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History of Fuji Xerox(1960-1980)

Management Products
1962 Fuji Photo Film and Rank Xerox establish Fuji Xerox as a joint venture, capitalized at 200 million yen (equity ratio: 50/50).
Launches the Fuji Xerox 914.
1965 Enters the Philippines market, and later establishes a joint venture or appoints agents in other AP regions.
1966 Opens Xerox Knowledge Inn showroom.
1969 Establishes showroom at its headquarters.

1960
1962 Launches the Fuji Xerox 914.
1970 Launches the Beautiful Campaign.
1971 Acquires Takematsu Plant and Iwatsuki Plant from Fuji Photo Film and Iwatsuki Kohki, respectively, to establish an integrated manufacturing and sales organization.
Ebina Plant begins operations.
1974 Increases capitalization to 10 billion yen.
1975 Begins TV broadcasting of "The Special by Xerox."
1977 Establishes The Setsutaro Kobayashi Memorial Fund.
1979 Establishes Fuji Xerox Office Supply Co., Ltd.
Establishes sales subsidiaries in major prefectures in Japan with local capital, and later expands to comprise a nationwide network.

1970
1972 Launches office facsimile machine, the Xerox Telecopier II, developed by Xerox Corporation.
1973 Launches the Fuji Xerox 2200, the first internally developed copy machine.
1975 Launches the Fuji Xerox 6500 full-color copy machine.
Launches the Fuji Xerox 125 System in the medical equipment market.
1977 Launches the Fuji Xerox 210 Telecopier, a high-resolution facsimile machine.
1978 Begins export of the Fuji Xerox 2202 to Rank Xerox.
Launches the Fuji Xerox 3500, a compact, high-speed, and high-performance copy machine.
Launches the Fuji Xerox 2080, an A1 copy machine.
Launches the Fuji Xerox 9700EPS electronic printing system.
1980 Receives The Deming Prize in recognition for its excellence in quality control.
1982 Enters the education field
Establishes Corporate Research Lab at Ebina Plant
Establishes Suzuka Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Establishes Fuji Xerox Distribution Co., Ltd.
1984 Develops the world's first adhesion-type amorphous silicon image sensor.
Opens the Tsukahara Training Center.
Establishes Fuji Xerox Information System Co., Ltd.
1985 Establishes Fuji Xerox Engineering Co., Ltd.
1986 Plays central role in successful testing of interconnecting MHS.
Opens the Electronics Technical Training Center.
1987 The Ebina quality control circle receives the Nikkei Quality Control Prize in the All-Japan QC Circle Gold Prize Contest.
Opens Document Management Center at its HQ.
1988 Starts experiment of Shiki Satellite Office and Kumamoto Resort Office.
Introduces the New Work Way program.
Establishes Fuji Xerox Career Net Co., Ltd., MCM Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. and Fuji Xerox System Service Co., Ltd.
Establishes Fuji System Brain Co., Ltd. and Protex Co., Ltd. under the venture business program.
1989 Increases capitalization from 10 billion to 20 billion yen.
Opens Musashino Community Office in Tokyo.
Introduces new uniforms proposed by female employees.
Establishes Fuji Xerox Learning Institute, Inc.

1980
1980 Launches the Fuji Xerox 4800, a high-speed copy machine with automatic duplex function.
1982 Launches the Fuji Xerox 8000INS, an advanced information processing system utilizing the Ethernet.
Launches the TALK series for PCs and the JWP series for Japanese-language word processors.
1983 Launches the Fuji Xerox 1100SIP super PC for artificial intelligence (AI) development.
1984 Launches a large-area contact-type CCD sensor.
1985 Licenses the Smalltalk-80 AI programming languages to other companies.
Launches the first AI workstation in Japan, the Fuji Xerox 1121.
Launches the Fuji Xerox 6800 full-color PPC.
1986 Launches the Fuji Xerox 6060 workstation.
Launches an integrated printing and editing system, the Fuji Xerox ICPS.
1987 Launches the Fuji Xerox Xero Printer 100, the world's first machine incorporating print and copy functions.
Launches the Fuji Xerox 1161, with Japanese Smalltalk-80.
Launches the space-saving front-feed 5030 copy machine.
1988 Launches the Sharaku hand-held copy machine.
Launches the 5080, large-size multifunction machine.
Launches the digital full-color EC-10 copy machine.
Launches the multifunctional 8083-J Star workstation.
Launches the high-speed, multifunction 5075/5055 copy machine.
1989 Launches the world's fastest 5090 copy machine.
Launches the Able 3010, a fax/copy machine.
Launches the EDMICS.

 

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