Konica Minolta, Inc. has announced that it will split Konica Minolta Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (KMME), the firm’s core device production base in Japan, into three separate “business-centric companies”: Konica Minolta Mechatronics Co., Ltd., Konica Minolta IJ Product Co., Ltd., and Konica Minolta Advanced Optics Co., Ltd. According to the firm’s February 16 press release, Konica