Canon, the world's leading comprehensive group that produces image and information products in Japan, has been globalized and extended to various fields after years of unremitting efforts since the establishment of 1937.
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. 2065438+On March 9, 2006, Toshiba Company of Japan held a board meeting and finally decided to sell its Toshiba Medical System Company to Canon Company. The purchase price proposed by Canon is 700 billion yen (about 40.5 billion yuan).
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Canon ranked 224th in the turnover ranking of Fortune Global 500 in 20 12. 20 1 1 year, Canon achieved net sales of 3.5574 trillion yen (about 45.608 billion US dollars).
1937, Canon Company, which started with optical technology and aimed at manufacturing world-class cameras, was established. Since then, Canon has continuously developed new technologies and launched the first ordinary paper copier in Japan in the early 1970s.
In 1980s, Canon successfully developed bubble inkjet printing technology for the first time and introduced its products to the world. The emphasis and investment in technology research and development has enabled Canon to grow and become a leader in the same industry for decades. Canon ranked third in the number of American patent registrations in 20 12 years published by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
In 2003, President mitarai was hired as the economic adviser of Guangdong Province. In the same year, he was awarded honorary citizen by Dalian and Suzhou.
Canon has 12 wholly-owned companies and 4 joint ventures in Dalian, Zhuhai, Suzhou and other places in China, including Canon (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. established in Suzhou New District in 2006, with a cost of 5438+0, amounting to 65438 billion US dollars. Canon has about 35,000 employees in China.
1997, Canon (China) Co., Ltd. was established in Beijing and began to be responsible for Canon's investment in China and all other businesses.