Canon is the world's leading integrated group of companies producing imaging and information products. Since its founding in 1937, and through years of tireless effort, Canon has globalized and expanded its business into a variety of areas. Currently, Canon's product lines*** are distributed in three major areas: personal products, office equipment and industrial equipment, with major products including cameras and lenses, digital cameras, printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners, broadcasting equipment, medical equipment and semiconductor production equipment. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and with four regional sales headquarters in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Japan, Canon has 200 subsidiaries around the world and employs more than 100,000 people.