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Canon


Canon may be the world's largest digital camera maker, but it also offers a range of enterprise-class products including document imaging software.

Established in 1937, Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and employs 174,698 people worldwide.

The imaging and optical products maker's business includes cameras, photocopiers and computer printers.

In November, Canon announced plans to postpone the construction of a US$1 billion toner cartridge components plant in Japan by six months. However, the Japanese tech giant said that its plan to invest some 60 billion yen (US$642 million) in a toner cartridge plant in the state of Virginia, the United States, remains on schedule.

Recently, Canon reported a 21 percent year-on-year dip in net profit for the third quarter, which ended Sep. 30, to 83.04 billion yen (US$888.5 million). It also revised down its full-year profit forecasts by about 23 percent from a year ago to 375 billion yen (US$4 billion).

This company is listed in Systems, Data storage management, Software infrastructure.



Financials
Fiscal year-end December FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Global revenue (US$millions) — 39,310.1 34,930.7 31,815.2 33,344.7
Global full-year net income (US$millions) — 4,283.6 3,826.3 3,255.1 3,301.4
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 5.91%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 9.37%
Percentage of revenue from Asia —

Operations
Founded 1933 Japan
First Asian office 1979 Singapore
Global employees 174,698
Global employees in Asia —
Asian economies: Total 9 China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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