesses.

Positioning its mini-thermal printer business as one of businesses to be driven based on the “Focus and Strengthen Business” approach, SII provides customers with advanced print system configuration and total solution for each individual customer requirement and application.

While approaching business activities with SII core values (Integrity – Trust – Appreciation) and CI (Creating Time – Optimizing Time – Enriching Time), everyone at SII will grapple with challenges so that SII maintains its position as a genuine corporation that wins recognition from society.

SII P & S Inc. Overview (as of March 1, 2005)
Trade name: SII P & S Inc.
Head Office: 1-8 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Representative: Shinji Nureki
Capital: 90 million yen (wholly owned by SII)
Business description: Development, manufacture, marketing of mini-thermal printers and their peripheral devices as well as the respective after-sales
Number of employees: 103
Date of foundation: March 27, 2001


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