Matsui Shikiso Chemical
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Matsui Shikiso Chemical Co., Ltd was founded in 1911 by Kenji Matsui. Matsui Shikiso Chemical started offering a wide variety of products, mainly inks and pigments, targeted principally to the textile screen printing
industry. With the continued success of the company, Matsui Shikiso Chemical decided to establish a subsidiary in Los Angeles, California
to better service their growing international clientele. In 1989 the subsidiary Matsui International Co., Inc., was founded, and is run by Masahiko Matsui, the grandson of Kenji Matsui.
Matsui Shikiso manufactured the color dyes for Hypercolor
shirts.
Textile printing
Textile printing is the process of applying colour to fabric in definite patterns or designs. In properly printed fabrics the colour is bonded with the fiber, so as to resist washing and friction...
industry. With the continued success of the company, Matsui Shikiso Chemical decided to establish a subsidiary in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
to better service their growing international clientele. In 1989 the subsidiary Matsui International Co., Inc., was founded, and is run by Masahiko Matsui, the grandson of Kenji Matsui.
Matsui Shikiso manufactured the color dyes for Hypercolor
Hypercolor
Hypercolor was a line of clothing, mainly T-shirts and shorts, that changed color with heat.They were manufactured by Generra Sportswear Company of Seattle and marketed in the United States as Generra Hypercolor or Generra Hypergrafix and outside the US as Global Hypercolor...
shirts.