Environmental Activities

Operational Sites Covered in the Environmental Section

Canon Inc. (14 operational sites)
name Location Activities
Headquarters Tokyo R&D, corporate administration, operations and other functions
Yako Office Kanagawa Development of inkjet printers and large-format printers, inkjet chemical products
Tamagawa Plant Kanagawa Development of quality management technologies
Kosugi Office Kanagawa Development of software for office imaging products
Hiratsuka Development Center Kanagawa R&D of displays, manufacturing of semiconductor devices
Ayase Office Kanagawa R&D and manufacturing of semiconductor devices
Fuji-Susono Research Park Shizuoka R&D in electrophotographic technologies
Utsunomiya Plant Tochigi Manufacturing of EF lenses, video camcorder lenses, broadcasting lenses, lenses for business machines, LCD projector lenses, other specialized optical lenses
Toride Plant Ibaraki Manufacturing of office imaging products and chemical products; R&D, mass-production trials and support in electrophotographic technologies
Ami Plant Ibaraki Development of factory automation equipment, development of ultra-precision machining and measurement technologies and manufacturing of related devices, manufacturing of liquid crystal exposure equipment
Utsunomiya Optical Products Plant Tochigi R&D, manufacturing and servicing of semiconductor equipment; development of mirror projection aligners
Optics R&D Center Tochigi R&D in optical technologies, development and sales of broadcasting equipment
Kamisato Office Saitama Development of devices for medical equipment
Tsukuba Parts Center Ibaraki Storage of parts and management of shipping within and outside Japan
Marketing Subsidiaries and Affiliates in Japan
name Location Activities
Canon Marketing Japan Inc. Tokyo Marketing of Canon products and related solutions
Manufacturing Subsidiaries and Affiliates in Japan (19 companies, 28 operational sites)
name Location Activities
Canon Electronics Inc. Headquarters, Chichibu Plant Saitama Magnetic components, manufacturing equipment
Canon Electronics Inc. Misato Plant Saitama Document scanners, business machine components
Canon Electronics Inc. Akagi Plant Gunma LBPs
Canon Finetech Inc. Headquarters, Ibaraki Plant Ibaraki Business machines, business machine peripherals, industrial-use printers and chemical products
Canon Finetech Inc. Mitaka Office Tokyo Development and sales of inkjet printers
Canon Finetech Inc. Fukui Office Fukui Development and production of photosensitive paper and chemical products
Nisca Corporation Yamanashi Business machines, optical equipment
Top Business Machines Co., Ltd. Shiga Recycling of business machines
Canon Precision Inc. Headquarters, Kitawatoku Plant Aomori Toner cartridges
Canon Precision Inc. Kitawatoku Second Plant (*1) Aomori Toner cartridges
Canon Precision Inc. Ishiwatari Plant Aomori Micromotors; production of sensors
Canon Chemicals Inc. Headquarters, Tsukuba Plant Ibaraki Toner cartridges
Canon Chemicals Inc. Iwama Plant Ibaraki Toner cartridges
Canon Chemicals Inc. Ishige Plant Ibaraki Rubber parts for business machines
Oita Canon Inc. Headquarters, Aki Plant Oita SLR cameras, digital cameras, digital video camcorders, EF lenses
Oita Canon Inc. Oita Plant (*1) Oita SLR cameras, digital cameras, digital video camcorders
Miyazaki Daishin Canon Co., Ltd. Miyazaki Digital cameras, electronics packaging
Canon Optron, Inc. Ibaraki Optical crystals (for steppers, cameras, telescopes) and vapor deposition materials
Canon Components, Inc. Saitama Image sensor units, printed circuit boards, inkjet cartridges, medical equipment
Nagahama Canon Inc. Shiga LBPs, toner cartridges, A-Si drums
Oita Canon Materials Inc. Oita Chemical products for copying machines and printers
Canon Semiconductor Equipment Inc. Ibaraki Development and production of semiconductor production-related equipment
Canon Ecology Industry Inc. Ibaraki Recycling of toner cartridges; repair and recycling of business machines
Ueno Canon Materials Inc. Mie Chemical products for copying machines and printers
Fukushima Canon Inc. Fukushima Production of inkjet printers, print heads/ink tanks; analysis of software
Canon Mold Co., Ltd. (*2) Ibaraki Design and production of precise plastic molding
