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PROFILE
In August 2003, Konica Corporation and Minolta Co., Ltd. integrated their respective managements and
established a holding company, Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. The new company represents an organic
union of the revolutionary technologies long accumulated by the two companies, centering on
a comprehensive imaging businessfrom input to output. Moreover, the Konica Minolta Group is
pursuing growth by leveraging collective Group resources in the two major business domains of
equipment and services, and components. The Group has annual sales of more than ¥1 trillion, conducts
business operations in approximately 40 nations worldwide and has approximately 32,000 employees.
Based on an underlying management principle of “New Value Creation” and driven by the corporate
message of “the essentials of imaging”, Konica Minolta aims to provide inspired creativity in the field
of imaging by becoming an innovative, technologically sophisticated, reliable and market-leading global
company that is able to enhance corporate value and respond to the expectations of its stakeholders
through corporate creativity.
Contents
2
To Our Shareholders
4
Interview with the President
15
At a Glance
16
Business Technologies
18
Optics
20
Medical and Graphic Imaging
22
Sensing
Photo Imaging
23
Inkjet Business
24
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
26
Corporate Governance
27
Financial Section
32
Intellectual Property Update
51
Independent Auditors’ Report
52
The Konica Minolta Group
54
Board of Directors
54
Corporate Data
55
Investor Information
Disclaimer regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
The plans, strategies and
statements related to
the outlook for future results
in this document are in
accordance with assumptions
and beliefs determined by
management based on
currently available information.
However, it should be noted
that there is a possibility that
actual results could differ
significantly due to such
factors as social and economic
conditions.