Canon (company) Facts for Kids

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Canon Inc.
(キヤノン株式会社)

Type	Public (TYO: 7751, NYSE: CAJ)
Industry	Imaging
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (10 August 1937)
Headquarters	Ōta, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Fujio Mitarai, Chairman & CEO Tsuneji Uchida, President & COO
Products	Print and document solutions, photographic equipment including printers, scanners and digital and SLR cameras. Binoculars, calculators and medical, optical, broadcast and IT imaging equipment.
Revenue	4,481,346 million Yen (FY 2007)
Number of employees	23,429 (2008)

Canon Inc. (キヤノン株式会社, Kyanon Kabushiki Gaisha, TYO: 7751, NYSE: CAJ) is a Japanese company that makes imaging and optical products. These include cameras, film, image scanners and computer printers. The company was started in 1937.

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History

Canon began as the Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory. In 1934, the first Japanese 35mm focal plane-shutter camera prototype was made. It was called the "Kwanon". In the next few years, Canon became very important in creating new camera products and making them better.

Today, Canon creates everything from digital cameras and camcorders to laser printers and film.