Source: canon.com

Me, myself and I

Daniela

18 years old

Kristiinankaupunki, Finland

Yrkesakademin in Närpiö

After graduation -> photography

Photograpy and animals

Source: private

Canon Inc. Japanese corporation

Founded in August 1937,by Goro Yoshida

Canon headquarters arefound in Tokyo, Japan

Keypeople Fujio Mitarai – chairman

and managing director

Tsuneji Uchida – presidentand chief operating officer

Source: http://cuabroad.cua.edu

Canon’s products Photographic equipment

Digital SLR cameras

Camcorders

Lenses

Optical products Printers

Scanners

IT imaging equipment

Source: canon.com & printerreviewsonline.com

Revenue $68,764 billion (2010)

Net income $3,044 billion (2010)

Employees 192,572 (2011)

Solutions Consumer

Office

Industry

Source: Private

HistoryOrigins of company name

Got the name ”Kwanon” byGoro Yoshida

In 1937 Kwanon begandeveloping a prototype ofJapan’s first-ever 35mm camera

The name ”Canon” began in 1947

Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory (POIL)

The predecessor of Canon Inc.

Founded in 1937 in Tokyo

Source: http://samstores.com

Company milestones

1930s – 1960s 1933 – 1936: “The Kwanon”, Japan’s

first 35 mm focal plane-shutter camera,was produced in prototype form.

1940: An indirect X-ray camera is developed.

1947: Company is renamed to Canon Camera Co., Inc.

1958: A field zoom lens for television broadcasting is introduced.

1959: Reflex Zoom 8, the world’s first camcorder are introduced

1961: Canon creates an outstanding Rangefinder camera, Canon 7.

1964: “Canola 130”, the first Japanese made 10-key calculator is introduced.

1965: Canon introduces Canon Pellix

1969: The company’s name is changed to Canon Inc.

Source: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/5609239363_dd9f745b3c.jpg

Company milestones

1970s – 2010s 1971: F-1, a top-end SLR camera, and

FD lenses are introduced.

1976: AE-1 is launched

1985: The world’s first Inkjet printer is introduced.

1987: Canon introduces Canon Electro-Optical System (EOS). EOS 650 autofocus SLR camera is introduced, and the Canon Foundation is established.

1988: Canon introduces “Kyosei philosophy”, Canon’s corporate philosophy

1989: EOS RT is unveiled

1992: EOS 5, the first-ever camera with eye-controlled AF, is launched.

1995: Canon introducers the first commercially available SLR lens with internal image stabilization. EOS-1N RS is introduced.

1996: ELPH (America) IXUS (Europe) is introduced.

1997: Canon enters the digital video camcorder market.

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Canon_EOS_650.jpg

Company milestones

1970s – 2010s 2002: Fujio Mitarai is named one

of the world’s top 25 managers byBusinessWeek.

2003: The world’s first portable digital X-ray system is used to reconstruct the face of an Egyptian mummy.

2004: The XEED SX50 LCD projector is introduced.

2005: Canon’s first high-definition video camcorder is introduced.

2007: Canon Europe celebrates its 50th anniversary.

2009: Canon acquires Océ.

2010: Canon acquires Tereck Office Solutions, Inc.

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