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12 KONICA
Review of Operations & Outlook
OVERVIEW
Photographic Materials and
Photo-Related Industrial
Equipment
(Consumer Imaging Company,
Medical and Graphic Company,
Inkjet Business Group, EM and
ID Business Group)
Overall sales in this segment
declined 5%, or ¥15.6 billion,
to ¥321.1 billion, and account-
ed for 57.2% of total consoli-
dated sales.
Operating income increased
dramatically, up 497%, or ¥15
billion, to ¥18.2 billion.
Business Machines, Cameras,
and Optical Products
(Office Document Company,
Optics Technology Company,
Camera and Digital Photo Group)
Sales in this segment fell 3%
from the previous fiscal year,
to ¥239.8 billion, and account-
ed for 42.8% of total sales.
Operating income increased
37%, or ¥7 billion, to ¥24.8 bil-
lion.
Consumer Imaging
Company
The Konica Color CENTURIA color print
film series, which was released world-
wide under a unified packaging scheme
in January 1999, sold well in all markets.
Also, Konica has extended the CEN-
TURIA series to include films for the
Advanced Photo System (APS). The
Konica Color CENTURIA APS series
incorporates the latest advances from
Konica in color negative film manufac-
turing and emulsion technology to offer
faithful color reproduction and spectac-
ular image sharpness.
In Japan, Konica increased sales of
its popular Torikkiri Konica Mini Goody
series, which has set new standards
Konica Color CENTURIA series
327
357
354
337
321
’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00
Photographic
Materials
(Billions of Yen)
178
221
230
248
240
’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00
Business
Machines
(Billions of Yen)