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September
August December January February March April
2015
NovemberOctober
Cancellation of 20 million treasury shares
August
Acquisition of treasury stock
(approximately 8.72 million shares for 10 billion yen)
October
Launch of industry-specific MCS solutions worldwide,
beginning with North America
Konica Minolta has entered into a global partnership with
U.S.-based Hyland, a world leader with its OnBase ECM solution.
This move allows us to create new added value in customers'
workflows and speed up the expansion of our MCS business.
Office Services
Commercial and Industrial Printing
Business Technologies Business
Healthcare
Healthcare Business
Optical Systems for Industrial Use
Performance Materials
Industrial Business
Strengthening of direct sales system for production printing in Brazil
As the first step in efforts to further strengthen its foothold in the
commercial and industrial printing filed in Brazil, Konica Minolta acquired
Milsul, a company that enjoys high market share in Brazil's two southern states.
Commercial and Industrial Printing January
Healthcare August
Launch of the AeroDR PREMIUM, the
world's lightest* cassette-type digital
X-ray system with improved robustness
Konica Minolta launched the AeroDR PREMIUM,
which features improved robustness and stands
as the world's lightest* cassette-type digital X-ray system.
* As of August 27, 2014
Optical Systems for Industrial Use March
Establishment of measuring instruments sales company in South Korea
to enhance marketing activities primarily in the display industry
Konica Minolta has established a measuring instruments sales company
in South Korea in view of the importance of creating and implementing
customer-centric sales strategies in the country, which is home to many
world-class manufacturers of displays and consumer electronics.
Commercial and Industrial Printing April
Quadrupling the current number of sales branches and
building a direct sales system that drives market share growth in India
Konica Minolta has built a direct sales system for commercial and industrial
printing throughout India as part of efforts to strengthen this segment in emerging
countries, where robust market growth is on the horizon.
Office Services March
Creation of a global system for providing MPM services
Expanding its sphere of MPM service provision in Europe and Asia
Pacific (APAC), Konica Minolta has created a global system that now
encompasses the U.S. and Japan.
Office Services August
Release of strategic MFP for emerging nations
Konica Minolta has launched strategic models of
A3 color MFPs tailored to emerging nations—the
bizhub C281, C221, and C221s—in China, with
other countries to follow.
Office Services October
Global launch of MCS solutions for optimizing
customers' upstream operations
As one cornerstone of business portfolio transformation
for the office services segment, Konica Minolta has begun its
Managed Content Services (MCS) program worldwide with a view
to optimizing the management of customers' massive content.
Performance Materials December
Huis Ten Bosch theme park uses
Konica Minolta's OLEDs in the
world's first* illuminating OLED tulip
Konica Minolta's plastic substrate
flexible OLED lighting panels were used in the
"illuminating OLED tulip" flower illumination, a global
first for OLED lighting. Visitors to this springtime
event saw the night sky light up with some
15,000 OLED lighting panels.
*The first time OLED lighting has been used
in a flower illumination
Development of wide-angle laser radar supporting up to 24 layers
Konica Minolta has developed a laser radar capable of wide-angle scanning.
Even at night, this laser radar can distinguish between people and things
like terrain and structures, and detect and observe people and objects in
real-time, without being affected by streetlights and other lighting.
Optical Systems for Industrial Use January
Launch of a spectrophotometer to support light management
in the printing industry using light-measurement technologies
Konica Minolta has developed the FD-9 auto-scanning spectrophotometer,
which is the world's fastest device* capable of measuring color charts for the
creation of color profiles in general use in the printing industry.
*Among auto-scanning spectrophotometers that use spot measurement as of January 13, 2013.
Acquisition of Indicia, a successful UK-based MMS provider
In order to enhance its MPM services—an area key to
transforming the business portfolio for the commercial and
industrial printing field, Konica Minolta has acquired
UK-based Indicia, a company with extensive experience implementing MMS at
companies that own world-renowned brands.
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