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In the healthcare fi eld, where digitization is gaining
momentum, Konica Minolta MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
is promoting manufacture, sales, maintenance and
related solution service businesses for healthcare
equipment and materials including diagnostic imaging
systems, centered on high-resolution digital X-ray
systems that take advantage of cutting-edge image
processing technology.
Market position (Konica Minolta estimate)
Cassette-type digital radiography system: Top domestic market share
This business company consists of the mainstay offi ce fi eld
and the growth fi eld of production print.
This business company consists of businesses in the fi elds
of display materials, optics and measuring instruments.
Offi ce fi eld
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the world-
wide manufacture and sale of offi ce equipment centered on A3 MFPs
(multi-functional peripherals) and A4 MFPs based on laser printers, as
well as equipment maintenance services and IT solutions.
Production print fi eld
In addition to the existing “business convenience store” business fi eld,
offering services related to intensive in-house printing as well as
copying and data printouts, the Company is involved in manufacture
and sales of equipment for digital printing and related solution services
in the commercial printing fi eld where high market growth is expected
going forward, driven by small lot printing of multiple items.
Display materials fi eld
Konica Minolta Advanced Layers, Inc. develops TAC fi lm for LCD
polarizers and VA-TAC fi lm for increasing viewing angle, both of which
are widely used in monitors for televisions, PCs and mobile phones.
Moreover, the Company led the industry in commencing mass
production of 25m ultra-thin TAC fi lm for the mobile phone market,
further boosting competitiveness in thin plain TAC fi lm products.
Optics fi eld
Konica Minolta Optics, Inc. has businesses in the manufacture and
sale of pickup lenses for optical disks, particularly objective lenses
used in DVD and Blu-ray Disc™ drives for AV equipment and PCs,
glass substrates for HDDs used mainly in 2.5-inch hard disks for
notebook PCs, digital cinema projector lenses, interchangeable
lenses for digital cameras and zoom lens units for compact digital
cameras.
Measuring instruments fi eld
Operations include the manufacture and sale of industrial and medical
measuring instruments including light source color measuring instru-
ments such as chroma meters used in quality control of displays and
LED illumination modules for smartphones and other applications
during the manufacturing process and display color analyzers.
Market position (Konica Minolta estimate)Market position (Konica Minolta estimate)
Market position (Konica Minolta estimate)
A3 color MFPs: Top-level share in markets outside Japan Top ranking share of global market
Share by
geographical region
Share by
geographical region
Top share
Top global market share
Supply of highly profi table, high-end lenses for digi-
tal SLR cameras based on technology accumulated
over many years
VA-TAC fi lm for increas-
ing viewing angle
Plain TAC for LCD polarizers
Industry standard
Light source
color measuring
instruments
Interchangeable
lenses for digital
SLR cameras
Ranked 2nd in
industry
TAC fi lms
North America
No. 2
North America
No. 1
Europe
No. 2
Europe
No. 1
China
No. 1
China
No. 2
Japan
No. 5
Japan
No. 1
2