News 2006

Nov. 28, 2006	Fujifilm to Invest 24 Billion Yen to Construct a New Plant for Flat Panel Display Materials at its Kanagawa Factory To develop and manufacture Ultra-Wide FUJITAC compatible with larger LCD TVs and work toward the development of environmentally friendly materials
Oct. 30, 2006	FUJITAC Factory starts production in Kyushu A new advanced factory to meet expanding demand for LCDs
Oct. 10, 2006	Fujifilm Acquires Graphic Arts Business in Oceania, Building Direct Sales System
Sep. 25, 2006	A new standard of image quality for digital X-ray inspection systems Newly Developed Fujifilm Computed Radiography Dynamix HR
Sep. 19, 2006	New Management Structure for Fujifilm Group Starts on October 1 with a new holding company “FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation” at the core
Sep. 14, 2006	Fujifilm Enters Healthcare Field, Expands Life Science Business Starts New Business with Functional Skin Care Cosmetics “F Square i” and Internal Care Products “F Cube i”.
Sep. 11, 2006	Fujifilm acquires all shares of Daiichi Radioisotope Laboratories, a leading manufacturer of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. Expands its medical imaging business into the area of nuclear medical imaging diagnosis and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals
Aug. 22, 2006	Fujifilm and SVA Electron Co. Ltd establish joint venture to manufacture color filters for TFT LCDs in Shanghai
Jul. 12, 2006	The world's first approval for Computed Radiography Fujifilm Receives FDA Pre-Market Approval (PMA) for the mammography application of its “FCR system”
Jul. 12, 2006	Fujifilm Unveils New Corporate Brand Logo Aims to Strengthen Corporate Brand in Accordance with New Group Management Structure
Jun. 30, 2006	Fujifilm Announces Price Increases for Medical Imaging Films.
Jun. 20, 2006	Fujifilm and Dentsu Announce the Establishment of F2M Inc. as a Joint Venture Specializing in Internet and Mobile Phone e-marketing
Jun. 13, 2006	Fujifilm Acquires Dimatix, Inc., the Top U.S. Industrial Inkjet Printhead Manufacturer Expands its Inkjet Business by Integrating Leading Edge Materials Technologies and Printhead Technology
May 19, 2006	Fujifilm Technology Key to IBM Demo of Multiple Terabyte Storage
May 17, 2006	Fujifilm Announces Price Increases for Photosensitive Material Products.
Apr. 27, 2006	New management structure for "Second Foundation" "FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation" to Launch on October 1
Apr. 21, 2006	FinePix F30, Frontier 500 and Fujichrome T64 Professional Win the European 2006 TIPA Awards
Apr. 17, 2006	Fusion of diversified advanced technologies creates new value for customers! Intellectual Fusion, Innovation, and Value Creation: Opening of “FUJIFILM Advanced Research Laboratories”
Apr. 6, 2006	Accelerating Response to Rapid Growth in LCD Demand Fujifilm to Build 2nd and 3rd Factories in Kumamoto
Apr. 3, 2006	Fujifilm Establishes a Branch Office in India to Further Expand Business
Mar. 29, 2006	FUJIFILM Electronic Materials wins Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier award.
Mar. 17, 2006	The Life Science page has been renewed. Information on the new product, QuickGene-610L, has been added.
Mar. 13, 2006	Fujifilm and Noritsu Koki to Form Global Alliance in Photofinishing Field Aiming to Enhance “Retail Printing” Services
Mar. 7, 2006	Fujifilm announces price increase of pre-press consumables.
Mar.2, 2006	FinePix F30 and GetPix Kiosk VP3 receive DIMA 2006 Innovative Digital Product Award.
Feb. 22, 2006	Fujifilm announces investment into Perseus Proteomics, a biopharmaceutical venture firm, makes full fledged entry into the antibody-based therapeutics business.
Feb. 22, 2006	Fujifilm, Konica Minolta and Eastman Kodak Establish EVERPLAY Standard. New standard encourages industry participation to develop compatible products and services for digital photos and motion images.
Feb. 14, 2006	PMA 2006, Orlando
Jan. 31, 2006	Fujifilm's Optimization of Business Structure in the Imaging Solutions Segment and Future Business Development Propelling New Growth Strategies: Addressing profitability in the Imaging Solutions segment through drastic future-oriented reforms
Jan. 19, 2006	Fujifilm's statement regarding its photography business
Jan. 19, 2006	Fujifilm Develops New Graded Index Plastic Optical Fiber “LUMISTAR-X” -Enables High-speed transmission greater than 10Gbps, the world's highest standard -Easy-to-handle and Suitable for the internal appliance wiring
Jan. 16, 2006	Fujifilm Buys Medical Imaging Products Distributor, Medical Equipment Service and Maintenance Company in France.