Canon Inc has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX Core30 and Nikkei 225 index.
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37 Facts About Canon Inc
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In 1964 Canon Inc introduced the 'Canola 130', the first Japanese made 10-key calculator, a substantial improvement on the design of the British Bell Punch company, which introduced the first fully electronic calculator two years earlier with the Sumlock Anita Mark 8 unit.
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In 1965 Canon Inc introduced the Canon Inc Pellix, a single lens reflex camera with a semi-transparent stationary mirror which enabled the taking of pictures through the mirror.
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In 1971, Canon Inc introduced the Canon Inc F-1, a high-end SLR camera, and the FD lens range.
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In 1976, Canon Inc launched the Canon Inc AE-1, the world's first camera with an embedded micro-computer.
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Canon Inc introduced their Inkjet printer using bubble-jet technology in 1985, one year after Hewlett-Packard.
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In 1992, Canon Inc launched the Canon Inc EOS 5, the first-ever camera with eye-controlled AF, and the PowerShot 600, its first digital camera.
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In 1996, Canon Inc introduced a pocket-sized digital camera with the Advanced Photo System, named ELPH in America and IXUS in Europe.
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In early 2013, Canon Inc USA moved into a new US$500 million headquarters in Melville, New York.
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In February 2014, Canon announced it would acquire Texas-based Molecular Imprints Inc, a developer of nanoprint lithography systems, for an amount speculated to be around US$98 million.
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On 13 June 2014, Canon Inc announced it had acquired Danish IP Surveillance VMS software company Milestone Systems.
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On 10 February 2015, Canon Inc announced that it had intentions to buy Swedish Security Camera maker Axis Communications for US$2.
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On 24 April 2015, Canon Inc Europe announced it had acquired the London-based family photo sharing startup Lifecake.
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In November 2015, in an effort to avoid the selling of gray-market camera gear, Canon Inc USA filed litigation against a number of camera gear retailers.
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In March 2016, Canon Inc acquired Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation for US$5.
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On 28 March 2017, Canon Inc Europe announced it had acquired the London-based printing startup Kite.
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In July 2020, Canon Inc recorded its first ever quarterly loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In December 2020, Canon Inc concluded its photographic-equipment print-ad series named "Wildlife as Canon Inc Sees It".
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In 2018, Canon Inc launched a 120MP image sensor as a part of its latest BtoB offerings.
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Many years, Canon was the principal maker of the print engines found in industry-standard laser printers.
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Canon Inc offers a range of wireless presenters, from advanced green laser presenters with back-lit screen display to basic red laser presentation clickers.
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Canon Inc is one of the world's top producers of semiconductor and display manufacturing equipment.
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Canon Inc is the leading manufacturer of display photolithography equipment and one of the top 3 in the semiconductor lithography machine market.
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Still, Canon Inc maintains a great presence in the i-line stepper market.
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Canon Inc introduced two MSX home computer models in 1983, the V-10 and the V-20.
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Canon Inc sold a Canon Inc AS100 PC for which you could get a color or monochrome display computer, shortly before the release of the IBM PC.
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On 26 December 2003, Canon Inc announced restructuring plans for three domestic Canon Group companies.
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In 2011, Canon Inc was granted 2, 813 patents in the United States, the third-highest number of any company.
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Canon Inc has launched three new calculators in Europe, called "Green Calculators", which are produced in part from recycled Canon Inc copiers.
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Canon Inc Group has an environmental charter which looks at "offering products with a lower environmental burden through improvements in resource efficiency, while eliminating anti-social activities that threaten the health and safety of mankind and the environment".
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In 2020, Canon Inc joined WIPO GREEN as an official partner in a effort to adress climate change.
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In 2008, Canon donated financial support to help the estimated 5 million people displaced by the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province in May 2008.
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From 1967 to 2003 Canon Inc sponsored the Greater Hartford Open, now Travelers Championship.
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In Formula One, Canon Inc sponsored Williams between 1985 and 1993, while they won World Drivers Championships for Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell (1992) and Alain Prost (1993) and Four World Constructors Championships (1986, 1987, 1992, 1993).
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Canon Inc Asia sponsored many competitions such as Canon Inc Photomarathon and reality TV show Photo Face-Off.
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