| cl | | | | from Nippon Kogaku Kogyo, the predecessor |
| Established in 1933 by Goro Yoshida and Saburo | | | | company of Nikon Corporation. Three years following |
| Uchida, Canon began as company called Precision | | | | the initial start up of the company, the Hansa Canon |
| Optical Instruments Laboratory. In the | | | | was released in 1936 to the public. The following year, |
| companyâs beginnings, their major goal was to | | | | Canon as we know it today was founded. |
| develop a 35mm camera. In 1934, the Kwanon | | | | Nowadays, Canon makes cameras, printers, copiers |
| camera was released yet it never actually hit the | | | | and many other office products and their most |
| marketplace. | | | | profitable area involves the sale of digital copiers for |
| Due to their inability to develop a lens of their own, the | | | | offices. |
| Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory used one | | | | |
