Founded August 10, 1937, was the first company in Japan to develop and produce 35mm focal-plane shutter cameras and indirect X-ray In 1970 he entered the field of equipment for companies in the Japanese market by introducing the first plain paper copier and diversifying and expanding business with the launch, in the eighties, laser printers (LBP) and Bubble Jet (BJ), which over time have added many other types of products (mainly related to printing and optics).
Canon Inc. is a Japanese company, among the world’s largest manufacturers of digital cameras, video cameras and multifunction printers. The term comes from Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of the Japanese name of mercy.