Canon India Pvt. Ltd.

Ryuzaburo Kaku is appointed president of Canon Inc.

The Utsunomiya plant of Tochigi Canon Inc. (today, Canon Inc.’s Utsunomiya Plant) opens.

The K-35 series of lenses for cinematography wins an Academy Award from the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

A product-specific business division structure is introduced.

Canon Australia Pty. Ltd. is established.

Canon begins offering colour copying services.

The NP-8500, the world’s first retention-type copying machine, is introduced.

The PLA-500FA, the world’s first mask aligner with a laser-based automatic alignment system, is introduced.

Copyer Co., Ltd. becomes an affiliated company.

Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. is established.

Overseas sales exceed ¥100 billion for the first time.

The LBP-10, using a semiconductor laser, is introduced.

The AF35M, a fully automatic AF compact camera, is introduced.

A mini floppy disk drive is introduced.

The Canoword 55 Japanese-language word processor, the first such product with roman alphabet inputting, is introduced.

The Telefax B-601, Japan’s first G2 fax, is introduced.

The Auto Ref R-1, an automatic refractometer, is introduced.

The Hiratsuka Plant opens as the Component Development Center.

The Ami Plant opens as a precision equipment factory for the manufacture of facsimiles and precision molds.

The Ueno Plant opens as a copying machine and laser printer chemical product manufacturing factory.

The NP-8500 SUPER, an ultrahigh-speed copying machine capable of producing 135 copies per minute, is introduced.

The New F-1, a professional-use system SLR, is introduced.

A CVC video system is introduced.

The Second Premier Company Plan is launched.

Oita Canon Inc. is established in Japan.

The PC-10 and PC-20, the world’s first personal copying machines with replaceable cartridges, are introduced.

The HT-3000 handy terminal is introduced.

The AS-100 16-bit personal computer is introduced.

The AP400 and AP500 electronic typewriters (for Western languages) are introduced.

Canon announces its second inauguration with the launch of the First Global Corporation Plan, which introduces the corporate philosophy of kyosei.

Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd. is established in the U.K.

Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is established.

Canon Business Machines de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. is established.

Nagahama Canon Inc. is established in Japan.

Canon becomes the first Japanese company to qualify for an in-house certification system using the CSA mark (Canadian electrical safety standard).

PC series personal-use copying machine production reaches 2 million units.

The Colour Bubble Jet Copier A1 is introduced.

Sales of Canon’s optical disk system commence.

Sales commence for the FAX 705, with Canon’s GENESIS digital image-processing technology.

The RC-760 still video camera incorporating a 600,000 pixel CCD, the world’s largest, is introduced.

The Q-PIC floppy disk camera is introduced.

Keizo Yamaji is appointed president of Canon Inc.

Canon acquires equity in NeXT Inc. of the U.S., in exchange for sales rights for the Far East.

Canon Dalian Business Machines, Inc., is established in the PRC.

NP copying machine production reaches 5 million units.

The CLC-500 colour laser copying machine is introduced.

The Ai Note IN-3000, a PDA with handwritten input capability, is introduced.

The EOS-1, a top-of-the-line autofocus SLR camera, is introduced.

The A1 (A1Hi in other regions), an 8 mm video camcorder with high-end specifications, is introduced.

Canon forms the Environment Assurance Promotion Committee.

Canon launches its toner cartridge recycling system.

Canon Information Systems Research Australia Pty. Ltd. is established.

Canon Information Systems R&D Europe Ltd. (today, Canon Research Centre France S.A.S.) is established.

Canon Zhuhai, Inc. is established in the PRC.

Canon Hi-Tech (Thailand) Ltd. is established.

Fujio Mitarai is appointed president of Canon Inc.

Canon forms the CS (customer satisfaction) Promotion Committee.

Canon, in a first for a Japanese company, earns certification under the BS7750 international environmental standard for its Ami and Ueno plants.

Custom Integrated Technology, Inc., a remanufacturing site for copying machines, is established in Virginia, U.S.A.

Toner cartridge collection reaches 10 million units.

After a 34-year hiatus, Canon reenters the binocular market with its 12 x 36 IS model, which compensates for hand-shake by incorporating Canon’s Vari-Angle Prism.

