Wacom 2012 Annual Report Download - page 6

Throughout the world, our professional product range
is unrivalled and acknowledged to be the industry
standard with our unique technology, high perfor-
mance and quality. Intuos is highly acclaimed by
professionals who create inspirational movies, anima-
tion, games, digital art, and web designs. Cintiq series,
interactive displays providing the freedom to work with
the pen directly on screen, enjoy a global reputation for
offering high productivity to many professionals from
photographers to car designers. Inkling digital sketch
pen captures a digital likeness of your work while you
sketch with its ballpoint tip on any sketchbook or
standard piece of paper.
Professional products
If you have never watched “American Chopper”, the hit reality televsion show on the Discovery Channel that features custom motorcycle
manufacturing at its finest, then you are missing out on some quality enertainment. There are a variety of spirited characters that work for Orange
County Choppers (OCC) on the show including Jason Pohl, lead designer for the OCC team. Jason, a Wacom Cintiq user for close to a decade,
enjoys the intuitive and natural feel of designing directly on screen with the Cintiq’s pressure-sensitive pen along with creative applications such
as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and others. Says Jason of his recently acquired Cintiq 24HD – “The Cintiq workflow allows me to effectively
collaborate with colleagues and customers as well as meet production deadlines. Wacom’s latest Cintiq emulates working with traditional media
and provides the comfort, color and control I need to keep my drawings fresh and original.”
Brand Business
We have various types of pen tablets; the models open up a world of possibilities and help our customers to experi-
ence more with our unique digital pen and multi-touch technologies. We command an impressive 80 % (our estimate
approximately) of the global market and 89.8 % of the Japanese market (BCN Inc. 2011). It will not stop there as
Wacom expects the market to accelerate substantially.
Our Businesses
Our company is made up of three business sectors in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 – Brand products, Compo-
nents and Other businesses. We develop, manufacture, and sell solution products which create harmony between
people and electronic devices in the field of interface technologies.
Consumer products
Bamboo series, our consumer pen tablets, provide a
natural-to-use tool for expressing creative ideas and
communicating with friends, colleagues, and family
through social networks in a personal way. Wacom has
expanded models combining pen and touch technol-
ogy. Bamboo not only enables users to intuitively draw,
paint, sketch, and retouch digital photographs, but also
simplifies for everyone navigating around the computer
and the Internet.
Bamboo Stylus offers a brand new way to experience
hand-written note-taking, sketching, and drawing with
creative expression, specifically for Apple iPad users. It
enables a more intuitive and accurate way to take notes
in meetings and classroom settings or to sketch out
rough ideas. Bamboo Stylus is available in six colors
and Bamboo Stylus duo features the same responsive
smooth pen nib plus a ballpoint nib.
Bamboo Paper opens up new ways of creativity and
gives a real pen and paper feeling for iPad users.
Bamboo Paper turns any iPad into a digital notebook
with the ability to share handwritten or sketched ideas
and concepts.
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