About Canon > History of Canon > Emergence as Globally Respected Excellent Corporate Group (1992-1996)
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| 1992 | Cumulative laser beam printer production reaches 10 million units. Canon Electronic Business Machines (H.K.) Co., Ltd. is established. Cumulative cartridge production reaches 100 million units. Subsidiaries Canon Precision Industry and Canon Chemical merge to form Canon Chemicals Inc. Canon develops world's first 1-chip LSI featuring complete conformance with the JBIG (Joint Bilevel Image Group) advanced digital image compression scheme. Canon and the NHK Engineering Service Foundation jointly develop a high-speed camera conforming to the Hi-Vision format. | Canon launches the EOS5, the world's first camera with eye-controlled auto-focus. The CLC 550, the world's first copying machine with anti-forgery technology, is marketed. The GP55, a digital copying machine combining superior image quality with computer compatibility, is introduced. Sales begin for the NP6030 copying machine, with an ecological design. Canon's first full-color inkjet printer, BJC-820, is introduced. The T10G-RF, a video camcorder lens with image stabilizer using Canon's Vari-Angle Prism (VAP), is introduced. |
| 1993 | Hajime Mitarai becomes Canon Inc. president. The Second Global Corporation Plan commences. Canon, in a collaboration with IBM Japan, Ltd., develops the world's first notebook PC with an installed printer. Cumulative copying machine production reaches 10 million units. | Sales commence for the EOS Rebel IX (EOS 500 in other regions), a lightweight, compact SLR camera with built-in flash. |
| 1994 | Canon ties up with IBM Corporation in the United States to develop and produce PowerPC laptop computers. Canon East Europe Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. responsible for marketing activites in Eastern Europe, is established (Austria) Cumulative production of inkjet printers reaches 10 million units. Canon Chile, S.A., is established to market business machines. The Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation awards Canon with the Imperial Award for Innovations for its Bubble Jet printing system. The 5,000th mask aligner is produced. | The MovieBoy E1 eye-controlled auto-focus video camcorder with optical image stabilization is launched. The world's first automatic-duplexing color laser copying machine, the CLC 800, is introduced to the market. The EOS-1N flagship pro-model SLR camera is introduced. |
| 1995 |  Fujio Mitarai becomes Canon Inc. president. Cumulative collection of used cartridges reaches 10 million units. Custom Integrated Technology, Inc., a remanufacturing site for copying machines, is established in Virginia, U.S.A. Canon Systems Management Europe Ltd. is established in the U.K. Guang-Dong United Optical Instrument Co., Ltd., a compact camera-manufacturing site, is established in the PRC. Canon forms the CS (customer satisfaction) Promotion Committee. Canon, in a first for a Japanese company, earns certification under the BS7750 international environmental standard for its Ami and Ueno plants (at the time). | Canon launches the world's first full-color ferroelectric liquid crystal display (FLCD). Canon unveils the world's first zoom lens with image stabilization features. After a 34-year hiatus, Canon reenters the binocular market with its 12x36 IS model, which compensates for hand-shake by incorporating Canon's original Vari- Angle Prism. The EOS DCS3 digital SLR camera is introduced. The CLC1000, a high-speed, full-color copying machine with four linked photosensitive drums, enters the market. The SURE SHOT DEL SOL (PRIMA SOL in other regions), the world's first fully solar-powered camera, is introduced. The RW-50, the world's smallest, lightest and fastest optical card reader/writer, is released. Marketing commences for the FPA-3000EX3 stepper, which uses an excimer laser. |
| 1996 |  The Excellent Global Corporation Five-Year Plan is initiated. Fuji Susono Research Park is established. Canon Latin America, Inc., begins operations in Miami, U.S.A. Canon Marketing Philippines, Inc., is established to market business machines. Industrial Resource Technologies, Inc., a toner cartridgerecycling site, is established in Virginia, U.S.A. Inkjet printer production reaches 20 million units. LBP production reaches 20 million units. Canon Virginia ships its 5,000th remanufactured copying machine. |  Canon launches the ELPH/IXUS 2x-zoom compact camera for the Advanced Photo System. |