Canon’s first digital SLR camera, EOS DCS 3, is introduced.

The world’s first FLCD is commercialized.

The EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, the world’s first camera lens with image stabilizer, is introduced.

The CLC1000, a high-speed, full-colour copying machine with four photosensitive drums, is introduced.

The SURE SHOT DEL SOL (PRIMA SOL in other regions), the world’s first fully solar powered camera, is introduced.

The Excellent Global Corporation Plan is initiated.

The Fuji-Susono Research Park opens in Susono, Japan.

Industrial Resource Technologies, Inc., a toner cartridge-recycling site, is established in Virginia, U.S.A.

Canon Latin America, Inc. moves to Miami, U.S.A.

Canon Virginia ships its 5,000th remanufactured copying machine.

The ELPH (IXUS in other regions), a 2x zoom compact camera with the Advanced Photo System, is introduced.

Marketing commences for the FPA-3000EX3 stepper, which uses an excimer laser.

Green Procurement standards, promoting the purchase of environmentally friendly components and materials, are issued.

Canon (China) Co., Ltd. is established.

A new building is opened in the Kosugi Office of Canon Inc. as a base for business solutions and information technology activities.

Tianjin Canon Co, Ltd, a copying machine manufacturing site, is established in the PRC.

Camera production reaches 100 million units.

Canon enters the digital video camcorder market with the OPTURA (MV1 in other regions).

Canon forms the Management Reformation Committee.

Canon commences Group-wide production reform activities.

The Ayase Office opens with the goal of reinforcing the R&D structure for semiconductor-related devices.

Oita Canon Materials Inc. is established.

Canon optical technologies are applied in the Subaru, one of the world’s largest astronomical telescopes.

The BJC-8200 full-colour inkjet printer is introduced, featuring a new printing head technology, New “MicroFine Droplet Technology.”

The compact GT270 eyeglass display is introduced.

Canon Inc. begins listing its American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Canon holds Canon EXPO 2000 global technology and product exhibitions in New York, Paris and Tokyo.

Canon receives the Miles Supreme Award from the Society of Japanese Value Engineering.

The Optics R&D Center opens in Utsunomiya, Japan.

Canon receives the prestigious Copier of the Future IEA-DSM Award of Excellence.

The PowerShot S100 DIGITAL ELPH (DIGITAL IXUS in other regions), a digital compact camera, is introduced.

The iR series new-generation network MFD is introduced, providing document collation and distribution functions.

The EOS D30 digital SLR camera is introduced, featuring a CMOS sensor.

Phase II of the Excellent Global Corporation Plan is initiated.

Canon forms the Management Strategy Committee.

Canon Europe Ltd. is established in London to cooperate with Canon Europa N.V. in the Netherlands to reinforce regional operations.

Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd. is established in Hanoi as a production site for inkjet printers.

Three companies in the Canon Group establish a copying machine production site in Suzhou, PRC.

Canon Zhongshan Business Machines Co., Ltd., the Group's third laser printer production site in the PRC, is established.

Canon develops the Multi-Layered Diffractive Optical Element technology.

Canon holds Canon EXPO 2005, a showcase for Canon’s new products and future technologies, in New York, Paris, and Tokyo.

The Compliance Card is distributed to 110,000 Canon Group employees.

Construction of the leading-edge technology building at the Canon headquarters in Shimomaruko, is completed.

Canon concludes a cooperative research agreement with Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Canon and Microsoft Corporation of the U.S. agree to collaborate in the field of image processing technology.

The Canon Group obtains combined ISO14001 certification.

ANELVA Corporation and NEC Machinery Corporation are made consolidated subsidiaries.

Canon receives its second Imperial Award for Innovations for the invention of a large screen sensor for real-time X-ray imaging systems.

The XL H1 high-definition video camcorder is introduced.

Canon launches Phase III of the Excellent Global Corporation Plan.

Canon Inc., introducing a new corporate structure, appoints CEO Fujio Mitarai as chairman and Tsuneji Uchida as president and COO.

Chairman Fujio Mitarai is appointed the second chairman of Japan Business Federation.

Canon Sales Co., Inc. changes its name to Canon Marketing Japan Inc.

Canon Inc. effects a 3-for-2 split of its common shares.

