Shinohara Shikou
Address: 5-51-13 Oshima, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0072, Japan
Project Manager: Shinohara Keisuke
Printing Technology
The random collation of 194 different kinds of paper requires painstaking management of imposition and processing. They use their network to source 41 mm calendar rings from Europe and North America, extending the range of possibilities beyond the 35 mm rings ordinarily available in Japan. Among their achievements is the use of new technologies and ideas to enable unique front and back covers to be used for hard covers, which was impossible when using standard equipment.
Corporate Outline
Shinohara Shikou is a binding company that extends the realm of the possible, adding something extra to the machine’s specs, using machines in unconventional ways to achieve forms that would be impossible if they “stuck to the manual.” Their standard services include commercial printing. Their specialty lies with products that require high quality bindings. They constantly use their insights and technologies to explore new potentials for paper that bring form to experimental concepts and wishes.
