CEO Teiichi Goto Comments As Fujifilm Celebrate Their 90th Anniversary
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By Teiichi Goto President, Representative Director & Chief Executive Officer
“On the occasion of Fujifilm’s 90th anniversary, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all our past and current customers, partners and employees, who have supported us throughout our long history.
Established in 1934 as Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. with the mission of producing photographic film for the Japanese domestic market, we have continued to evolve our proprietary technologies and introduce groundbreaking products and services to delight customers around the world.
In 2000, we faced the unprecedented crisis of losing our core photographic film business to the rapid progress of digitalization.
Despite this cultural shift, we reaffirmed our mission to protect and nurture the art of photography and carried on with the strategic realignment of our photographic business.
At the same time, we developed new pillars of growth in healthcare and high-performance materials, and accomplished a major transformation into a company that innovates in a diverse range of businesses on a global scale.
Our experience and resilience in overcoming challenges has honed our speed and agility in always anticipating the future and responding quickly to market opportunities.
This has become a core strength of our front line and continues to support the growth of the Fujifilm Group.
Reflecting on our 90th anniversary, the Fujifilm Group held numerous discussions and focus groups about our role in society and how we contribute to create a brighter future.
From this foundation, we established a new Fujifilm Group Purpose: “Giving our world more smiles.”
For the Fujifilm Group to continue providing innovative value and achieve sustainable growth towards our 100th anniversary and beyond, as an embodiment of our aspirations, our employees -- our driving force --, will propel our Group toward realizing our Purpose.
Our vision for the future is to become a company that creates smiles. We will continue to take on the challenge of learning from the past to shape the future.
By combining the Fujifilm Group’s strengths in technology and the wisdom of our diverse and talented workforce, we will contribute to solving social issues through all of our businesses, as we bring happy smiles to so many around the world. “
About Fujifilm
Fujifilm is a stable, long term partner delivering high quality, technically advanced print solutions that help printers develop competitive advantage and grow their businesses.
The company’s financial stability and unprecedented investment in R&D enable it to develop proprietary technologies for best-in-class printing.
These include pre-press and pressroom solutions for offset, wide-format and digital print, as well as workflow software for print production management.
Fujifilm is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its products and operations, proactively working to preserve the environment, and strives to educate printers about environmental best practice.
