FUJIFILM’s 90-Year History
Leveraging our foundation of proprietary photographic film technologies, Fujifilm is offering a wide variety of products and services, and has committed to solving society’s greatest challenges.
| Year | Month | History |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Jan. | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., established, based on a government plan to establish a domestic photographic film manufacturing industry. The new company inherited the split-off photographic film operations of Dainippon Celluloid Company Limited. |
| Feb. | Ashigara Factory (currently the Kanagawa Factory Ashigara Site) began operating, producing photographic film, photographic print paper, dry plates, and other photosensitive materials | |
| 1938 | Jun. | Odawara Factory (currently the Kanagawa Factory Odawara Site) established |
| 1944 | Mar. | Business operations obtained from Enomoto Kogaku Seiki Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. established |
| 1946 | Apr. | Natural Color Photography Co., Ltd. (name changed to Fuji Color Photo Co., Ltd., in June 1953 and subsequently transformed into Fujicolor Service Co., Ltd.), established |
| 1958 | Aug. | Established Fuji Photo Film do Brasil Ltda. as a subsidiary in Brasil |
| 1962 | Feb. | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., established as joint venture with U.K.-based Rank Xerox Limited (currently Xerox Limited) |
| 1963 | Oct. | Fujinomiya Factory established |
| 1965 | Apr. | Name of Fuji Color Photo Co., Ltd., changed to Fujicolor Service Co., Ltd., and marketing operations of Fuji Color Photo Co., Ltd., split o to establish Fujicolor Trading Co., Ltd. |
| Dec. | Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. (currently FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc.)established in New York State to comprehensively manage business in North America | |
| 1966 | Jun. | Fuji Photo Film (Europe) GmbH (currently FUJIFILM Europe GmbH) established in Düsseldorf to comprehensively manage business in Europe |
| 1972 | Dec. | Yoshida-Minami Factory established |
| 1982 | Aug. | Netherlands-based Fuji Photo Film B.V. (currently FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V.) established as the Fujilm Group's principal manufacturing company in Europe |
| 1987 | Mar. | Germany-based Fuji Magnetic GmbH (a recording media manufacturing company, currently FUJIFILM Recording Media GmbH) established |
| 1988 | Jul. | U.S.-based Fuji Photo Film, Inc. (currently FUJIFILM Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc.) established in South Carolina as the Fujifilm Group's principal manufacturing company in the United States |
| 1990 | Nov. | Fuji Xerox obtained marketing rights for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia from Rank Xerox Limited (currently Xerox Limited) |
| 1993 | Oct. | Acquired 51% of outstanding shares in Chiyoda Medical Co., Ltd. |
| 1995 | Oct. | FUJIFILM Imaging Systems (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., established in Suzhou, China |
| 1996 | Jun. | Hong Kong-based Hong Kong Fuji Photo Logistics, Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Hong Kong Limited), established |
| 1997 | Dec. | Acquired German-based Eurocolor Photonishing GmbH & Co. KG |
| Year | Month | History |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Dec. | Fuji Xerox acquired business rights in China from U.S.-based Xerox Corporation and initiated operations in China |
| 2001 | Mar. | Acquired additional 25% of Fuji Xerox's outstanding shares, increasing the shareholding in that company to 75% and transforming that company into a consolidated subsidiary |
| Oct. | U.S.-based Enovation Graphic Systems, Inc. (a graphic arts materials marketing company,currently FUJIFILM Graphic Systems U.S.A, Inc.), established | |
| 2003 | Apr. | Acquired additional shares in Process Shizai Co., Ltd., (currently FUJIFILM Graphic Systems Co.,Ltd.), transforming that company into a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2004 | Apr. | Chiyoda Medical Co., Ltd., merged into FUJIFILM MEDICAL CO., LTD. |
| Apr. | FUJIFILM Battery Co., Ltd., merged into FUJIFILM AXIA Co., Ltd. | |
| Oct. | FUJIFILM IMAGING Co., Ltd., established. Fujicolor Imaging Service Co., Ltd., and FUJIFILM AXIA Co., Ltd., merged into the new company, which also took over the domestic marketing operations of four major photographic product distributors to unify the Fujifilm Group's domestic imaging solutions marketing operations | |
| Nov. | Acquired microelectronic materials business of U.S.-based Arch Chemicals, Inc., along with 100% of shares in joint venture FUJIFILM ARCH Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.) | |
