Company Outline

Planetarium

Company name		Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd. (fully owned by Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc)
Head Office		2-3-10 Nishihonmachi, Nishi-ku Osaka 500-0005, Japan Phone:+81-6-6110-0570 FAX: +81-6-6110-0572
Foundation		July, 1988 *In 1958, the company, Chiyoda Optical Seiko Co., Ltd at that time, manufactured the first planetarium.
Business outline		Manufacturing and sales of planetarium equipments and all sky movie/CG system equipments Manufacturing and sales of audio and projection equipments related to above. Production and sales of show program software, and maintenance of equipments. Construction of planetarium *Any business relating above.
Business Site	Tokyo	1-6-1 Kaga Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan Phone:+81-3-5248-7051 Fax:+81-3-5248-7071
	Toukai	1-8, Nishimachi, Kanaya, Toyokawa-city, Aichi 442-0067, Japan Phone:+81-533-89-3570 Fax:+81-533-89-3578
	Osaka	2-3-10 Nishihonmachi, Nishi-ku Osaka 500-0005, Japan Phone:+81-6-6110-0570 FAX: +81-6-6110-0572

Sep, 1958	Manufactured the first planetarium as Chiyoda Optical Seiko Co., Ltd.
Sep, 1963	Planetarium section was established at the technical center of Minolta Camera Co., Ltd in Sakai city, Osaka
Sep, 1978	Developed and sold the medium size planetarium “MS-18AT” with automatic console.
Mar, 1985	The first “Infinium” was put to work at Tukuba Science Expo
July, 1988	Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd. was established.
Sep, 1994	Development, production and sales functions were integrated from the planetarium department of Minolta Co., Ltd.
April, 2001	Developed and sold Mediaglobe, the world first full color digital planetarium.
Oct, 2003	Company name was changed to Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd.
Mar, 2004	Re-opened the “Sunshine Planetarium Starlight Dome Manten” at Ikebukuro, Tokyo by direct management.