Konica Minolta Inc.

History

Year	Detail
1873	Konica begins selling lithographic and photographic tools.
1882	The manufacture of lightproof boxes for photography begins.
1897	Imported cinematographic equipment to Japan for the first time, and the first film made by a Japanese completed.
1903	Sakura Hakkin Type Paper, Japan's first photographic paper, was marketed.
1923	Established Konishi Professional School of Photography.
1936	Konishiroku Honten was established as a joint-stock company through reorganization.
1940	Sakura Natural Color Film, the first Japanese-made color film, was announced.
1952	The first subsidiary in the U.S. was established.
1960	Introduced Minolta Copymaster, the company’s first copier.
1962	First European subsidiary established.
1975	Launched Konica C35EF (Pikkari Konica), the world’s first camera with a built-in flash.
1987	Production of copiers begins in Germany.
1987	Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. renamed as Konica Corp.
1994	Minolta Camera Co., Ltd. renamed as Minolta Co., Ltd.
2001	Developed MEDIAGLOBE, the world’s first compact single-lens full-color digital planetarium.
2003	Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., a holding company, was established by integrating the management of Konica Corporation and Minolta Co., Ltd.
2007	A medical and IT service launched.
2014	Carbon-neutral services for digital printing systems launched.
2017	Started precision medicine business.
2019	Launched DYNAVISION-LED, an LED dome system.