Overview
Headquarters
Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US
Category
Consumer Electronics
Canon is a manufacturer of business and consumer imaging products. Global Website of Canon Inc. - our business, news releases, corporate information, and more. Global Web site of Canon. The reformation and the expansion that healthily becomes it hangs, and Canon Inc. aims at further development. Manufacturer of 35mm, APS, point-and-shoot, and digital cameras, lenses, and accessories. Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, photocopiers, steppers and computer printers. Its headquarters are located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan. The name Canon began in 1947 after the company Kwanon changed its name. In 1934 Kwanon began with a prototype for Japan’s first-ever 35 mm camera with a focal plane shutter. It was named 'Kwanon' by Goro Yoshida after the Buddhist bodhisattva Guan Yin, known in Japanese as Kannon. Canon is a manufacturer of business and consumer imaging products which includes printers, scanners, binoculars, compact digital cameras, film and digital SLR cameras, and lenses. The Business Solutions division offers print and document solutions for small and medium businesses, large corporations and governments. These include multi-functional printers, black and white and color office printers, large format printers, scanners, black and white and color production printers, as well as software to support these products. Lesser known Canon products include medical, optical and broadcast products, including ophthalmic and x-ray devices, broadcast lenses, semiconductors, digital microfilm scanners, and Handy Terminal Solutions.
