History of Fuji Xerox (1990-1999)

Management

Products

1990	Establishes Fuji Xerox General Business, Co., Ltd.

	Begins Social Service Program.

	Acquires management and property rights of four Asia-Pacific countries from Rank Xerox.
1991	Establishes Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. in Singapore to consolidate operations in the AP region.

	Introduces The Document Company concept.

	Jointly with Xerox Corporation, establishes Xerox International Partners to sell low-end printers in North America and Europe.
1992	Establishes Hasu Club to promote social welfare using money donated from employees' salaries.

	Establishes FX Palo Alto Research Center in California.
1993	Fuji Xerox and Affiliates eliminate use of freon in all operations.
1994	Re-enters the Vietnamese market after 19 years absense.

	Begins production of large textbooks for the visually impaired.
1995	Introduces new corporate logo.

	Begins full-fledged document services business.

	Establishes Corporate Research Laboratories at Nakai.

	Establishes a printer manufacturing subsidiary in Shenzhen, China.
1996	Wins the "Corporate Community Contributor" award from the Asahi Shimbun Cultural Foundation.

	Begins incorporation of recycled parts to a production line with an aim to achieve zero-waste.
1997	Establishes Assist V Co., Ltd.

	Begins BookPark customized publishing service.

	Takematsu Plant achieves zero-waste.

	All domestic plants acquire ISO 14000.
1998	Cooperates with the Mainichi, Yomiuri and Asahi Newspapers to publish color-on-demand special editions for the Nagano Olympic Games.

	Acquires full ownership of Fuji Xerox Korea Co., Ltd.

	Begins Multivendor service business.

	Establishes a photoreceptor drum manufacturing plant in Shenzhen Plant.

	Develops privilege-based authentication system, DDSA.

	Wins the Minister's Award for Activities That Protect Against Global Warming" from the Environmental Agency.
1999	Strengthens corporate governance by introducing corporate officers management.

	Introduces 100kW solar energy power generation at Ebina Plant.

	Begins new Internet service to provide financial statements using DDSA.

	Begins new Internet service to sell manga using DDSA.

	Renowned novelist, Ryu Murakami, joins BookPark.

1990

1990	Launches new recycled copy paper.

	Launches the Able 3015, a fax/copy/print machine.

	Launches the Argoss 5230 and GlobalView UNIX workstations.
1991	Unifies analog machines to Vivace series and digital machines to Able series.

	Launches the Vivace 800/810 high-speed copy machine incorporating finishing functions.

	Launches the new Able series incorporating one pass-two color technology.
1992	Launches the Acolor 635 / 630 full-color digital copy machine.

	Introduces Akane document processing software.

1993	Introduces the Able 3201 / 3200 multifunction machines.

	Launches the full-color print system, the Acolor ICS Series.

	Launches the DochTech Production Publisher M135 for on-demand printing and publishing.
1994	Launches the BrainTech 8180 alpha, the first digital copy machine with simultaneous red and black printing for engineering drawings.

	Launches the Laser Wide low-end laser printer.

	Introduces the 4480 LPS, the high-speed EDP laser printer with simultaneous red and black printing.
1995	Launches the Acolor 935 / 930 full-color copy machines for high quality color prints.

	Launches the New Able multifunction series with separate scanner and printing modules.

	Launches the DocuTech Network Publishing System.

	Launches the DocuColor 4040, the world fastest full-color copy machine.

	Launches the LiveBoard 3, an electronic interactive conferencing system.
1996	Launches the DocuStation IM200 that uses barcode Glyph Codes to merge paper with digital documents.

	Introduces the EDMICS 2000 integrated engineering management system.
1997	Launches the DocuColor Press Server for short-run color printing.

	Launches eight new models of the Able Series incorporating network functions.
1998	Introduces the Color Laser Wind 3310, the first A3-capable desktop full-color laser printer in the industry.

	Launches Fuji Xerox's first inkjet printer, the Jet Wind 300C.

	Launches the new network-capable multifunction digital DocuCentre series.

	Launches the XC 1280, Fuji Xerox's first compact copy machine for personal use.
1999	Launches new output management software PrintXchange .

	Launches the DocuColor 1250 series, high-speed, high-image quality full-color digital multifunction machine.

	Launches the world's fastest monochrome digital publishing system DocuTech 6180.

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