Konica Minolta to start new film plant by autumn 2010

TOKYO, July 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Konica Minolta Holdings Inc (4902.T) said on Tuesday it would start output at its new factory in Japan that makes high-tech film used in LCD panels by autumn 2010 due to strong recovery in panel and TV demand.

Konica Minolta had planned to begin production at the new plant in autumn 2009, but the company late last year decided to delay the start-up as the global downturn forced panel makers to cut output. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Joseph Radford)