Seiko Epson

Seiko Epson Corporation ( Japanese:セイコー エプソン 株式会社; Seiko epuson Kabushikigaisha ) is a Japanese company that and one of the largest manufacturers of printers, scanners, digital cameras, personal computers, laptops, integrated circuits, projectors, cash registers, industrial robots worldwide LCD component counts.

The Epson Group

Epson is a company in the field of image processing technology. The products range of printers and LCD projectors to sensors and other microdevices. For trade and industrial products for large format, cash, label and ticket printing, as well as robotic systems for assembly and handling are produced. The Epson Group is led by the Japanese Seiko Epson Corporation and employs more than 81,000 employees worldwide in 97 companies. Epson generated revenues totaling $ 10.6 billion in fiscal year 2011 /2012.

The Epson Germany GmbH was founded in 1979 as subsidiary of the Japanese SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. Based in sea Busch, North Rhine -Westphalia company employs over 200 people and manages the distribution areas of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In Meerbusch Epson operates an industrial Solutions Center, will be presented in the office and industrial applications in use.

History

Today's Seiko Epson Corporation was formed through the merger of two companies:

Suwa Seikosha

The Daiwa Kogyo Ltd.. was founded on May 18, 1942. This concluded in December 1959 with the divested business Suwa Seikosha the Daini Co., Ltd.. (now Seiko Instruments), Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd.. together.

Shinshu Seiki (later: Epson Corporation)

In 1961 the company was founded under the name Shinshu Seiki Co.. Business objective was the production of parts for precision watches the Suwa Seikosha Co. Ltd. ..

Suwa Seikosha presented the watches are made for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964. It involved the printer for the results. This was the beginning of the production of printers by the Shinshu Seiki Co.

In September 1968, the company introduced the first micro- printer manufactures in the world, the Model EP - 101. He was soon incorporated into many desktop computers. In June 1975, the successor to the EP- 101 as "Son of EP -101 " (son of the EP -101) was presented. From this name soon the brand "Epson" developed.

In April 1975, the U.S. subsidiary, Epson America, Inc. was founded four years later, the German Epson followed Germany GmbH.

In June 1978, the 8- pin printer TX -80 came on the market. He was mainly used for Commodore PET computer. Two years later came the successor model MX -80, which quickly became the best selling printer in the United States. Based on this model, the LX series as a 9- pin printer that came on the market in 1984.

In July 1982, the company was officially renamed Epson Corporation. In the same year was presented by Epson the world's first mobile computer, HC -20 ( HX -20). This was followed by the models PX -4 and PX -8 and finally the PX -16, you could also equip with a touch -key panel. When desktop units were QX -10 and QX -16 on offer.

In May 1983 it introduced the first LCD color TV. Other innovations were in 1984 the first color dot matrix printer ( JX -80) and the first A3 inkjet printer (SQ -2000).

Fusion

In November 1985, Suwa Seikosha the merged Co., Ltd.. and the Epson Corporation Seiko Epson Corporation.

1988, the first 48 - needle printers ( TLQ -4000 ) was introduced. In 1990 we opened the European headquarters in Amsterdam. In 1994, the first color inkjet printer with a resolution of 720 dpi ( Epson Stylus Color ). It was followed by numerous innovations in the field of photo printer technology.

In June 2003, the company went to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.