Business Overview
Businesses and Products
Since our beginning as a camera manufacturer, Canon has leveraged core imaging technologies to expand into other business areas, such as business machines and semiconductor equipment. Within each of our business units— Imaging System, Office, and Industry and Others— we seek to realize technological innovations that will lead to a society in which enriched lifestyles and sustainability are mutually attainable.
In 2011, in addition to entering the retail photo sector with the launch of a commercial photo printer, we announced the release of the Cinema EOS System, marking our full-scale entry into the video production market. These are but two examples of our ongoing efforts to take on new fields of business.
- Notes:Sales ratios do not total 100% due to sales between segments of 2.6% (-$1,198 million).
Figures for sales are as of December 31, 2011.
U.S. dollar amounts are translated from yen at the rate of JPY78=U.S.$1, the approximate exchange rate on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market as of December 30, 2011, solely for the convenience of the reader.
The "Consumer Business Unit" has been renamed the "Imaging System Business Unit" as of July 1, 2012.
Imaging System Business Unit
- Digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras
- Digital compact cameras
- Digital cinema cameras
- Digital camcorders
- Compact photo printers
- Interchangeable lenses
- Image scanners
- Inkjet printers
- Multifunction inkjet printers
- Large-format inkjet printers
- Commercial photo printers
- Broadcast equipment
- Multimedia projectors
- Network cameras
Digital SLR cameras
Digital compact cameras
Multifunction inkjet printers
Digital camcorders
Office Business Unit
- Office network multifunction devices (MFDs)
- Digital production printing systems
- Laser printers
- Laser multifunction devices
- Toner, photosensitive drums, toner cartridges
- Cloud-based document services
- Solutions software
Office network MFDs
Laser printers
Industry and Others Business Unit
- Semiconductor lithography equipment
- LCD lithography equipment
- Digital radiography systems
- Ophthalmic equipment
- Components and other parts
Semiconductor lithography equipment
Digital radiography systems
- Note:Products handled by business units are as of July 1, 2012.
Markets and Locations
From our founding, Canon has taken a global approach to developing business by establishing business sites worldwide, starting with our branch office in New York in 1955. Currently we operate sales, production and R&D sites encompassing the Americas, Europe and Asia & Oceania. In accordance with our corporate philosophy of kyosei, we respect the laws, customs and cultures of each country and region in which we operate, and our workforce of more than 190,000 employees supports the Canon brand in the more than 180 countries and regions where it is a registered trademark.
In 2011, we began sales of products jointly developed with Océ N.V. of the Netherlands, and moved forward with DNA diagnostics research and development in the United States, strengthening our R&D structure in the United States and Europe.
- Notes:Figures for sales and employees are as of December 31, 2011.
U.S. dollar amounts are translated from yen at the rate of JPY78=U.S.$1, the approximate exchange rate on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market as of December 30, 2011, solely for the convenience of the reader.
Company Overview
| Company name | Canon Inc. |
|---|---|
| Established: | August 10, 1937 |
| Headquarters | 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Chairman & CEO | Fujio Mitarai |
| Common stock | ¥174,762 million |
| Group companies | 277 consolidated subsidiaries 11 equity method affiliates |
- Note:Figures for common stock and Group companies are as of December 31, 2011.
