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Konica Minolta Company | ||
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. is a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of photo-copiers, fax machines, laser printers, medical graphic equipments, optical components and sensing meters formed by a merger between Japanese imaging firms Konica and Minolta announced on January 7, 2003. There are many branches of the company worldwide including On January 19, 2006 the company announced that it was quitting the camera business due to high financial losses. SLR camera service operations will be handed to Sony starting on March 31, 2006 and Sony will develop cameras compatible with Minolta lenses. KM will also withdraw from the photo business by September 30, 2007. 3,700 employees will be laid off. Konica Minolta will close down their photo imaging division on March 2007. This means that color film, color paper, photo chemicals and digital mini-lab machines will cease operations. The SLR digital-camera section was transferred to Sony. However, Dai Nippon will be purchasing Konica's Odawara factory site and continue to produce paper under Dai Nippon's brand. Seapac on the other hand will acquire the Konica chemical factory. History2006: Liquidated its photography-related divisions. 2005: BERTL's Best awards for office and production printing systems and Colour Reliability; Buyers Laboratory award for "Product Line of the Year" (MFP's). Award for Dynax 7D with CCD-shift Anti-Shake. 2004: Introduction of the first bizhub branded MFP. First 105 ppm production printing system bizhub PRO 1050. 2003: Integrated the management of Konica Corporation and Minolta Co., Ltd. Business companiesKonica Minolta have spun off each and every business into a separate company, and delegated the authority required for executing operations to each business company. This has enabled them to build a framework characterised by flexible and speedy operational execution and business promotion. Digital SLRsWhile Minolta was the inventor of the modern integrated AF SLR, they were the last of the large "Big Four" camera manufacturers to launch a successful digital SLR camera using a current 35mm AF mount. It wasn't until late 2004 (after the merger with Konica) that they launched the Dynax/Maxxum/α The unique feature of this camera is that it features an in-body Anti-Shake system to compensate for camera shake. 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. The only two Konica Minolta digital SLR's to reach production before the company's withdrawal were the Dynax/Maxxum 7D and the Dynax/Maxxum 5D (which is an entry-level model that shared the 7D's sensor and Anti-Shake technology). In early 2006 Sony announced its Sony α (Alpha)line of digital SLR's, (based on Konica Minolta technology) and stated they were scheduled to launch production in the summer of 2006. Copyright 2008 - France BtoB from Wikipédia
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