History of Fujifilm Cameras

Since its founding in 1934, Fujifilm Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Fujifilm") has continued to move forward at a determined pace to become one of the world's largest comprehensive manufacturers and suppliers of imaging, information, and document processing products and services. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and is headed by Shigetaka Furumori, President and CEO. As of March 2006, consolidated net sales of $23.6 billion, registered capital of $377 million, 75,845 employees, listed in the 2006 Forbes Global 500, No. 313, Fortune Global 500, No. 258.

FUJIFILM has been actively expanding overseas since the late 1960s, and has built a strong global network of production, sales and service. The Fujifilm Group currently consists of Fujifilm Corporation, 224 subsidiaries and 40 affiliated companies engaged in research and development, manufacturing, software development, marketing and purchasing, and related business activities in more than 200 countries and regions around the world, with overseas sales amounting to nearly 50% of consolidated net sales.

Fujifilm currently has three major business fields: 1. the imaging business field, which includes two product groups (film, cameras, photographic paper, chemicals, and processing equipment), both traditional and digital; 2. the information business field, which includes products for printing systems, medical systems, liquid crystal materials, and recording media; and 3. document processing equipment (photocopiers, printers, and other equipment), which is manufactured and sold by Fuji Xerox, a subsidiary of Fujifilm. 3. the document business field consisting of document processing equipment (copiers, printers, multifunctional digital printing centers, consumables, etc.) manufactured and sold by Fuji Xerox, a subsidiary of Fujifilm.

The corporate brand was ranked three hundred and sixty-eighth in the 2006 World Brand 500 list compiled by the World Brand Lab.