Canon opens the Canon Global Management Institute, a training base for the cultivation of global leaders.

Canon commences cooperative research and development with Kyoto University on the High-Order Biological Imaging Leading-Edge Technology Hub project.

Canon and Utsunomiya University agree to establish an education and research center for optics.

Canon ANELVA wins the Japan Vacuum Industry Association Chairman’s Award for its HDD head sensor.

Canon Optron, Inc. delivers one of the world’s largest fluorite lenses for use at a major U.S. astrophysical observatory.

The imagePROGRAF iPF9000, which incorporates the newly developed LUCIA twelve colour ink system and supports 60-inch large format prints, is introduced.

The PowerShot SD800 IS DIGITAL ELPH (DIGITAL IXUS 850 IS in other regions), incorporating DIGIC III and Face Detection Technology, is introduced.

Canon launches Phase IV of the Excellent Global Corporation Plan.

Canon holds Canon EXPO 2011 in Shanghai.

Canon and MEDIAN Technologies

A France-based IT solution vendor, enter into an agreement in the medical domain.

Canon donates portable digital radiography systems to support victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Construction of the Kyoto University Advanced Medical Device Development and Clinical Research Center completed.

Canon Prachinburi (Thailand) Ltd. is established.

Canon Business Machines (Philippines), Inc. is established.

Canon enters the motion picture production industry with the launch of the Cinema EOS System of cinema cameras and lenses.

The PowerShot SX230 HS, a 14x optical zoom digital compact camera with GPS, is introduced.

Canon launches cloud-based document services through the Canon Business Imaging Online cloud services platform.

A digital production printing system utilizing an Océ (Today, Canon Production Printing) printer controller is developed, marking the first Canon-Océ (today, Canon Production Printing) jointly developed product.

Canon enters the commercial photo printer market with the introduction of the DreamLabo 5000.

Fujio Mitarai is appointed president, in addition to chairman and CEO, of Canon Inc.

Canon Indústria de Manaus Ltda. is established in Brazil.

Canon Marketing Vietnam Co., Ltd. is established.

Canon technology contributes to an expanded field of view in the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Hawaii.

Canon receives a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award for improvements to large format CMOS imagers for use in High Definition broadcast video cameras at the 64th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards.

Canon enters into collaborative research agreements with Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Canon achieves the leading global share in interchangeable lens digital cameras for the 10th year straight.

MREAL A new MR (mixed reality) system that contributes to reduced development times during product design, is introduced.

The top-of-the-line EOS-1D X digital SLR camera Offering the highest levels of image quality and speed performance, is introduced.

The PIXMA PRO-1 professional inkjet printer Featuring the newly developed LUCIA 12-colour ink system, is introduced.

The EOS M A compact-system camera that offers digital SLR camera-level image quality in a compact and lightweight body, is introduced.

Canon acquires CFP

Chairman Fujio Mitarai receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan.

Canon Americas completes new headquarters in Melville, N.Y.

Canon Solutions America, Inc. is established.

Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd. achieves production of 100 million inkjet printers.

Canon (Suzhou) Inc. achieves production of 100 million imageRUNNER ADVANCE series office network MFPs.

Canon develops 35 mm full-size CMOS sensor with high sensitivity and reduced noise, enabling video shooting in low light.

Eight models from the imageRUNNER ADVANCE series receive EPEAT Gold ratings in New Digital Imaging Equipment Category.

Canon Virginia Inc. becomes the first manufacturer to acquire Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics Recyclers (R2) certification in the U.S.

An ultra-high-sensitivity 4K-model Cinema EOS System camera successfully captures the world’s first video of the comet ISON shot from the International Space Station.

Canon enters the 4K video production display market with the launch of the DP-V3010 30 inch 4K display for professional use.

Canon launches the EOS 70D digital SLR camera Featuring innovative Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology to satisfy the needs of users seeking to extend their photographic horizons.

Canon launches the PowerShot N digital compact camera Opens up a new dimension of photographic expression by generating six unique images with each shot.

Canon launches the VIXIA mini (LEGRIA mini) digital video camcorder Offers new shooting styles and new ways to enjoy movies.

