17 Facts About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta, Inc is a Japanese multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide.

Konica Minolta's Managed Print Service is called Optimised Print Services.

Konica Minolta makes optical devices, including lenses and LCD film; medical and graphic imaging products, such as X-ray image processing systems, colour proofing systems, and X-ray film; photometers, 3-D digitizers, and other sensing products; and textile printers.

Konica Minolta was formed by a merger between Japanese imaging firms Konica and Minolta, announced on 7 January 2003 with the corporate structure completing the re-organization in October 2003.

Konica Minolta uses a "Globe Mark" logo that is similar to but slightly different from that of the former company.

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Originally, in the negotiations, Konica Minolta wanted cooperation with Sony in camera equipment production rather than a sell-out deal, but Sony vehemently refused, saying that it would either acquire everything or leave everything that had to do with the camera equipment sector of KM.

Konica Minolta withdrew from the photography business on 30 September 2006.

Konica Minolta closed down its photo imaging division in March 2007.

Konica Minolta expanded its business presence and currently sells its products in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Konica Minolta positioned most of its cameras to compete in the amateur market, though it did produce a very high quality MF SLR in the XD-11.

Konica Minolta had a line of digital point and shoot cameras to compete in the digital photography market.

However, by 2004 Canon and Nikon had a whole range of digital SLR cameras and many serious photographers had already switched, thus leading Konica Minolta to withdraw from the market and transfer assets to Sony.

In 2000 Konica Minolta announced the introduction of Super Sonic Motor focusing to a limited number of new lenses.

Konica Minolta has spun off business units into separate companies.

Konica Minolta is located in Grand Rapids, MI, and manufactures and distributes both conventional and digital graphic arts supplies including: analog and digital films, graphics arts papers, conventional and CTP printing plates, processing chemicals, film and plate processors, imagesetters, platesetters, digital color proofers and software.

Konica Minolta serves the printing and publishing, corporate communications and newspaper industries.

Konica Minolta Sensing offer products, software, and services utilizing light control and measurement technology within four main product areas: Color Measurement, Display Measurement, 3D measurement and Medical Measurement.