Konica Minolta Company History

Our Philosophy

At the heart of Konica Minolta is a single, patient commitment — the creation of new value for customers, for partners, and for society. It is a philosophy inherited from a 150‑year Japanese lineage of imaging, optics, and craftsmanship, and it shapes every decision we make today. In India, this philosophy finds its own rhythm. By understanding what our customers actually need, pairing that with world‑class Japanese engineering, practical understanding, and responsive service, year after year, and helping form the quiet foundation of a workplace. “The best technology is the one you don’t have to notice—until it quietly makes everything else possible.”

Konica

The Konica story begins quietly in a narrow Tokyo street in 1873, where Rokusaburo Sugiura opened a small shop called Konishiya Rokubeiten to sell lithographic and photographic tools. A single photograph of himself, taken at twenty-five, had been enough to spark a life-long fascination with the new art of image-making.

Over the next hundred years, that small shop grew into Konishiroku Honten and eventually Konica Corporation — pioneering Japan’s first photographic paper, the first branded mass-produced camera, the first domestic X-ray film, and the first Japanese-made colour film. Konica became synonymous with images the nation could call its own. This heritage of craftsmanship and precision continues to shape the way Konica Minolta approaches imaging and technology today.

Minolta

In 1928, a young Kazuo Tashima returned from Europe carrying a belief: that Japan could build its own cameras with that thought he founded Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shoten in Hyogo, inviting German engineers to train a local team.

From those early workshops rose Minolta — the company that would place cameras aboard Friendship 7 and Apollo 11, open the era of autofocus SLR photography with the α-7000, and refine optical technology that quietly powered compact discs, DVDs and Blu-ray for decades. Minolta was precision, curiosity and the courage to try a new thing first.

Konica Minolta

In August 2003, after decades of partnership in business technologies, Konica Corporation and Minolta Co., Ltd. integrated to form Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., a single company with a shared vision for the future of imaging. In 2013, seven group companies were consolidated under one name: Konica Minolta, Inc. marking the transition from a legacy of cameras and film into a digital‑driven future built around intelligent workplaces and integrated solutions.

Today, the combined company is built on three quiet commitments: to craft technology that genuinely helps people work and live better; to deepen customer trust through consistent quality; and to give shape to ideas—through print, medical imaging, the intelligent workplace, and every new chapter still ahead.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Incorporated on 1 July 2010 and registered with the Registrar of Companies, Delhi, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. — carries a 150-year Japanese heritage into the Indian market as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta, Inc.

From a single office in Gurgaon, the company has grown into a pan-India presence serving enterprises across production printing, office multifunction devices, industrial and label printing, — more recently — unified communications. Its portfolio ranges from the flagship Office MFPs & Commercial Printer range to managed content services, enterprise content management and the Optimised Print Services (OPS) platform. For over a decade, the company has maintained market leadership in the production print segment, driving digital transformation across production environments. Its comprehensive portfolio includes digital production printers, industrial and label presses, office multifunction devices, workflow automation platforms and Smart Workplace Solutions, all designed to help organizations improve productivity, operational efficiency and sustainability. Through this complete ecosystem of hardware, software and services, Konica Minolta enables secure information access, efficient document workflows and centrally managed printing environments across organizations

For over a decade, the company has maintained market leadership in the production print segment, driving digital transformation across production environments. Its comprehensive portfolio includes digital production printers, industrial and label presses, office multifunction devices, workflow automation platforms and Smart Workplace Solutions, all designed to help organizations improve productivity, operational efficiency and sustainability. Through this complete ecosystem of hardware, software and services, Konica Minolta enables secure information access, efficient document workflows and centrally managed printing environments across organizations

Through this complete ecosystem of hardware, software and services, Konica Minolta enables secure information access, efficient document workflows and centrally managed printing environments across organizations