Public KK | |
Traded as | : |
Industry | Computer |
Founded | Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan (March 1968 ) |
Headquarters | 153 Shimokashiwano, Hakusan, Ishikawa 924-8566, Japan |
Key people
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Yoshitaka Jitsumori (President and CEO) |
Products |
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Revenue | (¥ 73.64 billion) (FY 2013) |
Profit |
US$ 53 million (FY 2013) (¥ 5.43 billion) (FY 2013) |
Number of employees
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1,675 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014) |
Subsidiaries | Irem |
Website | www.eizo.com |
Footnotes / references |
US$ 53 million (FY 2013)
Eizo Corporation (EIZO株式会社 EIZO Kabushiki-gaisha?) or EIZO, is a manufacturer of high-end computer displays. A Japanese corporation, it was founded in March 1968. It has its headquarters in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.
The name Eizo is a reference to the Japanese word meaning "image", 映像, eizō in romaji.
The company was founded as Hakui Electronic Corporation in Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan, in 1968; it initially manufactured televisions. In March 1973, it became Nanao Corporation. In 1976, it began manufacture of industrial monitors, and in 1981 started making PC monitors.
Hitec Associates Ltd was founded in 1984 as a sales subsidiary of Nanao specifically for the European market.
In 1985, "Eizo" was launched as a brand of Hitec Associates in Europe. In the same period, parent company Nanao founded Nanao USA in the United States to launch products in that region under the "Nanao" brand as in Japan.