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Acquisition of major U.S.-based display
inspection system manufacturer
As an initiative involving the global display testing market, in August
2015 Konica Minolta acquired Radiant Vision Systems, a leading
manufacturer that supplies inspection systems based on customer
specifications.
Growth in the market for digital products in recent years has
boosted demand for systems capable of reliably detecting the
scratches and defects that can impact these products’ quality. This
acquisition has allowed for a synergy between the visual inspection
systems for which Radiant excels and the color measuring
technologies that are Konica Minolta’s forte.
New potential business as
a result of Radiant
acquisition
Manufacturing inspection segment
(visual inspection)
Range covered by our
current measuring
instruments business
Object color Light-source
color
Food
packaging
Automobile
exterior
Electrical appliances,
plastics
Automobiles
Foods
Expansion by
acquisition of IS
Lighting
Displays
Display external
• Growth strategies
In the measuring instruments segment, the December 2012
acquisition of Instrument Systems, a major German manufacturer
of measuring devices used with lighting applications, led to a
significant strengthening of our technologies for measuring light-
source color. In Phase 0, in addition to pushing this business
segment to a “genre-top” position, we will be focusing on acquiring
new GMA (global major accounts) in the display inspection field in
the automobile industry and high-growth industries including
smartphones and tablets. This will involve providing services that
incorporate new technologies, including color solutions and cloud
services (see market forecasts in the figure at bottom right).
Phase 1 will emphasize the expansion of business in
peripheral segments by leveraging technologies and expertise
developed in light-source color and other such areas in which
Konica Minolta excels. One such initiative is focusing on the
growing FA measurement market, which involves conducting
wide-ranging visual inspections of production lines, an area that
has been reinforced with the acquisition of Radiant Vision Systems.
Our entry into FA measurement is a step towards digital
manufacturing services, one of the themes under Phase 2.
Manufacturing automation is heating up of late. This can be seen in
the growing interest for Industry 4.0, an idea promoted in Germany
in recent years that seeks to create smart factories using digital
technologies. This trend will further heighten the importance of
conducting visual inspections as part of the inspection process.
This is a chance to create new business opportunities by
supporting digital manufacturing through the use of Konica
Minolta’s highly sophisticated light and color measuring
technologies.
In the industrial and professional lens segment, sales were
strong for optical units for projectors and interchangeable lenses.
Konica Minolta also has a high market share in pickup lenses,
which are used mainly in home gaming devices. In Phase 0, we will
establish a revenue base by capturing a significant share of the
market in this domain.
One aspect of Phase 1 will involve further refining Konica
Minolta’s technologies involving optical design and high-definition
optical processing, two areas in which Konica Minolta excels. The
other will center on establishing the component and unit
technologies that we have so far developed and shifting away from
the consumer-electronics applications that have been a mainstay
towards growth domains such as automobiles, healthcare, optical
communication, and projectors.
Looking to the future, Phase 2 will see us working towards
becoming a company that can provide peace of mind and high
added value to society as a whole by continuing to provide some
of the very best optical devices in the industry.
Roadmap for growth Smartphone and tablet market trends and forecasts
Phase 0
Light-source
measuring instruments
Expand measuring
instruments domain
Expand optical
systems domain
• Projector domain
• Automotive optical
systems
Lenses for industrial
and professional use
BD pickup lenses
for game consoles
Digital manufacturing
Phase 2Phase 1
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180
120
60
0(CY
)
20132012 2014 2015
(forecast)
211
156
100
191
* Base index: CY2012=100
* Konica Minolta data.
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