Founded in Setagaya, Tokyo in 1952 by Mutoh Shozaburo as a maker of draftsman tools, Mutoh Industries has spent more than seven decades turning Japanese precision into plotters, inkjet platforms, UV flatbeds and DTF printers — sold through an authorized regional dealer network, never through generic call centers.
The thread that runs from the original 1952 drafting square to the XPJ-661UF UV flatbed is the same: Japanese print shops and small manufacturers — and the people who walk their floors every week — deserve equipment that matches what they actually print on. We don't sell a single-printer-does-everything story. We sell a substrate-first conversation.
Mutoh Shozaburo founds Mutoh Industries as a manufacturer of draftsman tools. Precision instruments for architects and engineers become the seed of every product that follows.
Mutoh ships its first drafting plotter — the foundational product line that carries the company through the CAD output era of the 1980s and early 1990s.
Launch of the ValueJet eco-solvent series — the wide-format platform that remains Mutoh's best-known sign-shop product line today, still supported with genuine parts.
Introduction of AccuFine — Mutoh's in-house drop-on-demand printhead architecture developed in Ibaraki for long idle-recovery cycles and precise drop placement.
Release of the XpertJet 661UF compact UV LED flatbed — targeting promo products, awards, ADA signage and short-run industrial marking on rigid substrates.
Expansion of the Mutoh DTF lineup and refresh of XPJ-1682D signage platforms with updated AccuFine head modules and improved idle-recovery routines.
Every sale begins with what you print on. Rigid or roll, cotton or poly, ACM or acrylic — the conversation narrows platform options from the material backward, not the brochure forward.
Dampers, head assemblies, ink channels and control boards remain available through authorized dealers for platforms released more than fifteen years ago. We don't ship equipment we can't stand behind for a decade.
Our dealers are embedded in local sign, apparel and display markets. They know your state's substrate sourcing, your region's electrical code and your shop's seasonal rhythm.
Mutoh Industries Ltd. operates its corporate headquarters in Setagaya, Tokyo, with its principal research and manufacturing facility for AccuFine printhead development in Ibaraki Prefecture. Regional sales and service subsidiaries extend the company's reach into EMEA, the Americas and across Asia-Pacific.
Total group staffing sits in the low hundreds, keeping Mutoh firmly in the mid-market OEM category — large enough to engineer printheads in-house, small enough that your dealer's regional manager answers an email personally when something goes sideways on a production run.