About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta is an innovative global company that continuously delivers inspiring products and services in the field of imaging, and leads the market through advanced digital technologies and enhanced reliability.
Principles
To constantly strive to develop the world’s most advanced technology and to strengthen our ability to produce revolutionary ideas.
- To seek through all our activities to create better value and new solutions for our customers.
- To help our employees achieve their greatest potential, and to foster the highest ethical standards, as is in keeping with all law, rules, regulations, and company policies.
- Commitment to maintaining harmony between our company’s activities, the needs of human welfare and environmental protection.
- To maintain a leading position in areas where we traditionally excel.
- To achieve sustainable development and establish a solid financial position to maximize the realisation of our corporate values.
Konica Minolta History
Konica traces its history back to 1873 when Rokusaburo Sugiura began selling photographic materials at his Tokyo apothecary. By the start of the 20th century, the company had developed its first camera and range of photographic products. In 1971, Konica released Japan’s first plain paper photocopier, developing a dominant position in high-speed, high quality document management systems and imaging products.
Minolta was founded in 1928 to initially manufacture cameras and then went on to pioneer technologies including; a latent image transfer system, the world’s first magnification and reduction photocopier and the world’s first photocopier to produce two-colour images in a single pass. Minolta went on to achieve a strong global presence as a pioneer in the field of high quality imaging technology.
For more than 120 years, the Konica Minolta names have been synonymous with quality and leadership, company highlights include...
- Company begins selling photographic materials in Japan
- World's first double lens reflex camera
- World’s first camera with a coated lens
- Hi-Matic camera used by astronaut John Glenn on Friendship 7
- World's first copier to use latent image transfer
- World's first copier with zoom magnification
- World's first single pass two-colour copier
- World's first three-colour combination copier and fax
- World's first digital multifunction machine
- World's first polymerized toner™
- Launched first hi-speed 31 pages per minute colour machine utilising 'new' polymerised toner™
- 2003 Konica Minolta Holdings Inc established