| 2005 | Feb. | Acquired U.K.-based Sericol Group Limited (currently FUJIFILM Sericol Limited), a company with expanding operations in screen printing inks, packaging printing inks, and industrial-use inkjet printer inks |
| 2006 | Jan. | Transformed Sankio Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM FINECHEMICALS CO., LTD. ), into a wholly owned subsidiary |
| Feb. | Acquired Avecia Inkjet Limited (currently FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants Limited) | |
| Apr. | FUJIFILM Advanced Research Laboratories established | |
| Jul. | Acquired U.S.-based industrial inkjet printhead manufacturer Dimatix, Inc. (currently FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.) | |
| Oct. | Fujifilm Group shifted to a holding company structure centering on the holding company FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, which controls both the Group's two largest companies — FUJIFILM Corporation and Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. | |
| Oct. | Acquired Daiichi Radioisotope Laboratories Ltd., which was transformed into a wholly owned subsidiary (currently FUJIFILM RI Pharma Co., Ltd.) | |
| Dec. | Acquired U.S.-based Problem Solving Concepts, Inc., a manufacturer of medical imaging information systems for cardiology | |
| 2007 | Feb. | Headquarters functions of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, FUJIFILM Corporation, and Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. relocated to the Tokyo Midtown Building |
| Jul. | Established FUJIFILM Business Expert Corporation and concentrated the administrative and human resource operations | |
| 2008 | Jan. | Acquired Germany-based IP Labs GmbH, a developer of online photo service systems |
| Mar. | Established FUJIFILM India Private Limited as a subsidiary in India | |
| Mar. | Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. became a consolidated subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation through an acquisition of shares conducted | |
| Nov. | Acquired U.S.-based Empiric Systems, LLc, a manufacturer of radiology information systems | |
| Dec. | Acquired FUJIFILM-RU, an independent Russian distributor of its medical and imaging products, from Marubeni Corporation | |
| 2009 | Apr. | Fujinon Toshiba ES Systems Co., Ltd. integrated into FUJIFILM Medical Co., Ltd. |
| May | Acquired and transformed FUJIFILM Hungary Co., Ltd., the distributor in Hungary, into a subsidiary (FUJIFILM Hungary Ltd.) | |
| Jun. | FUJIFILM Drug Discovery Research Laboratories established |
| Year | Month | History |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jan. | FUJIFILM USA, Inc. and FUJIFILM Graphic Systems U.S.A. Inc. integrated to establish FUJIFILM North America Corporation |
| Jan. | Fuji Xerox Advanced Technology Co., Ltd. established | |
| Jan. | Fuji Xerox Manufacturing Co., Ltd. established | |
| Feb. | FUJIFILM Pharma Co., Ltd. established | |
| Mar. | Fuji Xerox R&D Square completed | |
| Jun. | Fuji Xerox Vietnam Company Limited established | |
| Jul. | Fuji Xerox acquired Australia's Managed Print Services Provider, Upstream Print Solutions | |
| Aug. | FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.absorbed Solving Concepts Inc. and Empiric Systems, LCC | |
| Oct. | Established FUJIFILM Middle East FZE as a subsidiary in Dubai | |
| Dec. | Transformed the semiconductor CMP slurry manufacturer / distributor US-based Planar Solutions, LLC, into a wholly owned subsidiary | |
| 2011 | Feb. | Acquired a Turkish sales agency for endoscopy products, FILMED TIBBI CIHAZLAR PAZARLAMA VE TICARET A.S. |
| Mar. | Acquired a provider of contract manufacturing and development services for the biopharmaceutical industry, Diosynth RTP, LLC and MSD Biologics (UK) Limited | |
| Apr. | Fuji Xerox Service Creative Co., Ltd. established | |
| Oct. | Established FUJIFILM UKRAINE LLC as a subsidiary in Ukraine | |
| Oct. | Established PT FUJIFILM INDONESIA in Indonesia | |
| Nov. | Established FUJIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS VIETNAM CO., LTD. as a subsidiary in Vietnam (currently FUJIFILM VIETNAM Co., Ltd.) | |
| Nov. | Established FUJIFILM ELECTRONIC IMAGING KOREA as a subsidiary in Korea | |
| 2012 | Mar. | Established Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics, Joint-Venture for the development, manufacturing and sales of biosimilars |
| Mar. | Acquired SonoSite, a pioneer and leader in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound technology | |
| May | Established FUJIFILM South Africa (Pty) Ltd. as a subsidiary in South Africa | |
| May | Established FUJIFILM Middle East FZE, Morocco Coordination Center as a representative office in Morocco | |
| Jun. | Established FUJIFILM Dis Ticaret A.S. as a subsidiary in Turkey | |
| Sep. | Established FUJIFILM Philippines Inc. as a subsidiary in the Philippines | |
