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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.
Takeshi Mitarai (御手洗 毅, Mitarai Takeshi, 11 March 1901 – 12 October 1984) was one of the founders of Canon Inc. [1] He established Canon in 1937 along with Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda.
Fujio Mitarai (御手洗 冨士夫, Mitarai Fujio, born September 23, 1935) is the chairman and CEO of Canon inc. [citation needed] He studied law at Chuo University, and was President of Canon in the USA until 1989. [2] [3] Mitarai used a unique blend of eastern and western managerial styles to mold Canon into a highly successful company.
Canon entered the computer industry in the 1970s, [1] starting with the AX-1 in October 1978. It sported the form factor of a desktop calculator and was fully programmable. [2] [3] This was followed up with the AS-100 in 1982, which was a more-traditional albeit heavier personal computer that ran a Intel 8088 and ran MS-DOS.
Canon (Greek: κανονικός, ... Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre, commonly known as Norbertines, founded by St. Norbert (1120) Order of the Holy Cross ...
Canon Production Printing, known as Océ until the end of 2019, [2] is a Netherlands-based subset of Canon that develops, manufactures and sells printing and copying hardware and related software. The product line includes office printing and copying machinery, production printers, and wide-format printers for both technical documentation and ...
Nikon's main competitors in camera and lens manufacturing include Canon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Pentax, and Olympus. Founded on July 25, 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha (日本光学工業株式会社 "Japan Optical Industries Co., Ltd."), the company was
John Canon (generally referred to as Colonel John Canon [1]) (September 11, 1726 – November 6, 1798) was an American Revolutionary soldier, miller, judge, and businessman, who founded three towns, including Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, which bears his name.