Electronic Materials

Over 30 years ago, Fujifilm diversified into the semiconductor industry, leveraging its expertise in nanotechnology and photosensitive material.

Through strategic investments and continuous innovation, our state-of-the-art facilities around the world now provide high-purity electronic materials and critical supply chain assurance for the industry.

Our products enable enhanced functionality, performance efficiency and miniaturization of the integrated circuitry behind everything from data centers to mobile devices, and 5G to automotive electronics.

We will NEVER STOP supporting the technology that drives our digital society.


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Display Materials, etc.

Drawing on our 80 years of innovative experience, we are continuing to contribute to the development of display materials.

Fujifilm is adapting the technologies it has perfected in the photographic field over the years to provide ‘highly-functional films’ which are used in a wide range of liquid crystal displays including LCD televisions and smart phones.

If the light from the backlight is unable to pass straight to a liquid crystal display, it is impossible to project clear and attractive pictures. This necessitates a polarizing plate. But the polarizing plate also requires a polarizing plate protection film (a cellulose triacetate, or TAC, film). Worldwide, Fujifilm is one of a handful of companies possessing the advanced technology required for manufacturing these films, and enables the company to produce the popular Fujitac film.

In the 1990s, Fujifilm developed its Wide View (WV) film, which is now widely used in liquid crystal displays. WV film enables viewers to almost double their viewing angle for liquid crystal displays, and see clear, beautiful pictures even when viewed diagonally.^*1 Today, our WV film is also in widespread use in monitors for personal computers.

We have also developed a touch-panel sensor film called EXCLEAR that uses silver-halide photographic technology. Compared to the indium tin oxide (ITO) film that has been used to date, EXCLEAR possesses properties that enable quick response time even on large size panels, strong resistance to folding or bending, and three-dimensional processing.

Our display technologies are opening the way to a clearer, brighter future. We are determined to continue producing new display materials, and this is why we will never stop transforming the ways we see the world.

*1 When using TN mode liquid crystal displays

Micro Filters for Beer

We have adapted the technologies we have accumulated in the photographic field to build porous yeast filters with holes one-millionth of an inch in diameter. This technology is assisting brewers to filter more yeast and bacteria to deliver tastier, high-quality beer.

We are continuing to take on the challenge of providing consumers with better-tasting beer.

Photographic film technologies have always been at the core of our business, and over many years, we have applied these technologies to a wide range of uses. In the case of beer, we found that the technology we use to create microscopic holes in photographic film works very well to create filters for yeast. Previously, in order to prevent a reduction in the quality of beer, the yeast was usually heat-treated. However, using micro filters guarantees the complete removal of yeast and bacteria from the beer without the need for heat treatment, and enables the production of draft beer. This has not only helped ensure that delicious draft-quality beer is available in cans and bottles, but also helped home brewers enjoy tasty craft beers.

Of course, we didn’t stop there. This technology, which has the ability to filter the minutest of particles, is currently being used in various industrial production plants to filter out foreign bodies in the water used in cleansing processes for liquid crystal displays and HDD (hard disk drives), as well as in chemical filtration for plating solutions.

We will never stop evolving our core technologies to help make the world a better place.

4K and 8K Lenses

The broadcasting industry demands the very highest levels of functionality and quality.
As camera crews need to be able to change focus in each scene, they require cameras and lenses that are easy to use with high levels of operability. The digital revolution has brought about great advances in image quality, and this has resulted in an increasing demand for even higher definition lenses. Since we began developing broadcast lenses in the 1960s, we have always striven to develop, produce and supply lenses that respond to user demands.

In 2015, we released our UA series, which became the first ever 4K zoom lenses used for broadcasting. When developing this lens, we joined camera crews on set and listened closely to their requirements. We received much support from the crews themselves when developing the lenses, and the lenses have been adopted by broadcasting companies around the world, firms that specialize in live transmissions and film production companies. Not only did this new, revolutionary lens set new standards for lenses, but also engendered a revolution in the world of imaging, contributing to the success and proliferation of 4K contents.

Now, we have also succeeded in developing 8K broadcasting lenses in response to demands for even higher quality images.
This lens has been the focus of much attention in the broadcasting world, and there are high hopes that it will play a significant role in the expansion of 8K broadcasting.
We will never stop providing the world with even higher resolution and higher definition images.

X-series and GFX-series Digital Cameras

In 2012, we developed the mirrorless digital camera FUJIFILM X-Pro 1 equipped with a proprietary image sensor, image processing engine, and Hybrid Viewfinder.^*1
In February 2017, we released our medium-format mirrorless digital camera FUJIFILM GFX 50S, which features an approx. 1.7x medium-format (43.8x32.9mm) FUJIFILM G format image sensor equivalent to a 35mm full-size image sensor.^*2

Going forward, we will continue to introduce X-series and GFX-series cameras that provide even higher definition and mobility, and pioneer the market for high-end mirrorless digital cameras.

Camera lovers have praised our cameras for their unique reproduction technologies that provide the highest image quality and the classical design which enables optimal mobility.

Why do camera lovers around the world have such a high regard for our cameras?

The reason is simple: it’s because we place premium importance on making sure our users enjoy their photographic experience and carrying our cameras around with them.
We want to encourage users to enjoy photography, and put a little creativity and fun back into their daily lives. That’s why we develop, produce and sell top quality cameras.

With the relentless advance of digital technologies, we are striving to further enhance photographic functions and the functional beauty of our X-series and GFX-series of digital cameras.

Our cameras are already widely-acclaimed, but we will never stop in our quest to increase the enjoyment and satisfaction of photography lovers around the world.

*1 The Hybrid Viewfinder is a unique function of X-series cameras. It enables users to select either optical or electronic viewfinder.
*2 A 36x24mm image sensor, as used on many digital single-lens reflex cameras.