Canon Printer, Accessories, Ink and Toners

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Canon, or Canon Incorporation, was founded in August 10, 1937. Its headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, the chairman and CEO is Fujio Mitarai, while the president and COO is Tsuneji Uchida. It has a common stock amounting to 174,762 million yen as of December 31, 2009. The number of employees the company currently employs is equal to 25 683. Its sales are divided into two. The first one is the non-consolidated which is equal to 2 025 546 million yen as of 2009. The other is consolidated which amounts to 3 209 201 million yen also as of 2009. The net income is 80 778 million yen for the non-consolidated, while the consolidated is equal to 131 647 million yen. The company’s ordinary profit is 142 684 million yen.

The industries where Canon participates are divided into three: office business unit, consumer business unit, and industry and other business unit.

Under the office business unit, Canon produces color network digital MFDs, office network digital multifunction devices (MFDs), office copying machines, personal use network digital MFDs, personal use copying machines, full color copying machines, large format inkjet printers, and laser printers.

Under the consumer business unit, Canon produces compact digital cameras, digital SLR cameras, digital video cameras, interchangeable lenses, single function inkjet printers, inkjet multifunction printers, broadcast use television lenses, and image scanners.

Under the industry and other business unit, Canon produces mirror projection mask aligners which are used for LCD panels, semiconductor production equipment, magnetic heads, medical image recording equipment, handy terminals, calculators, document scanners, and micro motors computers.

Canon started as a company with only few employees who are dedicated and determined to work for the betterment of the business. Now, Canon is known all over the world for their cameras. Currently, they are considered a global multimedia corporation. Form its more than 60 years of experience the company has developed and improved its expertise in technology.

It started its history by making cameras in a small laboratory in Roppongi, Tokyo. During those times, the well known cameras are from Europe. So they started making high quality cameras in Asia. The first cameras were called Kwanon. It refers to a goddess of mercy of Buddhists. In 1935, the very first 35 mm focal plane shutter camera in Japan was produced. It was called Hanza Canon. From there, the brand Canon was born.

From then on, Canon strived to produce the best cameras in the world. They also considered diversification of their cameras. With its continued research and development, Canon was able to produce various high quality cameras that suited the needs of its consumers. Today, one of the most famous Canon cameras are Canon EOS 7D – has 18.0 megapixel, Pro SLR, and 4.82x zoom, and it is offered at 1 624.41 U.S. dollars; Canon EOS 50D – has 15.1 megapixel, Pro SLR, and 4.82x zoom, and is offered at 993.98 U.S. dollars; Canon EOS T1i (Rebel T1i, Canon 500D) – has 15.1 megapixel, SLR, 3.00x zoom, and is offered at 767.75 U.S. dollars.