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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