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.............................. Konica
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Konica was a Japanese manufacturer of, among other products, film, film cameras, camera accessories, photographic and photo-processing equipment, photocopiers, fax machines and laser printers. The company traced its history back to 1873 (pre-dating Kodak in the photography business) when pharmacist Rokusaburo Sugiura began selling photographic materials at his store in Konishiya Rokubē, which was one of the biggest pharmacy trader in Tokyo at that time. In 1878, Rokusaburō succeeded to his family and renamed Rokuemon VI (Rokudaime Rokuemon). He have gave the original shop to his younger brother and launched a new shop, Konishi Honten (Konishi Main Shop) in Nihonbashi district of Tokyo.
In 1882, Konishi launched a project to product photography related materials in Japan: those products were imported at that time. 1902 Konishi began to sell "Cherry Portable Camera" (チェリー手提用暗函), the first Japanese production of end-user oriented camera. New products were released respectively, and Konishi Main Shop became the leading company of camera in Japan. 1921, old Konishi had his elder son succeed to the family and thus company head with the name, and in this occasion Konishi Honten was turned into a company Konishiroku Honten. The name Konishiroku was taken from the abbraviation of their names, Konishi Rokuemon. Konishiroku released "Konica I" type camera in 1948, after which they would name their own company in 1987.
On August 5, 2003, Konica merged with Minolta to form Konica Minolta. In March 2007 the merged company closed down its photo imaging division, which produced color film, color paper, photo chemicals and digital minilab machines. Its digital SLR camera section was transferred to Sony. Dai Nippon purchased Konica's Odawara factory site and continues to produce paper under its own brand, while Seapac acquired the Konica chemical factory.
Konica was a major producer of 35mm film and related products, including film development processors and printing technology. While never equal to giants like Kodak or Fuji, Konica film was generally acknowledged to be of excellent quality. Originally Konica film and paper was sold the brand name of "Sakura". In the mid 1980's Konica launched its SR range of film, then SR-V (1987), SR-G (1989), Super SR (1991), Super XG (1993), VX and finally "Centuria" in 1999.
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