Fujifilm Business Innovation to Open New Copier/MFP Remanucturing Facility

Fujifilm Optics Philippines Inc.

Fujifilm Business Innovation of Japan today announced the establishment of its Circular Manufacturing Center (CMC) at Fujifilm Optics Philippines (FOP) in Laguna, Philippines. The facility will be devoted to the remanufacturing of copier/MFPs.

Construction begins this month, with the opening of the facility scheduled for August 2026.

The CMC will be established on the premises of FOPH, a Fujifilm manufacturing sit.

At the CMC, the remanufactured copier/MFPs are remanufactured from collected machines in the Asia-Pacific region, and these will be disassembled to a component level and cleaned. Careful inspection and diagnosis are conducted to identify the parts that are suitable for reuse. The reusable parts will be cleaned and repaired before being sent to reassembly.

Fujifilm says that each remanufactured MFP will undergo the same rigorous inspection process as newly built machines, to ensure they meet the same quality and reliability standards. These remanufactured MFPs will achieve a maximum parts reuse rate of 84 percent and are provided as new products with their usage history, such as the number of prints, reset and new manufacturing date, product name, product code, and serial number assigned.

Fujifilm says FOPH has advanced manufacturing technology developed through the assembly of precision equipment such as interchangeable lenses for digital cameras. For this reason, FOPH is suitable for building a production line of the remanufactured MFPs that need high-precision manufacturing technology.

In addition, FOPH has skilled personnel with extensive experience in precision equipment manufacturing, enabling them to apply their accumulated expertise in assembly techniques and quality control.

Fujifilm will train skilled personnel from Fujifilm Optics Philippines to serve as core members for the remanufacturing process. Building on this foundation, the company aims to introduce the manufacturing processes established at its remanufacturing site in Japan to the CMC in the Philippines, with the goal of ensuring stable quality and establishing a production system from the initial launch phase. 

Additionally, the Philippines, where FOPH is located, is positioned in the center of the Asia-Pacific region, therefore possesses geographical advantages in terms of logistics and supply chains, which were key factors in deciding to establish the CMC there. 

Since 1995, Fujifilm Business Innovation has been implementing a recycling policy “Promoting Resource Circulation Toward Zero Waste,” and established a resource circulation system, which examines the entire product lifecycle from product planning, development, and manufacturing stages through to disposal. Since then, the company have recognized the importance of environmental conservation and have been continuously working to reduce the environmental impact through the business activities.

Furthermore, based on the recycling technologies and resource circulation expertise cultivated in Japan, the company says it’s strengthening regional collection, recycling, and supply cycles and expanding global resource circulation system. In fact, the company established Fujifilm Eco-Manufacturing in China in 2008 and CMC in the Netherlands in 2024 as a production site to promote resource circulation in Europe.