2nd Notice on the damage from the flood in Thailand

This is to advise you, following our first notice of October 11, of the latest situations of submersion at Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a consolidated manufacturing subsidiary of Nikon Corporation in the Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province located in Central Thailand.Damages The 1st floor of all buildings at the premises are presently submerged and the water level is as high as around 2 meters and there arose no remarkable change since October 12. Operation of the factory has been suspended since October 6. It is reported that there is no human damage.Estimated impact to our business performance We still have difficulty to grasp the overall damages of our equipment and facility since access to the premises continues to be prohibited. We are now continuing our utmost to estimate the...

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3rd Notice on the damage from the flood in Thailand

This is to advise you of the latest situations of submersion at Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a consolidated manufacturing subsidiary of Nikon Corporation in the Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province located in Central Thailand.Damages The 1st floor of all buildings at the premises continues to be submerged. Operation of the factory has been suspended since October 6. No human damage is reported. As for the water level, the Rojana Industrial Park, where Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is located, announces that it has lowered by about 40 centimeters from the highest period at measuring points in the Park.Estimated impact to our business performance The impact of the flood on our business performance for the financial period ending March 31, 2012 has been estimated, within the scope of our...

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"I AM Nikon" Ad Campaign Wins Gold at Euro Effie Awards

TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that the "I AM Nikon" advertising campaign run by Nikon Europe B.V. (Takami Tsuchida, President), the center of sales, marketing and services for Nikon imaging operations in Europe, has been awarded the Gold Award at the Euro Effie Awards. The Euro Effie Awards are prestigious and authoritative awards in the marketing communications industry.The "I AM Nikon" ad campaign was launched in 2010 in order to achieve an ambitious goal of improving market positioning in the compact segment for Nikon, a brand often associated with professional photography and high performance cameras, as well as to attract a wider range of consumers. In order to convey a more accessible, more attractive image, instead of the brand talking about itself, this ad...

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A Star is Born: Canon Launches New Digital Video Camcorder for High-Resolution Motion Picture Production

November 4, 2011 Canon Inc. Canon U.S.A., Inc. TOKYO, November 4, 2011/HOLLYWOOD, California, November 3, 2011—Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. today raised the curtain on an all-new interchangeable-lens digital video camcorder that combines exceptional imaging performance with outstanding mobility and expandability to meet the demanding production needs of today's motion picture industry. The camcorder, which features a newly developed Super 35 mm-equivalent approximately 8.29-megapixel CMOS sensor, will be available in two models: the EOS C300 Digital Video Camcorder, equipped with an EF lens mount for compatibility with Canon's current diverse lineup of interchangeable EF lenses for EOS single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras and new EF Cinema...

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Canon celebrates production of 50 million EOS SLR cameras, 70 million EF interchangeable lenses

October 18, 2011Canon Inc.Canon Marketing Japan Inc. TOKYO, October 18, 2011—Canon Inc. and Canon Marketing Japan Inc. announced today the achievement of two major manufacturing milestones: combined production of film and digital EOS-series single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras surpassed the 50-million mark in September this year, and the EF series of interchangeable lenses is expected to reach the 70-million-unit milestone later this month. Production of Canon EOS SLR cameras first started in 1987 at Canon Inc.'s Fukushima Plant (now Fukushima Canon Inc.), and later moved to Oita Canon Inc. and Canon Inc., Taiwan; and most recently Nagasaki Canon Inc. in 2010. In 1997, the EOS series celebrated its 10-year anniversary in addition to the 10-millionth unit produced, and in 2003 passed the 20-million...

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4th Notice on the damage from the flood in Thailand

This is to advise you of the latest situations of Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a consolidated manufacturing subsidiary of Nikon Corporation in the Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province located in Central Thailand, which is suffering damages from the flood.Latest situations Water pumping-out by the Rojana Industrial Park authority around Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has completed on November 26. Following this development, we are putting all our energy into restoring infrastructure and production equipment of the factory aiming for some part of factory operation to resume from January 2012. Alternative and limited production at our partner factories in Thailand has started earlier than expected, and we have started shipment of certain digital SLR cameras and interchangeable lenses since...

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Release of NSR-S320F, ArF Scanner with the Streamlign Platform

Nikon Corporation (Makoto Kimura, President, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) released the latest ArF scanner, "NSR-S320F," with the concept of achieving high productivity and high accuracy.NSR-S320F ensures early realization of stable operation and high productivity in the customers' fields with its platform proven in Nikon's immersion scanner.View the original article h...

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Canon U.S.A. Celebrates Another Award-Winning Year

Company Receives More Than 30 Awards for Superior Product Quality, Exceptional Customer Service and Support and Ranked Among the Best Global Brands for 2011 LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., December 1, 2011 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to mark 2011 as another award-winning year in which the company was selected by key publications and customer groups as providing outstanding products and services. Marking the highest ranking to date, Canon placed among the top five companies in the computer industry and in the Asia/Pacific region on Fortune Magazine's 2011 World's Most Admired Companies list and ranked among the top 50 of the 100 Best Global Brands for 2011 by Interbrand, the leading brand consultancy. Among the company's key awards, Canon has been placed in the...

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Singapore Printer Brands Launch First-Ever Joint Recycling Initiative - Project Homecoming

Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson and Lexmark join hands to raise public environmental awareness through Singapore's first joint cartridge recycling project Singapore, 1 December 2011 – Five major printer brands based in Singapore: Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson and Lexmark, with the support of the National Environment Agency (NEA) and National Library Board (NLB), have announced the launch of Singapore's first-ever joint funded and managed printer brand ink and toner cartridge recycling initiative: Project Homecoming. As the first international expansion of a successful joint printer brand recycling project (called "Ink Cartridge Satogaeri") started in Japan three years ago, the project aims to encourage community awareness and environmental responsibility...

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Pioneer Eco Ltd. Series Bound Photo Album, Designer Style Color Coverswith Natural Brown Paper Pages, Holds 300 4x6" Photos, 3 Per Page.Review & Ratings

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2011 Walt Disney World Medium Photo Album Review & Ratings

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Things to Look for in Digital Camera

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