Epson
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Seiko Epson corporate building in Tokyo
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1942 (as Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd.) Suwa, Nagano, Japan |
| Headquarters |
Suwa, Nagano, Japan (Officially registered in Shinjuku, Tokyo) |
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Key people
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Seiji Hanaoka (Chairman) Minoru Usui (President) |
| Products | Information-related equipments, Electronic devices, Precision products |
| Revenue |
 ¥1.092 trillion (2015)US$9.7 billion |
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Number of employees
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67,605 |
| Parent | Seiko Group |
| Website | Epson |
Seiko Epson Corporation (セイコーエプソン株式会社 Seikō Epuson Kabushiki-gaisha?) (Epson being an abbreviation for "Son of Electronic Printer"), or simply Epson, is a Japanese electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers, and information and imaging related equipment. Headquartered in Suwa, Nagano, Japan, the company has numerous subsidiaries worldwide and manufactures inkjet, dot matrix and laser printers, scanners, desktop computers, business, multimedia and home theatre projectors, large home theatre televisions, robots and industrial automation equipment, point of sale docket printers and cash registers, laptops, integrated circuits, LCD components and other associated electronic components. It is one of three core companies of the Seiko Group, a name traditionally known for manufacturing Seiko timepieces since its founding. In 1968 the company moved its UK headquarters to Audenshaw, Manchester, after acquiring the Jones Sewing Machine Company, a long established British sewing machine maker.
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