M&A

Decisive M&A initiatives mainly for creating new businesses in such fields as life science.

Month/Year	Operateing Segment/Line of Business	Activities
March 2008	Information Solution/Life Sciense	Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. became a consolidated subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation through an acquisition of shares conducted
January 2008	Imaging Solution/Labs and Fdi Services	Acquired Germany-based IP Labs GmbH, a developer of online photo service systems
May 2007	Information Solution/Medical Systems	Acquired the endoscope, sonography, and pathology businesses of Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation
December 2006	Information Solution/Medical Systems	Acquired U.S.-based Problem Solving Concepts, Inc., a manufacturer of medical imaging information systems for cardiology
October 2006	Information Solution/Graphic Arts	Acquired the printing plate materials marketing and technical support operations of Graphic Systems Australasia Pty Ltd., a printing systems marketing agency covering Australia and New Zealand
October 2006	Information Solution/Medical Systems	Acquired Daiichi Radioisotope Laboratories Ltd., which was transformed into a wholly owned subsidiary (currently FUJIFILM RI Pharma Co., Ltd.)
July 2006	Information Solution/Inkjet Materials	Acquired U.S.-based industrial inkjet printhead manufacturer Dimatix, Inc. (currently FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.)
March 2006	Information Solution/Medical Systems	Acquired two France-based companies-a medical equipment marketing company, TSR HOLDING S.A., and a medical equipment service maintenance company, FUJI MEDICAL SYSTEMES FRANCE S.A. (currently FUJFILM Medical Systems France S.A.)
January 2006	Imaging Solution/Color Paper and Chemicals	Transformed Sankio Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM FINECHEMICALS CO., LTD. ), into a wholly owned subsidiary
November 2005	Information Solution/Electronic Materials	Acquired Arch Chemicals, Inc.'s 50% shareholding in U.S.-based Planar Solutions, LLC, which is engaged in the development and manufacture of semiconductor-use chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries
June 2005	Information Solution/FPD Materials	Additional investment made in LCD-use polarizing plate manufacturer Sanritz Corporation, increasing Fujifilm's total shareholding in that company to 30%
March 2005	Information Solution/Life Sciense	Joined the Cosmos Alliance (an international organization that encourages technology exchanges to promote the commercialization of leading-edge technologies in the biolife-science field) and made investments in U.S.-based start-up companies
February 2005	Information Solution/Inkjet Materials	Acquired U.K.-based Sericol Group Limited (currently FUJIFILM Sericol Limited), a company with expanding operations in screen printing inks, packaging printing inks, and industrial-use inkjet printer inks
November 2004	Information Solution/Electronic Materials	Acquired microelectronic materials business of U.S.-based Arch Chemicals, Inc., along with 100% of shares in joint venture FUJIFILM ARCH Co., Ltd. (currently FUJIFILM Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.)
April 2004	Information Solution/Graphic Arts	Acquired Hanimex Australasia Pty Ltd. (a distributor covering Australia and New Zealand, currently FUJIFILM Holdings Australasia Pty Ltd.)

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