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Kyocera Corporation
京セラ株式会社
Public (TYO: 6971 ), (NYSE: KYO)
FoundedApril 1959
Headquarters Kyoto, Japan
Key peopleMakoto Kawamura, President and COO
IndustryPrinters, Digital Imaging Systems Electronic devices, telecom equipment, semiconductor components, applied ceramic products
Revenue$2.933 billion USD (2006)
Employees61,468
WebsiteGlobal Portal
Kyocera Corporation (京セラ株式会社 Kyōsera Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company based in Kyoto, Japan. The company was founded as Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. (京都セラミツク株式会社 Kyōto Seramikku Kabushiki-gaisha) in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori. It manufactures ceramics and printing-related devices, as well as a comprehensive line of imaging products. Kyocera acquired the famous Yashica Camera Company Ltd. in 1983, along with Yashica's prior licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss, and manufactured a line of high-quality film and digital cameras under the Yashica and Contax trade names. Under intense competition by other manufacturers, and hampered by limited marketing and increased production costs, Yashica and Contax failed to increase market share. Kyocera abandoned all film and digital camera production in 2005. In January 2000, Kyocera acquired photocopier manufacturer Mita Industrial, and a month later they bought the mobile phone manufacturing operations of San Diego, California-based QUALCOMM to form Kyocera Wireless.

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Headquarters of Kyocera in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan
In the 1980s, Kyocera marketed high-end audio components, such as CD players, receivers, turntables, and cassette decks. These featured unique elements, including Kyocera ceramic-based platforms, and are sought by collectors to the present day. At one time, Kyocera owned the famous KLH brand founded by Henry Kloss, though Kloss and the original Cambridge design and engineering staff had left the company by the time of the Kyocera purchase. In 1989, Kyocera stopped production of audio components and sought a buyer for the KLH brand.

Kyocera introduced a portable LCD screen computer in 1985, the Kyotronic 85. Kyocera also produces ceramics, such as their ceramic knives. The company is currently the shirt sponsor of Reading F.C., of the English Premiership, Kyoto Purple Sanga in the J-League, Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga, and Atlético Paranaense in Brazil. Kyocera also sponsor Atlético's stadium, the Kyocera Arena, and have their insignia on the back of Atlético Madrid's shirts.

In 2003, Kyocera Wireless California started the India subsidiary at Bangalore. It was named Kyocera Wireless India. KWI has tied up with several leading players for providing CDMA services in India. For 2005, Kyocera copiers and printers have received J.D. Power and Associates' highest ranking in their latest customer satisfaction survey.

Kyocera products

Solar cells

Kyocera Corporation has announced a plan to increase its solar cell production to 500 MW per year in 2010. 500 MW is about three times the 2007 output of 180 MW, and the company will reinforce production bases in Japan, the US, Europe and China, investing a total of about ¥30 billion through FY2010. Through this production enhancement, Kyocera looks to meet increasing demand across the world for solar cells. [1][2]

Digital Imaging Products

  • KM-1820
  • KM-1635
  • KM-1650
  • KM-2035
  • KM-2050
  • KM-2550
  • KM-3050
  • KM-4050
  • KM-4230
  • KM-5050
  • KM-5230
  • KM-6330
  • KM-6230
  • KM-7530
  • KM-8030
  • KM-C2550
  • KM-C3225
  • KM-C3232

Laser Printers

  • FS-820
  • FS-920
  • FS-1030d
  • FS-2000d
  • FS-3900dn
  • FS-4000dn
  • FS-9130dn
  • FS-9530dn
  • FS-c5020n
  • FS-c5015n
  • FS-c5025n
  • FS-c5030n
  • FS-c8100dn

