Corporate name :
Head office : 2-5-10, Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8622, Japan
Year end : August 31th
Capital : 200,000,000 yen


Overseas Network
We have joint companies in Taiwan, China and Vietnam They produce writing instruments and sell.
  
Shanghai Platinum Pen Co.,Ltd (Production, Sale)
Office Shanghai(China)
Establishment December, 1993
Platinum Precision Manufacture (Shen-Zhen) Ltd. (Production)
Office Shen-zhen (China)
Establishment July, 1991
Leo Ju Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Production, Sale)
Office Taiwan
Establishment September, 2002
Vietnam Platinum Pen Co.,Ltd. (Production, Sale)
Office Ho chi minh (Vietnam)
Establishment ;February, 2007


1919 Syunchi Nakata started writing instruments manufacturing.
1924 Company is named as Nakaya Seisakusho.
Company name is changed to Platinum Pen Company.
Mid-1930s Started manufacturing Maki-e pens, including lacquer carving, pearl inlay and pens with the Kanshitsu-rough volcanic-type surface.
1948 Launched the first water-based ballpoint pen.
1952 Improved manufacturing technology by adopting injection molding technology, first in Japan
1957 Manufactured fountain pens that accommodated ink cartridges.
1978 Introduced the model 3776 fountain pen.
"3776" model is named after the height of Mount Fuji, which is 3776 meters tall.
1981 The New York Modern Museum of Art displayed Platinum's Z pen.
1993 Produced the Pearl of Princess pen, in honour of the Imperial Wedding in Japan
1994 Established manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China and started
manufacturing low-end writing instruments.