Canon (company)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
Please help improve this article or section by expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.
Canon Inc.
Canon logo
Type of co. Public company
TYO: 7751 , NYSE: CAJ
Founded Tokyo, Japan (August 10, 1937)
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people Fujio Mitarai, Chairman & CEO Tsuneji Uchida, President & COO
Industry Imaging
Products Business machines, Cameras, Optical and other products
Revenue 3,754,191 million Yen (Fiscal year ended December 31, 2005)
Employees 100,000+ Worldwide (Non-consolidated, as of 30 November 2005)
Website Canon Inc.
Canon USA's Silicon Valley offices
Enlarge
Canon USA's Silicon Valley offices

Canon Inc. (キヤノン株式会社 Kiyanon Kabushiki Gaisha?) (TYO: 7751 , NYSE: CAJ) is a Japanese company that specializes in imaging and optical products, including cameras, photocopiers and computer printers. The headquarters are in 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo.

The predecessor company was established in 1933 by Goro Yoshida and his brother-in-law Saburo Uchida. Named Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory (Seiki Kōgaku Kenkyūjo?), it was funded by Takeshi Mitarai, a close friend of Uchida. Its original purpose was to research the development of quality cameras.

1934 logo depicting the goddess Kuan Yin (Kwanon).
Enlarge
1934 logo depicting the goddess Kuan Yin (Kwanon).

In June 1934 they released their first camera, the Kwanon, named after the Buddhist goddess of mercy. The following year the company name was changed to Canon to reflect a more modern image, and on 10 August 1937, the current corporation was founded. [1]

Despite the company's high profile in the consumer market for cameras and computer printers, most of the company revenue comes from the office products division, especially for analog and digital copiers, and its line of imageRUNNER digital multifunctional devices. Additionally, Canon is the supplier of print engines found in the hugely popular Hewlett-Packard LaserJet series of laser printers.[citation needed]

Canon has also entered the digital displays market by teaming up with Toshiba to develop and manufacture flat panel televisions based on SED, a new type of display technology. Canon has announced its intention to enter the projection television market as well.

[edit] See also

Canon Inc. no longer produces analogue photocopiers. Canon also produces a range of products for use in the medical field, for example mobile scanners for use in remote areas.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "About Canon: Canon Inc. Corporate Profile" (company overview), Canon Inc., May 23, 2006, Canon.com webpage: Canon-About.

[edit] External links


 This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Please help improve this article or section by expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.


v • d • e
Japanese electronics industry

Major brands and multinational companies:
Advantest • Akai • Alps • Anritsu • Aplix • Brother • Canon • Copal • Casio • Citizen Watch • Denon • Denso • DNP • Eizo • Elpida • Epson • Fanuc • Fostex • Fuji Xerox • Fujifilm • Fujitsu • Fukuda • Funai • Futaba • Hamamatsu Photonics • Hitachi • Horiba • HOYA • Icom • Iwatsu • JEOL • JRC • JVC • Kaga • Kawai • Kenwood • Keyence • Konica Minolta • Korg • Kyocera • Logitec • Mabuchi Motor • Maspro • Matsushita • Maxell • Melco • Mitsubishi • Mitsumi • Mitutoyo • National • NEC • Nichia • Nidec • Nikon • Nintendo • Nitto Denko • Oki • Olympus • Omron • Onkyo • Oriental Motor • Panasonic • Pentax • Pioneer • Plextor • Renesas • Ricoh • Rohm • Roland • Sanyo • Seiko • Sharp • Shimadzu • SII • Sony • Star Micronics • Sumitomo Electric • Taiyo Yuden • TEAC • TDK • Technics • Tiger • Toppan • Toshiba • Uniden • Ushio • Yagi • Yamaha • Yaskawa • Yokogawa • Zojirushi

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../c/a/n/Canon_%28company%29.html"