| Oct. | Acquired the Business Process Outsourcing division of Australia's largest business service provider, Salmat Limited | |
| 2013 | Jan. | Established FUJIFILM COLOMBIA S.A.S as a subsidiariy in Colombia |
| Jan. | Established FUJIFILM LATIN AMERICA (PANAMA) S.A. as a subsidiariy in Panama | |
| Nov. | Fuji Xerox established Fuji Xerox Hai Phong Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary in Vietnam | |
| Dec. | Established FUJIFILM MYANMAR LIMITED as a subsidiariy in Myanmar | |
| 2014 | Feb. | Established FUJIFILM Tissue Engineering (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. as a subsidiariy in China |
| 2015 | May | Transformed Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., a leading U.S. company in the development and manufacture of iPSCs, into a wholly owned subsidiary |
| Oct. | Established Cellular Dynamics International Japan Co.,Ltd. to launch iPSC business for drug discovery support in Japan | |
| Oct. | Acquired Ultra Pure Solutions, Inc., a high-purity solvent manufacturer | |
| 2016 | Aug. | Acquired Monolis Co., Ltd., an outsourcing provider of veterinary clinical laboratory services (currently Fujifilm Monolis Co., Ltd.) |
| Oct. | Established joint venture Celltrust Animal Therapeutics Co., Ltd. to develop and provide advanced veterinary technologies and services with the focus on regenerative medicine | |
| 2017 | Apr. | Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. became a consolidated subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation |
| 2018 | Apr. | Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. and FUJIFILM Finechemicals Co., Ltd. integrated to establish FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation |
| Jun. | Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. and IS JAPAN CO.,LTD., leading companies of cell culture media, became consolidated subsidiaries of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation | |
| Oct. | FUJIFILM RI Pharma Co., Ltd., TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO., LTD. and Cellular Dynamics International Japan Co.,Ltd. integrated to establish FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co.,Ltd. | |
| 2019 | Apr. | IS JAPAN CO.,LTD. was integrated into FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation |
| Apr. | Established FUJIFILM Wako Bio Solutions Corporation | |
| Jul. | German endoscopic instrument manufacturer medwork GmbH became consolidated subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation | |
| Jul. | FUJIFILM Monolith Co., Ltd. and the veterinary medicine business section of FUJIFILM Medical Co., Ltd. integrated to establish FUJIFILM VET Systems Co., Ltd. | |
| Aug. | Biogen (Denmark) Manufacturing ApS became consolidated subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation | |
| Oct. | Acquired Yokogawa Medical Solutions Corporation to establish FUJIFILM Medical Solutions Corporation | |
| Nov. | FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation to own 100% of Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Year | Month | History |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Feb. | Fuji Xerox acquired Australian office IT services provider, CSG Limited |
| Sep. | Fuji Xerox and Ripcord established a joint venture FUJIFILM RIPCORD to provide services that drive digital transformation (DX) | |
| 2021 | Mar. | Acquired Diagnostic Imaging related-Business from Hitachi, Ltd. and Fujifilm Healthcare Corporation has started business operation |
| Apr. | Changed the company name of Fuji Xerox to FUJIFILM Business Innovation | |
| Apr. | Fuji Xerox integrated the company’s domestic sales departments with all of its Japanese sales subsidiaries and established FUJIFILM Business Innovation Japan Corp. | |
| 2022 | Jan. | FUJIFILM Business Innovation aquired HOYA Digital Solutions Corporation to launch FUJIFILM Digital Solutions Co., Ltd. |
| Mar. | Acquired Shenandoah Biotechnology, Inc., a leading manufacturer of recombinant proteins | |
| Apr. | Acquired a cell therapy manufacturing facility from Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. | |
| May. | FUJIFILM Business Innovation acquired Smart Messaging Services Pty Ltd | |
| Jun. | Acquired European inkjet system integrator UNIGRAPHICA | |
| Oct. | Established FUJIFILM Life Sciences Korea Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary in South Korea to accelerate business growth of cell culture media | |
| 2023 | Jan. | Acquired Digital Pathology Business from Inspirata, Inc. |
| Mar. | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Acquired Australian IT Services Company MicroChannel Services | |
| Jun. | Established FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Japan Corporation | |
| Oct. | Acquired Electronic Chemicals Business from Entegris, Inc. |