Fujifilm Holdings Corporation has established a “Future Design & Engineering Center” (FDE-C), a Group-wide AI and IT technology development organisation, effective 1 November2026.
Under the direct leadership of the Chief Digital Officer Jun Masumoto, the new organisation will leverage AI and IT technologies to enhance the competitiveness of products and services and create new value, with the aim to enhance business growth.
Fujifilm has evolved the Forward Deployed Engineer concept, in which technology specialists identify business challenges and carry solutions through to technology implementation, into a model suited to its diverse business portfolio. To date, Fujifilm’s AI and IT specialists have developed and implemented technologies to address challenges identified by individual business divisions. Through the Center, the company will establish a technology development framework that enables technologies and expertise developed in individual businesses to be deployed across the Group. At the same time, they will identify and develop core technologies that can serve as sources of competitive advantage for each business.
| Business Issues | From Solution to Implementation |
| Identifying underlying business challenges and developing concepts | AI and IT specialists will work closely with business operations to uncover latent needs and underlying business challenges, developing concepts for business transformation as well as new products and services from an AI and IT perspective. |
| Delivering business outcomes through technology development and implementation | Working closely with business divisions, AI and IT specialists will develop technologies based on these concepts and drive the entire process from implementation in products and services through to the delivery of tangible business outcomes. |
| Deploying technologies and expertise across businesses | Technologies, expertise and development assets cultivated in individual businesses will be accumulated and systematically organised for deployment across other businesses, further strengthening the competitiveness of the Fujifilm Group and contributing to its sustainable growth. |
