At a conference organized on Feb. 9th in Yokohama, Koeln Messe presented the Photokina Golden Pin to Mr. Michihiro Yamaki, Chairman and CEO of Sigma Corp. Mr. Oliver P. Kuhrt, Vice President of Koeln Messe, praised Mr. Yamaki for his contribution to the imaging industry and long support to Photokina. Mr. Yamaki established Sigma in 1961, and has been a part of Photokina … [Read more...]

Tamron sources revealed that the company posted a net profit of 3.689 billion yen (US$44.98 million) for fiscal 2010 ended December’10, which is a pickup in all the three business sectors. Its operating and ordinary profits were 5.45 billion yen (US$66.4 million) and 5.47 billion yen (US$66.7 million), up 138 percent and 142 percent year-on-year respectively, on total sales … [Read more...]

Panasonic’s quarterly profit jumped 24 percent, driven by strong sales of flat-panel TV’s, auto components and solar panels that offset damage from a strong yen. The Osaka-based maker of Viera plasma Tv’s and Lumix Digital cameras on Wednesday reported 39.98 billion Yen ($490 million) in profit for the October-December quarter, up from 32.36 Yen billion the year before. The … [Read more...]

According to a survey conducted by The Nikkei and Nikkei Research Inc. Panasonic Corp. topped the 14th eco-friendly business management ranking for the second time in a row. They were followed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Toshiba Corp., Sharp Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. The intense involvement of the executives at Panasonic in green business strategy was one of the main … [Read more...]

Olympus Corp. has named Michael Woodford, the head of its European operations, as its next President, effective April 1. Woodford, joined the sales staff at KeyMed, now an Olympus subsidiary, in 1981, and he rose to the present post in 2008. He has earned the trust of the Olympus management by improving the performance of the group’s European operations. He managed to secure … [Read more...]