Konica U.S.A. Plans to Base New Headquarters in the Irvine Spectrum

Konica U.S.A. Inc., a camera and office-equipment maker, said it plans to base its new western regional headquarters in the massive Irvine Co. corporate center project called the Irvine Spectrum.

Konica already has begun moving into its 49,000-square-foot facility, located north of the Irvine Center project now under development at the intersection of the San Diego and Santa Ana freeways. Konica’s two-story building also will house the regional center for its Konica Medical Corp. subsidiary, a medical film and equipment maker.

Konica, of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the most recent of more than 100 firms to locate corporate offices, research divisions, warehouses or manufacturing facilities at the 2,100-acre project in Irvine.

Other companies that have located in the Irvine Spectrum since January, 1985, include Toshiba America Inc.; Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA; Canon, USA, Inc.; Subaru; Mazda Distributors Pacific, Inc.; Burroughs Corp.; Collins Co. Ltd. and Pitney Bowes.