Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | Fate of local jobs uncertain after Xerox, Fujifilm announce merger Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Xerox was founded in Rochester in 1906 as The Haloid Co. and made photographic paper and supplies. After licensing the xerography technology invented by Chester Carlson, the company developed the Xerox 914 plain-paper copier that revolutionized offices ... Xerox cedes control to Fujifilm in $18 billion deal Japan's Fujifilm to take control of Xerox Fujifilm to take over Xerox in US$6.1 bln deal |