Fujio Mitarai is appointed Honorary President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Canon makes U.S.-based Molecular Imprints, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary under the new company name Canon Nanotechnologies, Inc., to engage in development of next-generation semiconductor lithography equipment.

Canon Europe makes Milestone Systems (Denmark) a wholly owned subsidiary.

Canon signs global partnership with Volkswagen for managed print services.

Digital camera production reaches 250 million units.

EF lens production reaches 100 million units.

Canon contributes to production of the primary mirror used in TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope) Extremely large telescope at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Hawaii Observatory.

Canon EXPO 2015 A showcase for Canon’s new products and future technologies, is held in New York, Paris and Tokyo.

Canon makes Axis Communications (Sweden) a consolidated subsidiary.

Canon BioMedical, Inc. is established by Canon U.S.A.

Canon’s Toner Cartridge Recycling Program reaches its 25th year.

Canon launches EOS 5DS/EOS 5DS R high-resolution digital SLR camera with 50.6 megapixel CMOS sensor.

Canon offers a new imaging experience for photos and movies with the launch of Connect Station CS100.

Ultra wide-angle zoom lens EF11-24mm f/4L USM with 11 mm focal length is launched.

Canon launches the ME20F-SH ultra high-sensitivity multipurpose camera, which enables shooting of full-colour movies in extreme low light conditions.

The imagePRESS C10000VP production printer offering print speed of 100 pages per minute is launched.

Canon EXPO 2015

A showcase for Canon’s new products and future technologies, is held in New York, Paris and Tokyo.

Canon launches Phase V of the Excellent Global Corporation Plan.

Canon Inc., introducing a new corporate structure, appoints CEO Fujio Mitarai as chairman and Masaya Maeda as president and COO.

Canon makes Toshiba Medical Systems a wholly owned subsidiary to expand Canon’s healthcare business.

Canon launches the 4K500ST 4K projector The world’s smallest and lightest among 5,000 lm class projectors.

Canon’s digital SLR camera flagship model EOS-1D X Mark II is launched.

Canon launches the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 Featuring improved core inkjet technology, high image quality printing and A2 printing capability.

The AXIS Q1659 interchangeable-lens network camera Integrates Canon imaging technology and AXIS network technology for high-resolution monitoring, is introduced.

Canon launches the 4K500ST 4K projector

The world’s smallest and lightest among 5,000 lm class projectors.

Canon launches the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000

Featuring improved core inkjet technology, high image quality printing and A2 printing capability.

The AXIS Q1659 interchangeable-lens network camera

Integrates Canon imaging technology and AXIS network technology for high-resolution monitoring, is introduced.

Customer Experience Center Tokyo, a facility for experiencing Canon’s commercial printing solutions, opens at Canon headquarters.

Canon makes Miyazaki Daishin Canon Inc. (today, Miyazaki Canon) a wholly owned subsidiary.

The A3 colour MFP imageRUNNER ADVANCE C3500 series

Toshiba Medical Systems changes its name to Canon Medical Systems.

The Canon Eco Technology Park opens to serve as a focal point of the environmental activities of the Canon Group.

The software training facility Canon Institute of Software Technology is opened.

Canon makes BriefCam Ltd. (Israel) A leading video content analysis software developer, a wholly owned subsidiary.

Canon launches a joint research project with the National Center For the Promotion of Cultural Properties for the creation and use of high-resolution facsimiles of cultural properties.

The EOS M50 mirrorless camera is introduced.

The business inkjet printer PIXMA G-series with refillable ink tank system is introduced.

Introduction of both new software for factory automation and the industrial camera N10-W02.

Canon introduces the EOS R System, a new imaging system, and launches the EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera and RF lens featuring a newly-developed lens mount.

With the launch of the WG7000 series, Canon makes a full-scale entry into the A3 business inkjet multifunction printer market.

Joint research begins with the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University.

Canon invests in the Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development to accelerate expansion in the medical business.

Canon launches the compact and lightweight EOS RP full-frame mirrorless camera.

Canon and Pioneer co-develop the 3D-LiDAR sensor.

The instant camera printer IVY CLIQ+ ZV-123 is introduced.

World´s first MRI system featuring noise reduction reconstruction technology using deep learning is introduced.

The compact, lightweight native 4K laser projector REALiS 4K6021Z is introduced.