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President
Kaoru Onodera
Konica Photolike QP
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS & OUTLOOK 12 Konica 2002
Aiming to consolidate and strengthen technology development functions and business cultivation functions, in
April 2002 Konica established the Technology Center, which combines the Inkjet Business Promotion Center,
Intellectual Property Division, and Central Research Laboratory.
Konica has designated imaging input and output as a business domain and is strengthening three principal out-
put technologies as innovation platforms in imaging fields. Among these, Konica has already developed sliver halide
photo technologies and electronic photo technologies and is currently utilizing and strengthening these as core technolo-
gies. The third output technology is inkjet technology. Konica aims to cultivate and strengthen its inkjet technologies as a platform
technology, with such efforts being spearheaded by the Technology Center.
Supported by R&D activities carried out to the present, we are rebuilding our inkjet business on two fronts. First in media busi-
nesses that have already been firmly established, we are expanding sales through strengthened sales capabilities that include securing
new OEM products and upgrading our new product offerings by aggressively promoting the Konica brand. Second, in our printer
business, we will strengthen internal tie-ups and develop high-speed, high-quality printers for our Consumer Imaging, Medical &
Graphic, and Office Document Company.
In our Inkjet Business we are aiming for sales of ¥30 billion and operating income of ¥2 billion in fiscal 2005.
Our new business incubation period is focused on obtaining patents based on basic research and we will start up new businesses
upon commercialization. To date, Konica has successfully started up such new businesses as aspherical plastic lenses used in optical
disk drives and LCD polarizer TAC film. Specifically, we are developing new thin-film technologies that use our core technologies.
(Billions of yen)
NET SALES
’00
2.8
’01
4.1
’02
4.1
TECHNOLOGY CENTER WILL PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED R&D, PROMOTE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW
TECHNOLOGIES, AND PROVIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES, SUCCEEDING THE
FUNCTIONS OF KONICA'S CENTRAL LABORATORIES, INKJET TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER, AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT.
TECHNOLOGY CENTER