Fuji Xerox

The Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.. was founded by the two companies, Fuji Photo Film and Rank Xerox in 1962 as a 50:50 partnership to deal with its photocopiers to enable Rank Xerox easier access to the market in Japan and the Pacific Rim. Both companies were doing well each access to patents, technologies and products of the other partner.

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.. is now a joint venture between Fuji Photo Film Co. ( 75%) and Xerox ( 25%). It has a turnover of around eight billion dollars and employs around 30,000 staff in the Asia -Pacific region, including more than 20,000 employees in Japan.

Originally planned as a marketer of Rank - Xerox products in Asia, Fuji Xerox began later to develop their own copiers. Fuji Xerox is responsible for many technical innovations (for example, the first multi-function printers in the world, the " Xero Printer 100 ", marketed since 1987) and is also the manufacturer of many devices sold by Xerox.

Since 1991, Fuji Xerox " The Document Company " is called, the term was in 1995 incorporated into the company logo.

Xerox sold on 20 December 2000 the Division China for 550 million U.S. dollars to Fuji Xerox. Under the agreement, all production, sales and service areas in China and Hong Kong have been transferred to Fuji Xerox.

In the field of digital printing (Print On Demand) between Fujifilm and Xerox since the establishment of Fuji Xerox as a joint venture company in 1962, a close connection. Fuji Xerox DocuColor produced since 1962, the product line of digital printing systems for Xerox. 2001 Fuji Xerox has been integrated in the Fujifilm Group and is today together with the Fujifilm Fujifilm Corporation holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.