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Canon is a brand name used by Canon, Inc., a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Canon has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX Core 30 and Nikkei 225 indexes. It used to have a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

The company was originally named Seikikogaku kenkyusho (lit.?'Precision Optical Laboratory'). In 1934 it produced the Kwanon, a prototype for Japan's first-ever 35 mm camera with a focal-plane-based shutter.
In 1947, the company name was changed to Canon Camera Co., Inc., shortened to Canon Inc. in 1969.
The name Canon comes from Buddhist bodhisattva Kannon, previously transliterated as Kuanyin, Kwannon, or Kwanon in English.
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Brand name used by [1947 - 1969] : Canon Camera Co., Inc.
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Brand name used by [1969 -] : Canon, Inc.
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Submitted by : bob (9192)
on : 27/10/2023