Canon is the world's leading comprehensive group that produces image and information products in Japan. Since the establishment of 1937, after years of unremitting efforts, it has globalized its business and extended it to various fields.
Canon's product line is distributed in three major areas: personal products, office equipment and industrial equipment. The main products include cameras and lenses, digital cameras, printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners, broadcasting equipment, medical equipment and semiconductor production equipment. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has four regional sales headquarters in America, Europe, Asia and Japan. It has 200 subsidiaries around the world and employs more than 654.38 million people. On March 9, 20 16, Toshiba Corporation of Japan held a board meeting and finally decided to sell its Toshiba Medical System Company to Canon. The purchase price proposed by Canon is 700 billion yen.