Canon Inc.

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Canon Inc.
(キヤノン株式会社)
Company typePublic (TYO: 7751, NYSECAJ)
IndustryImaging
FoundedTokyo, Japan (10 August 1937)
Headquarters,
Key people
Fujio Mitarai, Chairman & CEO
Tsuneji Uchida, President & COO
ProductsPrint and document solutions, photographic equipment including printers, scanners and digital and SLR cameras. Binoculars, calculators and medical, optical, broadcast and IT imaging equipment.
RevenueIncrease 4,481,346 million Yen (FY 2007)
Number of employees
23,429 (2008)[1]
Websitewww.canon.com

Canon Inc. (キヤノン株式会社, Kyanon Kabushiki Gaisha, TYO: 7751, NYSECAJ) is a Japanese company that makes imaging and optical products. These include cameras, film, image scanners and computer printers. The company was started in 1937.

History[change | change source]

Canon began as the Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory. In 1934, the first Japanese 35mm focal plane-shutter camera prototype was made. It was called the "Kwanon". In the next few years, Canon became very important in creating new camera products and making them better.

Today, Canon creates everything from digital cameras and camcorders to laser printers and film.

Name origins[change | change source]

The name Canon came from the company's first 35 mm camera. It was named "Kwanon" after the Buddhist goddess of mercy.

Locations[change | change source]

Canon is now an international company. Canon has buildings in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the South Seas.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Company Profile for Canon Inc (CAJ)". Retrieved 2008-10-06.