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06 STRATEGY Business Units Management System Financial Section
Global Diversification
Develop a Global R&D Structure
New Innovation Centers in the U.S. and Europe
U.S. Europe
Establish Institutes with
responsibilities spanning basic
research to leading-edge
technology application
Promote diversification utilizing
Océ as a foothold
The MR System can be used not only in the design and manufacturing
sectors, but also in a wide range of industries and fields. Satisfied with the
functionality and quality offered by the MR System, Canon launched the
system in July 2012.
Amid growing awareness about safety and reliabil-
ity, as well as the ongoing shift from analog to digital,
Canon launched a full-HD network camera in 2012. In
this field, users are demanding various software func-
tions, such as detection, tracking and image retrieval.
For this reason, we will accelerate business expansion
while pursuing M&A opportunities.
STRATEGY 2
Seeking to diversify our operations globally, Canon
established R&D facilities in Japan, the United States
and Europe. Under this strategy of developing new
business through globalized diversification and estab-
lishing the Three Regional Headquarters management
system, we have identified two fields that we are
strengthening as new core businesses: medical equip-
ment and industrial equipment.
In the medical device segment, we are making use of
the imaging technologies we have amassed over many
years to create new levels of value in such areas as medi-
cal imaging diagnostics. In Japan, we are working with
Kyoto University toward the practical application of
innovative medical imaging equipment. As part of this
collaboration, we have brought two technologies to the
clinical evaluation stage in 2012. One relates to photo-
acoustic mammography devices capable of diagnosing
breast cancer more accurately than before and with
minimal bodily impact during examination. The other
relates to adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmos-
copy (AO-SLO), which contributes to the examination
of the retina at the cellular level and the detection of
lifestyle-related diseases. Meanwhile, Canon U.S.A. estab-
lished its own R&D department in 2012 and reached
collaborative research agreements with two hospi-
tals affiliated with Harvard Medical School to develop
biomedical optical imaging and medical robotics tech-
nologies. This collaborative project aims to develop and
commercialize unique medical devices for a variety of
applications.
As for the industrial equipment segment, we are
harnessing Canon’s group-wide strengths to create a
new business domain with the aim of building it into
a ¥1 trillion business in the future. Canon already
supplies a variety of industrial equipment, including