The advances and comforts we enjoy today-rockets and aircrafts, skyscrapers, mobile telephones, medicine and chocolate-did not occur overnight.
The art of manufacturing results from the technology and traditions accumulated from collective wisdom, as well as the expert craftsmanship and knowledge that have been acquired by virtue of their long-standing history. It is the reason the things around us have evolved into what they are today.

Merely following a blueprint or recipe does not enable one to create something. Like cultural traditions and language, if manufacturing is not handed down from person to person, we will not be able to pass on the world as we know it. Without this type of transition, it is entirely possible that in 30 years Canon will no longer be able to produce the cameras and lenses it makes today.

As a company committed to manufacturing, Canon newly opened the Oita Manufacturing Training Center in 2009 alongside existing training facilities to ensure that skilled Canon technicians pass on the manufacturing skills they have acquired over Canon's 70-year history to younger generations. These include techniques and knowledge related to lens grinding and automation devices, and the operation of such machine tools as lathes and milling machines.

Manufacturing supports the future of mankind. As a company that will always be built on manufacturing, Canon will continue to do its part in passing down and developing the art of manufacturing.