FUJIFILM Holdings is stepping back from selling printing plates almost everywhere except Japan, the United States, Canada and Mexico. Its wholly owned subsidiary FUJIFILM has agreed to transfer all shares of its Chinese manufacturing arm, FUJIFILM Printing Plate (China) Co., Ltd., along with the sales function for offset printing plates across the rest of the world, to Huangshan Jinruitai Technology Co., Ltd. (JRT), a Chinese printing-plate maker, and its affiliates.
The contract, signed on August 28, 2026, bundles in something beyond the factory and the customer relationships: FUJIFILM is also licensing JRT to use its product brands and patents in those regions. That detail matters more than the modest numbers involved, because it lets JRT keep selling plates under names customers already recognize rather than starting from a blank label.
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Buyer | Huangshan Jinruitai Technology Co., Ltd. (JRT) and its affiliates |
| Assets transferred | All shares of FUJIFILM Printing Plate (China) Co., Ltd.; printing-plate sales functions outside Japan, the US, Canada and Mexico; licenses to use FUJIFILM's product brands and patents in those regions |
| Contract signed | August 28, 2026 |
| Share-transfer completion | Within 2026 |
| Sales-function transfer completion | First half of 2027 |
| Transfer price | Undisclosed due to a contractual confidentiality clause |
| Revenue scale of divested business | Less than 1% of FUJIFILM Holdings' consolidated revenue in the prior fiscal year; operating profit described as negligible |
| Markets FUJIFILM retains | Japan, the United States, Canada and Mexico |
JRT is based in Huangshan, Anhui Province, and was established in August 2006; its business covers digital printing software, laser platemaking materials, printing plates, printing equipment and consumables, and photosensitive materials, according to the disclosure. FUJIFILM did not disclose the transfer price, citing a confidentiality clause in the contract.
On the numbers, this is a rounding error for a company the size of FUJIFILM Holdings. The divested business generated less than 1% of the group's consolidated revenue in the prior fiscal year, and its operating profit was described as negligible against the group total. FUJIFILM said the impact on its consolidated results for the year ending March 2027 is still being assessed but is expected to be minor.
The practical effect is geographic. Once the share transfer closes within 2026 and the sales-function handover completes in the first half of 2027, FUJIFILM's printing-plate production will sit only in Japan, and JRT will run plate sales in every market except Japan, the US, Canada and Mexico. FUJIFILM said it is keeping the Japanese and North American markets after weighing business opportunity there, while retreating from manufacturing scale elsewhere.
The company frames the move as part of its VISION2030 plan, announced in April 2024, which classifies graphic communication as a business to be restructured for value rather than grown, with the eventual goal of shifting it toward a steadier foundation-business profile. The disclosure also notes that FUJIFILM is weighing strategic options, including a partial spin-off, for the wider Business Innovation segment that contains graphic communication. The spin-off review remains open, and the transfer price stays undisclosed under the contract's confidentiality clause. The share transfer is due within 2026 and the sales-function handover in the first half of 2027.