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Semiconductor Production, Medical and
Broadcasting Equipment
98 99 00 01 02
200,000
0
109,769
130,957
171,349
208,373
137,137
Sales results:
Optical products
(Millions of yen)
Anticipating a turnaround in demand for
semiconductor production equipment,
Canon is actively developing new steppers
and advanced technologies to expose
ultrahigh-precision circuit patterns.
Canon added new products to its line of digital radiography systems in
2002, and now offers a full range of products, including upright, horizontal-
bed and cassette-type models that cover the whole spectrum of X-ray
application. Awareness of our digital radiography systems has grown steadily
since we launched our first model in 1998, and in Japan we hold a dominant
share of this emerging market. However, competition is expanding in line
with the shift in demand from analog products to digital systems. In this
situation, our mission is to emphasize the distinctive properties of our products.
We therefore introduced a compact cassette-type digital radiography
system that greatly enhances digital X-ray flexibility, and focused sales
initiatives on the features and reliability of Canonยดs technology.