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Canon
Aptex Inc. (Former) |
Copyer
Co., Ltd (Former) |
| 1920 |
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| 1923 |
Maruboshi Shouten is founded in Tsukiji,
Chuo-ku Tokyo. |
| 1924 |
Manufactures the A-Type Blueprint machine,
the first of its kind in Japan. |
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| 1930 |
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| 1938 |
Opens its new plant in Mitaka, Tokyo. |
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| 1940 |
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| 1945 |
Maruboshi Kika Kogyo K.K. is founded
in Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
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| 1950 |
| 1953 |
Dai-ichi Seiki Kogyo Co.,Ltd.(original
company name), is founded in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, to design
and manufacture movie equipment. |
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| 1951 |
Develops its M-Type diazo copying machine,
the world's first desktop, moisture-type diazo copying
machine. |
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| 1960 |
| 1962 |
Development and manufacture of automated
microfilm processing machines commences. |
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| 1961 |
Changes its name to Copyer Co., Ltd.
The Company lists on the second section of the Tokyo Stock
Exchange Market. |
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| 1970 |
| 1972 |
Canon Inc. invests in the Company. |
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| 1974 |
Begins marketing the SELEX-900, its first
PPC (plain paper copier). |
| 1979 |
Canon Inc. invests in the Company. |
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| 1980 |
| 1983 |
The Ibaraki Plant opens in Mitsukaido,
Ibaraki. Manufacture of paper-handling devices for copying
machines starts. |
| 1985 |
Moves its head office to Mitsukaido,
Ibaraki. |
| 1987 |
Sets up a research division and begins
marketing paper-handling devices to companies outside
the Canon Group. |
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| 1980 |
Moves its head office to Mitaka-shi, Tokyo. |
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| 1990 |
| 1991 |
The Company name is changed to Canon
Aptex Inc. |
| 1993 |
The Ibaraki Plant acquires ISO 9002 certification. |
| 1994 |
Shares go public on the Tokyo over-the-countermarket. |
| 1995 |
Begins shipping its P-400C Multiple Image
Printers(MIPs).
The Ibaraki head office acquires BS7750 (ISO14001) certification. |
| 1997 |
Invests in NISCA Corporation.(Kofu, Yamanashi) |
| 1998 |
Listed on the second section of Tokyo
Stock Exchange Market. |
| 1999 |
Begins manufacturing Bubble Jet ink and
cartridges. |
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| 1992 |
Opens its Fukui Plant in Fukui city,
Fukui. |
| 1993 |
Establishes Copyer Industries Development
Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen Province, China.
The plants inTachikawa, Kofu and Fukui all acquire ISO9002
certification. |
| 1994 |
Establishes Copyer Industrial Hong Kong
Co., Ltd. |
| 1996 |
The three plants all acquire ISO14001
certification.
The head office and the three plants integrate their quality
control systems to meet ISO9001. |
| 1997 |
Markets the SELEX SG-950 and the SG-950
T,its first large format printers. |
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| 2000 |
| 2000 |
Transferred to the first section of the
Tokyo Stock Exchange Market.
NISCA Corporation becomes a subsidiary. |
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| 2000 |
Releases its environmental report. |
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| 2001 |
Establishes Canon Aptex (Suzhou) Business
Machines Inc. in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. |
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| 2001 |
Establishes Copyer (Suzhou) Business
Machines Co., Ltd. in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. |
| 2002 |
Begins production of glossy photo paper for ink-jet.printers. |
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| 2003 |
Canon Aptex Inc. and Copyer Co., Ltd. merge
and change its name to Canon Finetech Inc. |
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Canon Aptex (Suzhou) Business
Machines Inc. and Copyer (Suzhou) Business
Machines Co., Ltd. merge and change its name to Canon Finetech (Suzhou) Business
Machines Inc. |
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| 2004 |
Succeeded mark printer buisiness from Canon Semiconductor
Equipment Inc. |
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Liquidates Fujino Copyer Industries Co., Ltd. |
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| 2005 |
Enters into industrial digital printing machine business. |
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| 2007 |
Newly establishes Headquarters, R&D Center in Misato-shi,Saitama. |
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| 2008 |
Closed Tsukuba Product Distribution Center. |
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NISCA Corporation became 100% subsidiary of Canon Finetech Inc. |
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Starts operating Canon Finetech Nisca (shenzhen) Inc.(closed two former factories). |
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