The world company mergers, photography and office equipment

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1. Recently, I noticed that Konica and Minolta joined forces together.
What happens to a film company called 'Sakura Film'? Was Sakura Film
part of Konica?
Does Sakura Film still exist?
2. Kyocera and Mita were joining forces too. I recall that Kyocera and
Yashica merged together prior to the KyoceraMita. Who is Mita company?
Is it a German company ? I could not find the history behind the
"Mita" portion of the kyocera Mita.
3. Is Agfa still active in Europe ? What brand name of film do they
produce? Was it a belgian company? A few years back they are selling
digital camera. Is film, photography still their main business?
4. Rollei and Leica. I know that they still exist. How big are they
now ?
Leica went into the GPS (Global Positioning System) market. What about
Rollei with their famous Rolleiflex camera? What are also happened to
Leitz, Zeiss - Ikon, and Minox?
Just curious and thanks for info.
 
1. Recently, I noticed that Konica and Minolta joined forces together.
What happens to a film company called 'Sakura Film'? Was Sakura Film
part of Konica?
Does Sakura Film still exist?
2. Kyocera and Mita were joining forces too. I recall that Kyocera and
Yashica merged together prior to the KyoceraMita. Who is Mita company?
Is it a German company ? I could not find the history behind the
"Mita" portion of the kyocera Mita.
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Mita was a popular name in office equipment, especially photocopiers.
I think they were Japanese,
3. Is Agfa still active in Europe ? What brand name of film do they
produce? Was it a belgian company? A few years back they are selling
digital camera. Is film, photography still their main business?
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AFAIK, they still might make film equipment (at least mid consumer
end).
 
3. Is Agfa still active in Europe ? What brand name of film do they
produce? Was it a belgian company? A few years back they are selling
digital camera. Is film, photography still their main business?
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Yes, they're still active, but specializing in medical imaging
technology. And yes, it's a Belgian company (Agfa-Gevaert N.V. - 2640
Mortsel - (Flanders) Belgium).

www.agfa.com for more information.
 
Actually, AGFA is a subsidiary of Bayer - the aspirin company which now
makes much more than little white pills. As for Sakura, that was a brand
name for Konishiroku's film. Finally, Leica Camera is a seperate company
from Leica GeoSystems. It seems that a court ordered that the holdings of
the former Wild-Leitz GMBH had to be split up into three parts. As for
Rollei, Rollei is now Rollei Phototechnique and it is owned by Samsung of
Korea.
Kind regards
John Bateson
 
John Bateson said:
Actually, AGFA is a subsidiary of Bayer - the aspirin company which now
makes much more than little white pills.
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Not likely. Agfa-Gevaert is on the stock-exchange here (Belgium), it's
one of the more prominent companies in my area and they DO make
medical imaging equipment. It might be possible that there's another
AGFA which you're referring to, not Agfa-Gevaert.
 
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