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7
approach will enable us to improve product quality
.
Our
f
ourth priority goal is to cultivate the Company’s
core businesses o
f
the
f
uture. Canon is making steady progress
in its development o
f
displays, including organic light-emit
-
tin
g
diode (OLED) displa
y
s and sur
f
ace-conduction electron
-
emitter displa
y
s (SEDs). Furthermore, alon
g
with establishin
g
d
evice and process technolo
g
ies for displa
y
s, we are bolster
-
in
g
our research and development efforts for the Compan
y
’s
m
edical e
q
ui
p
ment.
Our fi nal priorit
y
g
oal is to stren
g
then the Group’s
environmenta
l
management. So
l
ving environmenta
l
pro
b-
lems requires a
f
undamental reexamination o
f
existing tech
-
n
ology—that is the wellspring o
f
innovation. This brings new
approac
h
es to current tec
h
no
l
o
g
ies, an
d
at t
h
e same time,
g
reatl
y
increases the possibilit
y
of uncoverin
g
a path leadin
g
to a paradi
g
m shift in the industr
y
. From this standpoint,
C
anon will continue working diligently to reduce environ
-
m
ental burdens with an eye to developing bene
fi
cial environ
-
m
enta
l
tec
h
no
l
ogies an
d
t
h
oroug
hl
y e
l
iminating waste.
We expect to
f
ace many hurdles in 2009 given the
extent o
f
the
g
lobal economic crisis. Undaunted b
y
the
challen
g
es ahead, the Group is unified in its commitment
to pursuin
g
speed and qualit
y
in all of its activities and to
f
urther improve its business structure b
y
eliminatin
g
an
y
i
n
e
ffi
c
i
e
n
c
i
es.
T
suneji Uc
h
i
da
P
resident and COO
Ca
n
o
n In
c.