History of Fuji Xerox(1960-1980)
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| 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. |
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1960 |
| 1962 |
Launches the Fuji Xerox 914. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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Establishes sales subsidiaries in major prefectures in Japan with local capital, and later expands to comprise a nationwide network. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Launches the Fuji Xerox 3500, a compact, high-speed, and high-performance copy machine. |
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Launches the Fuji Xerox 2080, an A1 copy machine. |
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Launches the Fuji Xerox 9700EPS electronic printing system. |
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| 1980 |
Receives The Deming Prize in recognition for its excellence in quality control. |
| 1982 |
Enters the education field |
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Establishes Corporate Research Lab at Ebina Plant |
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Establishes Suzuka Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
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Establishes Fuji Xerox Distribution Co., Ltd. |
| 1984 |
Develops the world's first adhesion-type amorphous silicon image sensor. |
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Opens the Tsukahara Training Center. |
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Establishes Fuji Xerox Information System Co., Ltd. |
| 1985 |
Establishes Fuji Xerox Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| 1986 |
Plays central role in successful testing of interconnecting MHS. |
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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. |
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Opens Document Management Center at its HQ. |
| 1988 |
Starts experiment of Shiki Satellite Office and Kumamoto Resort Office. |
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Introduces the New Work Way program. |
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Establishes Fuji Xerox Career Net Co., Ltd., MCM Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. and Fuji Xerox System Service Co., Ltd. |
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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. |
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Opens Musashino Community Office in Tokyo. |
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Introduces new uniforms proposed by female employees. |
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Establishes Fuji Xerox Learning Institute, Inc. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Launches the first AI workstation in Japan, the Fuji Xerox 1121. |
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Launches the Fuji Xerox 6800 full-color PPC. |
| 1986 |
Launches the Fuji Xerox 6060 workstation. |
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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. |
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Launches the Fuji Xerox 1161, with Japanese Smalltalk-80. |
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Launches the space-saving front-feed 5030 copy machine. |
| 1988 |
Launches the Sharaku hand-held copy machine. |
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Launches the 5080, large-size multifunction machine. |
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Launches the digital full-color EC-10 copy machine. |
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Launches the multifunctional 8083-J Star workstation. |
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Launches the high-speed, multifunction 5075/5055 copy machine. |
| 1989 |
Launches the world's fastest 5090 copy machine. |
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Launches the Able 3010, a fax/copy machine. |
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Launches the EDMICS. |
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