Epson

Seiko Epson Corporation
Epson
Native name
セイコーエプソン株式会社
Seikō Epuson Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typePublic (K.K.)
TYO: 6724
IndustryElectronics
FoundedMay 18, 1942; 82 years ago (1942-05-18) (as Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd.)
Headquarters,
Japan
(Officially registered in Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Minoru Usui [jp] (Chairman & Director)
Yasunori Ogawa [jp] (President, CEO & Representative Director)
Products
RevenueIncrease ¥1.129 trillion (2021)
(US$9.231 billion)[2]
Number of employees
77,642 (2022)[2]
DivisionsOrient Watch
Websitecorporate.epson
JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower, which houses the Tokyo office (registered office) of Seiko Epson and the headquarters of Epson Sales Japan on the 29th-32nd levels, located adjunct to the JR East Shinjuku Station in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards, Tokyo
Epson America headquarters in Los Alamitos, California

Seiko Epson Corporation, commonly known as Epson,[3] is a Japanese multinational electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of printers and information- and imaging-related equipment. Headquartered in Suwa, Nagano, Japan,[4] the company has numerous subsidiaries worldwide and manufactures inkjet, dot matrix, thermal and laser printers for consumer, business and industrial use, scanners, laptop and desktop computers, video projectors, watches, point of sale systems, robots and industrial automation equipment, semiconductor devices, crystal oscillators, sensing systems and other associated electronic components.

The company has developed as one of manufacturing and research and development (formerly known as Seikosha) of the former Seiko Group, a name traditionally known for manufacturing Seiko timepieces. Seiko Epson was one of the major companies in the Seiko Group, but is neither a subsidiary nor an affiliate of Seiko Group Corporation.

  1. ^ "Company Outline | About | Epson".
  2. ^ a b "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ^ "Company History". Epson US. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  4. ^ "Head Office & Japanese Facilities". Seiko Epson. Retrieved on January 13, 2009.