Canon ANELVA Corporation(*1) Tokyo Development, production, sales and maintenance of semiconductor, electronic and R&D equipment
Canon Machinery Inc. (*1) Shiga Semiconductor and precision automation equipment
Manufacturing Subsidiaries and Affiliates Outside Japan (17 companies, 17 operational sites)
name Country / Region Activities
Canon Virginia, Inc. U.S.A. Toner cartridges, toner for copying machines, OEM products and mold die
Industrial Resource Technologies, Inc. U.S.A. Recycling of toner cartridges
Canon Giessen GmbH Germany Production and remanufacturing of copying machines; refilling of toner cartridges; refurbishing of semiconductor equipment
Canon Bretagne S.A.S. France Cartridge manufacturing and recycling; PCB (Printed Circuit Board) speaker; medical peripherals
Canon Inc., Taiwan Taiwan SLR and compact cameras, EF and other lenses, precision-metal molds
Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia Digital cameras, EF lenses, optical lens parts
Canon Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (*1) Malaysia Magnetic components
Canon Hi-Tech (Thailand) Ltd. Thailand Inkjet printers, facsimile machines, MFPs
Canon Ayutthaya (Thailand) Ltd. (*1) Thailand PCB (Printed Circuit Board) units for inkjet printers
Canon Engineering (Thailand) Ltd. Thailand High precision molding dies, plastic injection molding parts
Canon Dalian Business Machines, Inc. PRC Production and recycling of toner cartridges; production of LBPs
Canon Zhuhai, Inc. PRC Digital cameras, LBPs, MFPs, contact image sensors
Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd. Vietnam Inkjet printers, LBPs
Canon Zhongshan Business Machines Co., Ltd. PRC LBPs
Canon (Suzhou) Inc. PRC Color and monochrome MFPs, color LBPs
Canon Finetech (Suzhou) Business Machines Inc. PRC Business machines, business machine peripherals
Canon Finetech Industries Development Co., Ltd. (*1) PRC Business machines, business machine peripherals
Marketing Subsidiaries and Affiliates Outside Japan (29 companies)
name Country / Region Activities
Canon U.S.A., Inc. U.S.A. All products
Canon Canada, Inc. Canada All products
Canon Business Solutions-West, Inc. U.S.A. Business machines
Canon Business Solutions-Central, Inc. U.S.A. Business machines
Canon Business Solutions-East, Inc. U.S.A. Business machines
Canon Financial Services, Inc. U.S.A. Commercial lease financing for all Canon products
Canon Latin America, Inc. U.S.A. All products
Canon Panama, S.A. Panama All products except cameras
Canon do Brasil Indústria e Comércio Limitada Brazil Copying machines, facsimile machines, image filing, digital cameras
Canon Chile, S.A. Chile All products
Canon Mexicana S.de R.L. de C.V. Mexico All products
Canon Europa N.V. Netherlands All products
Canon (UK) Ltd. U.K. All products
Canon Deutschland GmbH Germany All products
Canon France S.A.S. France All products
Canon Italia S.p.A. Italy All products
Canon (Schweiz) A.G. Switzerland All products
Canon Nederland N.V. Netherlands All products
Canon Danmark A/S Denmark All products
Canon España, S.A. Spain All products
Canon Svenska AB Sweden All products
Canon Norge AS Norway All products
Canon Oy Finland All products
Canon Belgium N.V./S.A. Belgium All products
Canon GmbH Austria All products
Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. Singapore All products
Canon Hongkong Co., Ltd. Hong Kong All products
Canon (China) Co., Ltd. PRC All products
Canon Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia All products

Data on operational site activities were gathered from the above list of companies. For marketing subsidiaries and affiliates outside Japan, the data cover only “product collection and recovery” and “ISO 14001 Consolidated Certification data.”

*1 Canon Precision Inc. Kitawatoku Second Plant, Oita Canon Inc. Oita Plant, Canon ANELVA Corporation, Canon Machinery Inc., Canon Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Canon Ayutthaya (Thailand) Ltd. and Canon Finetech Industries Development Co., Ltd. have been added to the companies covered in this report.
*2 Name changed from Igari Mold Co., Ltd. as of January 1, 2007.

Note: Canon Finetech Inc. Kofu Office was closed in June, 2006.

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