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Konica Minolta believes that as a manufacturer, we must earn the trust and confi dence of society by conscientiously fulfi lling customers’ expectations with respect to product quality and safety. Accordingly, we have made it our overriding goal to fulfi ll customers’ expectations by consistently giving top priority to quality and customer satisfaction and by providing products and services with distinctively high levels of value.

Benefi cial and Safe Products

We shall strive to earn the confi dence of consumers and clients through the development and provision of socially benefi cial products and services with the utmost consideration for safety.

Charter of Corporate Behavior

TAC fi lm used as a protective fi lm for LCDs

PULSOX pulse oximeter

POD System

Print-on-Demand (POD) System: Printing When and in the Amount You Need

Konica Minolta provides a POD system, with its own high-speed multi-functional peripherals (MFP). The POD system, without any proofs or plates, enables the customer to print and bind copies on-demand. Moreover, in the case of digital documents, the customer can print them remotely even at multiple locations simultaneously through communication networks. The system also enables the customer to complete tasks which were not practical with traditional printing methods because of time consumption and economical reasons, such as immediately obtain a copy of a foreign newspaper or a single volume of a rare book.

Thin, light, and energy-effi cient, LCDs are widely used as monitors for TVs, computers, cell phones, car navigation systems, and other products. Konica Minolta is a major producer of triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film, an important material that is used as a protective fi lm for polarizing plates, which are a basic component of LCDs. Since production of TAC films for protecting LCD polarizing plates requires an advanced technology, manufacturers are extremely limited. Meeting the extensive needs for LCDs, Konica Minolta offers a wide array of products and supports the supply of increasingly large, ever-higher image quality LCDs.

The computer-to-plate process, which does not require graphic arts film, has become more widespread in the printing industry in recent years. As a result, digital color proofi ng—another step in which graphic arts fi lm is not needed—has become essential. Konica Minolta’s Digital Konsensus digital proofing system is the answer to this need. In the latest model, Digital Konsensus Premium, Konica Minolta succeeded in reducing waste liquid by about half, compared to previous models, by developing new types of paper and processing agents, as well as an automatic processor that incorporates new cleaning technology.

The PULSOX pulse oximeter is a compact device that measures oxygen saturation in arterial blood by observing changes in the color of hemoglobin in the blood with light shone through the fingertip. With this feature, the pulse oximeter is put to good use in the medical field as an instrument that gives results instantaneously without the need to draw blood. It is mainly used for lung function tests at hospitals, checkups for patients undergoing domiciliary oxygen therapy, and as a simple way of detecting sleep apnea syndrome.

Digital Konsensus Premium

Advanced Protective Films for Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Products

Digital Konsensus Answers Demand for Digital Proofi ng System

Pulse Oximeter Spares Patients Discomfort

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