Canon Inc. was founded in 1937 and was the first company to develop and produce 35mm focal plain cameras and indirect X-ray cameras in Japan. It later entered the field of business machines, developing Japans first plain-paper copying machine in 1970, and diversifying and expanding it's operations with the launch of laser beam printers (LBPs) and bubble jet printers (BJ printers) in the 1980s.

Canon's overseas business began with the opening of a New York branch office in 1955 and a European sales company in 1968. On the production side of its operations, it established Canon Inc., Taiwan in 1970 and gradually built a tri-region organisation for development, production, and sales with bases in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Constantly seeking to improve itself, the Canon Group embarked in 1996 on Phase I of its Excellent Global Corporation Plan, which aimed to strengthen the Group financially. Having achieved this goal, the Group proceeded to launch Phase II of the plan 2001. In broad terms, the objective of this phase is for the entire Group to achieve recognition as an excellent global corporation.

Canon UK is a market-leading provider of workflow solutions, which encompass the Capture, Management and Distribution of information. Canon UK uses a consultative approach to deliver hardware, software and services, around the key areas of Document and Records Management, Document Distribution, Document Accounting and Document Production.

Canon UK can help to integrate paper documents seamlessly into your digital workflow - reducing costs, improving productivity and helping with regulatory compliance, giving you competitive advantage and peace of mind.