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KONICA MINOLTA, INC. Annual Report 2014
Growth drivers in the sensing and performance materials fields
As the leading manufacturer in display light-source color measure-
ment, Konica Minolta has for some time provided the high-quality
measuring instruments that are the industry standard. To meet mea-
surement needs for LED lighting, which has seen rapid growth in
recent years, we welcomed to the Group Instrument Systems GmbH, a
leader in the lighting industry with strengths in technology and mar-
keting, reinforcing our lineup of measuring instruments. As a result,
we achieved the top position in the overall global light-source color
measuring field. Going forward, we are aiming for the genre-top posi-
tion in measuring object color, such as in automobiles and airplanes.
In Performance Materials, Konica Minolta has achieved world-leading
light-generation efficiency with proprietary blue phosphorescent
materials developed in the field of OLED lighting, hailed as the next
generation of lighting. Aiming to develop the business in earnest in
2014, we have built a factory for the mass production of plastic sub-
strate flexible OLED lighting panels, scheduled to begin production in
autumn of the same year. This plant will employ a highly productive
roll-to-roll manufacturing method1 for the world’s first mass produc-
tion of plastic substrate flexible OLED lighting panels with white color
and color tunable functions. Using new value, Konica Minolta is culti-
vating markets in the next-generation lighting business with the aim
of establishing a new genre-top business.
1. Roll-to-roll method: A process in which a long piece of film substrate is wound from one
roll to another. A method for continuously forming patterns on plastic film to produce
functional film
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