世界名牌博覽：佳能

佳能(Canon )，是日本的一家全球領(lǐng)先的生產(chǎn)影像與信息產(chǎn)品的綜合集團，從1937年成立以來，經(jīng)過多年不懈的努力，佳能已將自己的業(yè)務(wù)全球化并擴展到各個領(lǐng)域。佳能的產(chǎn)品系列共分布于三大領(lǐng)域：個人產(chǎn)品、辦公設(shè)備和工業(yè)設(shè)備，主要產(chǎn)品包括照相機及鏡頭、數(shù)碼相機、打印機、復(fù)印機、傳真機、掃描儀、廣播設(shè)備、醫(yī)療器材及半導(dǎo)體生產(chǎn)設(shè)備等。

佳能總部位于日本東京，并在美洲、歐洲、亞洲及日本設(shè)有4大區(qū)域性銷售總部，在世界各地擁有子公司200家，雇員超過10萬人。

2016年3月9日，日本東芝公司于今日召開董事會并最終決定將旗下東芝醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)公司出售給佳能公司，佳能公司提出的收購報價為7000億日元(約合人民幣405億元)。

Canon is one of the world’s top makers of digital imaging and photography equipment. The company was founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1937. It started life as Kwanon but changed to Canon in 1947. It has grown to become synonymous for high quality and affordable products. It has three main areas of operations: Its Office Business Unit manufactures copy machines and printers; its Consumer Business Unit produces SLR and digital cameras and lenses, and video cameras; and its Industry and Other Business Unit is responsible for semiconductor equipment, medical image recording equipment, computers, scanners and calculators. It has an annual revenue in excess of $35 billion. Canon recently topped a survey of 56 companies by the Clean Air-Cool Planet organization for climate-friendliness.