Graphtec Corporation entered the plotter market more than 30 years ago with the introduction of the first intelligent, low cost small format plotter in Japan. In response to the world-wide demands from the fast growing CAD industry, by the mid 80â??s Graphtec had developed a strong and competitive range of pen plotters and digitisers. The company soon became one of the worldâ??s substantial players, growing and expanding year by year. Toward the end of the 1980â??s, Graphtec extended its range by adapting the conventional pen plotter; replacing the pen with a cutting blade to create the cutting plotter familiar to todayâ??s sign makers.