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Canon Inc.
Japanese multinational imaging corporation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canon Inc. (Japanese: キヤノン株式会社;[note 1] Hepburn: Kyanon kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.[4]
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Native name | キヤノン株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kyanon kabushiki gaisha |
Company type | Public KK |
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Industry | Electronics |
Founded | 10 August 1937; 86 years ago (1937-08-10) (as Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd. [精機光學研究所, Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho]) Tokyo, Japan |
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Headquarters | Shimomaruko, , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Fujio Mitarai (Chairman & CEO) |
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Number of employees | 184,034 (2021)[2] |
Divisions | Office Business Unit, Consumer Business Unit, Industry and Others Business Unit |
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Website | global.canon |
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Canon has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX Core 30 and Nikkei 225 indexes. It used to have a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.