Attention to high quality paves the future for Shachihata. Better products and high goals. Shachihata's pursuit of high quality will continue as long as there are people and tomorrows. Our goal is to make products that everyone finds easy to use, and by so doing to meet the needs of today. Shachihata's development is proof of the passion with which we proceed. Listening to the voice of our customers, we develop new products that place a priority on user benefits. From stamp pads to the Xstamper, from pen and ink to the new fields of electronic office equipment--Shachihata has always pioneered new areas using new ideas. Our marketing division monitors the pulse of the market, and our development division gives shape to these demands--an effective combination for planning new products. We implement CAD/CAM principles in our planning and product-making to develop a wide range of products that meet the needs and sensibilities of our customers. Taking up new challenges. A focus on quality is the foundation of our basic research. Our basic research program carries out testing with careful attention to detail. Material research covers such areas as new materials and the rubber used for the Xstamper; and coloring-material reserch concerns the inks used in our writing implements, stamp pads, and Xstamper line. Our molecular level research is expanding day by day. We have gained broad-ranging experience and technical expertise in elastomers, new plastics, and ceramics for use in stamp faces, as well as in inks for special applications. This research is the basis from which new hit products emerge.