Mobile Phones

Phone modelScreen typeReleasedSTechnologyForm factor
1135Monochrome2001DIS-95Candybar
1155Monochrome2001DIS-95Candybar
2119Monochrome2002DIS-95Candybar
Party AnimalMonochrome2002DIS-95, PCSCandybar
2135Monochrome2002DIS-95Candybar
2235Monochrome2003DIS-95Candybar
SupermodelMonochrome2003DIS-95, PCSCandybar
2325Monochrome2003DIS-95Candybar
2345Monochrome2002DIS-95, PCSCandybar
3225Monochrome2003DCDMA2000Candybar
3245Monochrome2003DCDMA2000Candybar
3250Color2004DCDMA2000Candybar
5135Monochrome2003DIS-95Clamshell
7135Color2004DCDMA2000Clamshell
AktivColor2005DCDMA2000Candybar
AngelColor2005DEV-DOSlider
BladeColor2005DCDMA2000Candybar
CandidColor2006DCDMA2000Clamshell
CyclopsColor2006DCDMA2000, PCSCandybar
DoradoColor2006DCDMA2000Candybar
E1000Color2007PCDMA2000Clamshell
E2000Color2007PEV-DOClamshell
EnergiColor2005DCDMA2000, PCSCandybar
JetColor2005DEV-DOSlider
KoiColor2004DCDMA2000Swivel
K112Monochrome2003DIS-95Candybar
K122Color2006PCDMA2000Candybar
K132Color2006PCDMA2000Clamshell
K312/K322/K323Color2006PCDMA2000Clamshell
K352Color2006PCDMA2000Candybar
K404Color2005DCDMA2000Candybar
KX9Color2005DCDMA2000Clamshell
KX12Color2006PCDMA2000Candybar
KX440Color2005DCDMA2000Candybar
M1000Color2007PCDMA2000Clamshell
MarblColor2007PCDMA2000, PCSClamshell
MilanColor2005DCDMA2000Clamshell
OpalMonochrome2003DIS-95Clamshell
OystrColor2006PCDMA2000, PCSClamshell
PhantomColor2005DCDMA2000, PCSCandybar
PhantomColor2005DCDMA2000Candybar
PrismaColor2006PCDMA2000Candybar
RaveColor2004DCDMA2000Candybar
K7 RaveMonochrome2004DCDMA2000, PCSCandybar
K9Monochrome2005DCDMA2000, PCSCandybar
K10 RoyaleColor2005DCDMA2000, PCSCandybar
S1000Color2007PCDMA2000Candybar
Slider SE44Color2004DCDMA2000Slider
Slider SE47Color2004DCDMA2000, PCSSlider
Slider RemixColor2005DCDMA2000Slider
Slider SonicColor2005DCDMA2000, PCSSlider
SoHoColor2005DCDMA2000Clamshell
StrobeColor2005DCDMA2000Clamshell
Switch_BackColor2005DCDMA2000, PCSClamshell
TopazColor2005DCDMA2000Clamshell
XcursionColor2005DCDMA2000Clamshell
pdQMonochrome2002DIS-95Clamshell
QCP 2000Monochrome2001DIS-95Candybar
QCP 3000Monochrome2001DIS-95Candybar
QCP 6000 SmartphoneMonochrome2002DIS-95Clamshell
QCP 820, QCP 1920, QCP 2700Monochrome2000DIS-95Candybar
QCP 800, QCP 1900Monochrome2000DIS-95Candybar
QCP 860, QCP 1960, QCP 2760Monochrome2000DIS-95Candybar
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CONTAX TVS Digital with Zeiss Vario Sonnar 2.8-4.8

Digital Cameras

Film Cameras

35mm Yashica

  • Yashica 35mm SLR cameras (1976-2000):
  • FX-1
  • FX-2
  • FX-3
  • FX-3 Super
  • FX-3 Super 2000
  • FX-D
  • FX-103
  • FR
  • FR-I
  • FR-II
  • 107MP
  • 108MP
  • 109MP
  • 200AF
  • 210AF
  • 230AF
  • 270AF/230 Super
  • 300AF
  • Yashica T4 Super 35mm "point and shoot" camera (now replaced with the newer "Kyocera T4 zoom"), featuring a Zeiss T* lens.

35mm Contax

  • Contax G2 autofocus 35mm SLR camera, with a maximum shutter speed of 1/6000 second, also featuring Zeiss lenses.

Medium format

  • Contax 645

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The company began in December, 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks.
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