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MEDICAL IMAGING
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
New Expansion in Medical Imaging
Existing
Businesses
New
Businesses
Target: 100 Billion Yen by 2015
Optical
Ultrasound
Mammography
System
The Kyoto
University/Canon
Joint Research
Project
Digital Radiography
Systems
Semiconductor
Lithography
Systems Intelligent
Robots
Machine Vision
for Industry
Organic LED Panel
Manufacturing
Equipment
(Canon Tokki
Corporation)
Die Bonders
(Canon Machinery Inc.)
Vacuum Thin-Film
Deposition
Equipment
(Canon ANELVA
Corporation)
Ophthalmic
Diagnostic Systems
Medical
IT Solutions
Genetic Diagnosis
Technologies
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What are your reasons for selecting medical equipment and
industrial equipment as new business pillars? What are some
of the specific initiatives being carried out in these areas?
In the medical equipment field, we noted advancements in elemental
technologies for applications in medical care and saw opportunities
for further development. As for industrial equipment, we concluded that
demand in the factory automation area would expand in developed coun-
tries facing aging populations with decreasing working populations.
Reflecting the needs of the times, we determined that demand for medical
equipment and industrial equipment will grow in the future.
In the medical equipment field, because disease will never disappear as
long as humans exist, there will always be demand for medical care. Also,
we have noted rapid advances in non-invasive optical ultrasound and other
elemental medical technologies, and we can foresee further progress in the
future. At Canon, we plan to fully mobilize our expertise in optical and
office-imaging technologies to expand our business in such areas as diag-
nostic imaging solutions, optical ultrasound diagnostic imaging systems
and genetic diagnostic systems. As for diagnostic imaging systems that
employ optical ultrasound, we are conducting clinical research in collabora-
tion with Kyoto University. Going forward, we plan to form alliances in the
United States and Europe with venture companies offering promising new
technologies, acquiring new technologies with which we will continue to
expand our business.
Regarding industrial equipment, as developed countries face aging popu-
lations and decreasing working populations in the future, we expect
demand for automated production facilities to increase. Canon is currently
developing intelligent robots and will initially address needs for automa-
tion and unmanned production at the Company’s manufacturing bases. In
the future, however, we will pursue business opportunities in the field of
factory automation.
DEVELOPING NEW BUSINESS THROUGH GLOBALIZED DIVERSIFICATION AND
ESTABLISHING THE THREE REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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