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In October 2003, as member of newly established Konica Minolta Group, we started the new era
as Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd.
After having completed the first planetarium in 1958, our continuous R&D released
numerous "world's-first" products like GEMINISTAR in 1997, an integrated planetarium
combining brilliant pin-point stars with full-dome computer graphics, or MEDIAGLOBE
in 2001, a full-color compact digital planetarium, and we are proud having contributed
to astronomical and scientific education.
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President's Greeting
Forty years have passed since humankind left the safety of the Earth to become space travelers.
This space journey began some four billion years ago when life first appeared on our planet.
Yet, only a few hundred brave people have had the pleasure and honor of seeing this "Planet of Life"
from space.
Earthbound, the rest of us must watch the stars and planets through a murky and often light-polluted
atmosphere. Advances in planetarium technology can provide us with a view that was once limited to
space pioneers. New digital projections can now take planetarium audiences to the international
space station, to the Moon, the planets, the stars and to the edge of our knowledge and imagination.
We at Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd. are dedicated to providing the most realistic simulations
of our starry sky and our space environments to people world-wide through our planetariums.
It is our wish that by exploring the night sky and the vast universe beyond we will continue
our common dream that we are all space explorers.
Best wishes,
Yasushi Imai
President
Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd.
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Audio Visual Imagineering Inc.
8440 Tradeport Dr. Suite 109
Orlando, FL 32827
Phone (407) 859-8166
Exclusive USA agent for Konica
Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd.
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The great strength of Konica Minolta Group is state-of-the-art technology in fields like optics,
sensing, mechatronics and imaging.
With our organizational skills, we conduct research and production
in regions throughout the world. We have the sales capabilities of a world-wide network. We are also
actively working to solve environmental problems, and have achieved ISO 14001 certification at our
various facilities. We are a corporation active on the global stage.
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