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Canon has achieved global No. 1 market
positions for such core products as
copying machines, LBPs and digital
cameras, and will strive not only to
maintain these positions but also to
further its market leadership.
Furthermore, Canon is generally already
among the top three in other sectors and
has given the highest priority to attaining
the top position for all of its core businesses.
For example, in line with growing demand
for color output in the office, Canon is
applying proprietary technology to copying
machines and LBPs to actively launch
competitive new products that are differen-
tiated by their performance capabilities. The
Company aims to get a jump on the com-
petition with the development of a new-
concept multifunction office system that
maximizes the functionality of each device
connected to a network. By leveraging its
of effort. Therefore, Canon will review and
reinforce its quality-control systems.
Canon’s three new display businesses
are surface-conduction electron-emitter
displays (SEDs), organic light-emitting diode
(OLED) displays, and rear projection displays.
The Company is speeding up the develop-
ment of these businesses and reinforcing
their support systems. Canon is forging
ahead with measures to realize commer-
cial opportunities in SEDs, and has also
intensified development of OLED displays,
which Canon plans to use for monitors in
digital cameras.
strengths in digital cameras and photo
printers, Canon aspires to become No. 1 in
home photo printing. In semiconductor-
production equipment, the Company is
aiming to raise competitiveness by develop-
ing state-of-the-art exposure equipment
that employs leading-edge technology such
as liquid immersion lithography. In today’s
environment where production volume has
dramatically increased, Canon recognizes
quality as an extremely important issue.
Quality problems have the potential to
severely impact the brand image that has
been carefully cultivated through decades
Canon plans to equip digital cameras and
camcorders with OLED displays (prototype)
Achieve the overwhelming No. 1 position in existing core
businesses and develop three new display businesses
Canon displayed a full-HD SED 55-inch panel prototype at CEATEC JAPAN 2006
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