FUJIFILM Europe’s Open Innovation Hub in the Netherlands: Official Opening Ceremony on March 9, 2016

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FUJIFILM Europe recently announced the establishment of a new facility based in its manufacturing and R&D centre in Tilburg, the Netherlands, called the Open Innovation Hub. This new European facility joins the two sister Open Innovation Hubs in Santa Clara, USA and Tokyo, Japan.

Fujifilm Europe’s Open Innovation Hub: Learn. Image Courtesy of Fujifilm

Fujifilm Open Innovation Hub

Based upon our deep knowledge and expertise in photosensitive material, we have established a technological foundation which is flexible enough to accommodate a wide variety of technical fields and create added value.
We explore the creation of an “exciting future” through innovation by accumulating technical approaches while pioneering new markets.
Open Innovation Hub is the base of “Future Co-Creation,” that would sublimate our imagination and technologies.
We will generate new values and ideas from a technical perspective by integrating a wide range of knowledge which can address social challenges with our technological expertise.

Future Co- Creation: Provision of Technology X Your Wants
Generate business solutions for various social challenges
by collaborative creation with our core technologies for the future.

Fujifilm’s Core Technologies

The Open Innovation Hub in Europe is located in Oudenstaart 1 5047 TK Tilburg The Netherlands.

Fujifilm Europe’s Open Innovation Hub: Encounter. Image Courtesy of Fujifilm

The Open Innovation Hub is a place where people gather to discuss society’s and industrial challenges, and get inspired to create or co-create innovative solutions. Solving needs is what makes our innovations truly create value. Now and in the future. Let’s find a way to create a better future together!

Visit the Hub in Europe

Fujifilm Europe’s Open Innovation Hub: Touch. Image Courtesy of Fujifilm

Open Innovation is about listening to the customer and innovating together.

Fujifilm has a strong desire to help solve issues that affect society, such as health and environmental issues. To do that we need to be able to share our intentions with other interested organizations and develop long term relationships with them in order to innovate together as partners.
N. Yanagihara
Fujifilm Corporation, General Manager,
Innovation & Strategy Planning Division

The official opening ceremony of the Open Innovation Hub will take place on March 9^th.

To request an invitation to visit the Hub in Europe, please go to http://www.fujifilminnovation.eu/visit-the-hub.

NEWS RELEASE

Announcement of Open Innovation Hub in Europe

Fujifilm opens its doors for future co-creation

23.02.2016

FUJIFILM Europe is pleased to announce the establishment of a new facility based in its manufacturing and R&D centre in Tilburg, the Netherlands, called the Open Innovation Hub. This new European facility joins the two sister Open Innovation Hubs in Santa Clara, USA and Tokyo, Japan. The official opening ceremony will take place on March 9^th.

Visitors to the Open Innovation Hub will be taken on a trip through the evolution of Fujifilm, the company’s production portfolio and core technologies. After this tour, visitors can discuss and identify possible collaboration opportunities to find innovative solutions to technological challenges.

Today Fujifilm is launching a new website: www.fujifilminnovation.eu. The new website will allow visitors to gain a greater understanding of Fujifilm’s open innovation culture and features a broad show case of technology ideas.

About Fujifilm in Europe
Nowadays Fujifilm entities operate in about 50 group companies in Europe and employ approximately 5,000 people engaged in R&D, manufacturing, sales, and service support. Throughout Europe they serve a range of industries including medical, chemical, graphic arts, electronic materials, optics, recording media, and photographic technologies.

FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V. is located in Tilburg and is one of Fujifilm’s largest production facilities outside Japan. The company produces membranes, photographic paper and offset plates. Tilburg’s site also accommodates a Corporate Research Laboratory. In Tilburg, there is a combination of expertise in research, production and supply chain management.