Konica Minolta Co. posted a 2.6x gain in net profit to 14.6 billiion Yen for the first half of fiscal 2014., ending on September 30, 2014. The total sales were 478.5 billion Yen, up by 6% year-on-year. The Information Product segment sales rose by 9.1% to 381.1 billion Yen and the operating profit by 12% to 30.2 billion Yen, owing to the sales of A3 colour MF photocopiers … [Read more...]

Tiffen has launched a new range of Neutral Density (ND) filters in the XLE series that can reduce the red colour cast while shooting at long exposures, which is a common problem faced by photographers using ND filters. There are 3 filters in the series—Axent, Advantix and Apex. The Axent is a 10-stop ND filter without infrared control. The Advantix can cut wavelengths of around … [Read more...]

Samsung will spend up to $15 billion to build a semi-conductor plant in South Korea to meet the rising demand for the chips that power mobile devices. The construction at the plant in Gyeonggi province of South Korea, will begin in the first half of 2015, with operations due to commence in 2017. The factory will have the capacity to produce both memory and processor chips. … [Read more...]

Fujifilm Holdings reported its April-September financial results, saying the net profit rose by 29% year-on-year to 40.6 billion Yen on a revenue of 1.182 trillion Yen; a slight rise from the 1.174 trillion Yen in 2013. Profit in operation increased by 25% to 71.5 billion Yen. The revenue of Imaging Solutions fell by 4.2% to 168.9 billion Yen and profit turned black, to 4.6 … [Read more...]

On November 3, 2014, Canon India announced that Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, the company’s Executive Vice- President will be moving on an international assignment to Canon Singapore, which is the headquarter of its South East and South Asia business operations. The change is effective from January 1, 2015. Dr. Bharadwaj will be heading the Corporate Strategy Group as the Senior Vice … [Read more...]