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Canon Australia Company Profile
Canon Australia was established in Australia in 1978 and is a subsidiary of the US$29.9 billion Canon Inc. group. Headquartered in North Ryde, Sydney, Canon Australia currently employs more than 1,150 people and has offices in all mainland capital cities - The company is an industry leader in professional and consumer imaging solutions with a
comprehensive product line that includes: printers, scanners, fax machines, video cameras, cameras and lenses, image filing systems, networked multifunction devices, digital & analogue copiers (colour and black & white).
Canon Australia also operates its own lease finance service, Canon Finance Australia, which facilitates "one stop" shopping for customers wanting to lease or finance their equipment solutions. Canon Australia's revenue in 2003 was $791.5m, a 9.1% increase on 2002 revenue, which was $725.3m. Canon Australia's revenue in the fourth quarter 2003 was $222.2m, a 17.3% increase on the year-ago quarter, in which revenue was $189.4m.
Canon's extensive product line enables businesses and consumers worldwide to capture, store and distribute visual information - Canon consistently reinvests more than 10 percent of sales income in research & development. In 1990 Canon Inc. and Canon Australia established a jointly-owned research centre, Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CISRA), as part of an international network of research facilities.Canon Inc. is a top patent-holder of imaging technologies with the local R&D centre based in Sydney - In Australia, as in all parts of the world, the company believes in the philosophy of kyosei, or living and working together for the common good. Canon Australia returns the benefits of its success to the community through its sponsorships, charity and scholarship programmes.
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