History

	Organizational milestones	Technical milestones
1950s	1954 Company is established under the name “Chichibu Eikosha Co., Ltd.”	1954 Start assembly of self-timers and slow governors for use in Canon cameras. 1958 Begin production of autonomous exposure meters for cameras. 1959 Develop M-type magnetic head.
1960s	1964 Change name to Canon Electronics Inc. Open the Kagemori plant. 1965 Establish our Tokyo business office.	1960 Develop magnetic heads for open reels and for broadcast VTRs. 1964 Begin production of FL-lens shutter units for SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras. 1965 Develop magnetic head for use with Philip’s-type cassettes.
1970s	1971 Open the Osaka Business Annex. 1978 Establish Amsterdam liaison office.	1971 Start production of magnetic heads for stereo cassette decks. 1974 Start production of Card readers. 1975 Start production of shutters and main units for Canon AE-1 cameras. 1976 Begin production of printers for calculators. 1978 Begin production of R&P combination magnetic heads. 1979 Start production of 5.25 inch floppy drives. Start production of magnetic heads for metal tape.
1980s	1981 Company listed on second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 1984 Open our Misato plant. 1989 Establishment of Canon Electronic (Malaysia) SDN BHD.	1980 Start production of magnetic heads for use with floppy disks. Start production of magnetic drive units for copiers. 1981 Start production of main precision mechanical units for Canon new F-1 cameras. Start production of shutter units for the Canon Autoboy Super. Start production of K-series compact calculator printers. 1982 Start production of amorphous combination magnetic heads. Start production of serial-impact dot matrix printers. 1984 Start production of 3.5 inch floppy drives. 1985 Start production of magnetic heads for 8-mm VTR imaging. Start production of word-processor printers. Start consignment production of micro devices. 1986 Start production of main unit for the Canon EOS. 1988 Start production of shutter unit for the Q-PIC floppy-disk camera. Start consignment production of laser-beam printers (LBPs). 1989 Start production of optomagnetic disk drives.
1990s	1993 Misato plant receives ISO-9002 certification. 1995 Misato plant receives BS-7750 certification. 1996 Open plant in Krantan, Malaysia. Start IMS operations, and take over micro production from Canon Inc. Misato plant receives ISO-14001 certification (Change from previous certification) 1997 A product-specific business division structure is introduced. 1998 Listing upgraded to first section on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Open the new B wing at the Misato plant. Extend the Ikebukuro office. 1999 Start to reconceptualize as “high-earnings” business. Open our Akagi plant (for consignment assembly of LBPs). Take over control of production of laser scanner units from Canon Inc. Akagi plant receives ISO-14001 certification (6/10/99). Chichibu plant receives ISO-14001 certification (7/27/99). Open the Shibaura front office and the Shibaura R&D Center, (Close the Ikebukuro office.)	1990 Start consignment production of the Canofile CF-250. LBP production passes the 1 million mark, 1991 Start production of drum units for Canon 8-mm video cameras Start production of shutters and main units for Canon’s New F-1 SLR camera. 1992 Start production of 8-track read heads for train-station applications. Start production of the MP-60 and MP-90 reader printers. 1993 Start production of linear encoders. Start production of PCMCIA-compliant FD cards (external units). LBP production passes the 3 million mark, 1995 Start production of scanner cartridges. 1996 LBP production passes the 5 million mark. Start production of magnetic heads for APS cameras. 1997 Develop TMF ultrasensitive magnetic sensors. Start production of Visualizers. 1998 Start production of polygon mirrors. Start production of CAM miniature step motors. Start production of Film-Scanners. Start production of digital document cameras. 1999 Develop and begin sales of presentation software. Start production of flat-bed scanners.
2000 to present	2000 Take control of Handy Terminal business from Canon, Inc. (Birth of our HT division) Establish uniform production system for laser scanner units (business-machine components). 2001 Integrate the three Chichibu facilities into a single production site. 2002 Liquidate two Chichibu subsidiaries and restructure their operations. 2003 Achieve zero debt. Achieve “Privacy Mark” certification. 2004 Implement share sell-off. . Shibaura front office becomes “Tokyo Headquarters.” Renovate the Misato plant. Extend the Akagi plant’s B Wing. 2005 Changes the stock trading unit from 1.000 shares to 100 shares. 2006 Open our Akagi mold plant. Consolidated sales revenue exceeds ￥100 billion for the first time. e-System Corporation becomes a Canon Electotonics consolidated subsidiary. 2007 Sales revenue exceeds ￥100 billion for the first time. Effect a 3-for-2 split of its common shares. Receive the second Monozukuri Nihon Award. 2008 ASIA PACIFIC SYSTEM RESERCH CO.,LTD becomes a Canon Electronics consolidated subsidiary. Receive “Yellow Ribbon Medal” for the mold making master. Establishment of Canon Electronics Vietnam Co.,Ltd. 2009 Hold “Canon NEXT Solution FAIR 2009 in Chichibu”. ASIA PACIFIC SYSTEM RESERCH CO.,LTD becomes a wholley owned subsidiary. 2010 e-System Corporation becomes a wholley owned subsidiary.	2000 Develop and start sales of the PR210 presentation scanner. 2002 Develop miniature injection molding machines. 2003 Develop 3D modeling machinery. 2005 Start production of plastic lenses. Start production of Food Waste Disposer. 2006 Production of plastic lenses passes the 1 hundred million mark. 2007 Begin sales of ScanFront 220P network scanner. 2008 Launched the ultimate business card management service, “UltimaBlue”. Begin sales of security management software “SML”. 2009 Image FOMULA ScanFront 220e/eP wins “BLI Pick of the Year”Award. Compact Document Sucanner P-150（DR:150） has been released. Handy Terminal KT series wins Canon President Award of the Year　2009 [Bussines Puroducts prize].