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5
Information on the Company
1. Overview of the business group
The Epson Group (“Epson” or the “Group”), which includes Seiko Epson Corporation (“the Company”) and
related companies, and is mainly comprised of businesses responsible for the development, manufacture and
sales of information-related equipment, electronic devices, precision products, and other products.
Research and development and product development are mainly conducted by the Company (corporate R&D
and operations division R&D). Manufacturing and sales are conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries and
affiliates, domestic and abroad, under the management of the Company’ s operations divisions.
The following is a brief description of each business segment and the main subsidiaries and affiliates of each
business segment.
(1) Information-related equipment business segment
This segment comprises the printer business, the visual instruments business and others. This segment mainly
includes the development, manufacture and sales of printers, 3LCD projectors, and personal computers (PCs).
Details of the main businesses are as follows.
Printer business
Based on its digital control technologies and digital color image processing technologies, the printer business is
responsible for the development, manufacture and sales of products that offer total solutions of color digital data
from input through to output. The main products in this business include inkjet printers, page printers, serial
impact dot matrix (“SIDM”) printers, large-format inkjet printers and related consumables, color image scanners,
mini-printers, point-of-sale (“POS”) system products and others.
Visual instruments business
The visual instruments business is responsible for the development, manufacture and sales of 3LCD projectors,
label writers and others. The manufacture of high-temperature polysilicon (“HTPS”) TFT liquid crystal panels
(“HTPS-TFT panels”), which are the key components in 3LCD projectors, is included in the display business.
Others
In the PC business, PCs for the Japanese market are sold through a domestic subsidiary.
The major subsidiaries and affiliates involved in each segment are as follows:
Business
category Main products Main subsidiaries and affiliates
Manufacturing companies Sales companies
Printer business Inkjet printers, page
printers, SIDM
printers,
large-format inkjet
printers and related
consumables, color
image scanners,
mini-printers, POS
system products and
others
Tohoku Epson Corporation
Akita Epson Corporation
Epson Portland Inc.
Epson El Paso, Inc.
Epson Engineering
(Shenzhen) Ltd.
Singapore Epson Industrial
Pte. Ltd.
P.T. Indonesia Epson
Industry
Epson Precision
(Philippines), Inc.
Tian
j
in E
p
son Co., Ltd.
Epson Sales Japan Corporation
Epson America, Inc.
Epson Europe B.V.
Epson (U.K.) Ltd.
Epson Deutschland GmbH
Epson France S.A.
Epson Italia s.p.a.
Epson Iberica, S.A.
Epson (China) Co., Ltd.
Epson Korea Co., Ltd.
Epson Hong Kong Ltd.
Epson Taiwan Technology &
Trading Ltd.
Epson Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Epson Australia Pty. Ltd.
Visual
instruments
business
3LCD projectors,
label writers and
others
Epson Engineering
(Shenzhen) Ltd.
Epson Precision
(
Phili
pp
ines
)
, Inc.
Others PCs and others
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