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...Permira teamed up with Japan’s Konica Minolta while KKR, which acquired Panasonic’s healthcare business for $1.7bn in 2013, partnered with trading house Mitsui to enter the race....
...Fujifilm climbed 6.2 per cent to Y1,388, making it the second-biggest riser on the Nikkei, while Konica Minolta Holdings, which makes optical devices as well as film for medical imaging, was just behind,...
...The funding for his new store came from imaging company Konica Minolta, an example of the trend for large companies helping out their smaller trade partners when banks are not lending....
...Through a combination of corporate moves, both Konica and Minolta’s camera businesses have been bought by other firms....
...Konica Minolta’s photo imaging business is expected to suffer a third year of losses, after a Y6.6bn loss in the year to March 2004 and an Y8.6bn loss last year....
...Nikon last month said it would discontinue most film cameras while Konica Minolta will withdraw entirely from the film and traditional camera business and transfer some assets in digital cameras to Sony....
...In 2004, Kodak opened a major medical imaging centre in Shanghai. Kodak believes it has some other aces up its sleeve....
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