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Seiko
Epson
Corporation (セイコーエプソン株式会社 Seikō
Epuson
Kabushiki-gaisha) (Epson
being
an
abbreviation
for
"Son
of
Electronic
Printer"),[2] or
simply Epson,
is
a Japanese electronics company
and
one
of
the
world's
largest
manufacturers
of
computer
printers,
and
information
and
imaging
related
equipment.
Headquartered
in Suwa, Nagano,
Japan,[3] the
company
has
numerous
subsidiaries
worldwide
and
manufactures inkjet, dot
matrix and laser
printers, scanners, desktop
computers,
business,
multimedia
and home
theatre projectors,
large
home
theatre televisions, robots and
industrial
automation
equipment, point
of
sale docket
printers
and cash
registers, laptops, integrated
circuits, LCD
components and
other
associated
electronic
components.
It
is
one
of
three
core
companies
of
the Seiko
Group,
a
name
traditionally
known
for
manufacturing Seiko timepieces since
its
founding.
OriginsEdit
The
roots
of
Seiko
Epson
Corporation
go
back
to
a
company
called
Daiwa
Kogyo,
Ltd.
which
was
founded
in
May
1942[4] by
Hisao
Yamazaki,
a
local
clock
shop
owner
and
former
employee
of K.
Hattori,
in Suwa,
Nagano,
Japan.
Daiwa
Kogyo
was
supported
by
an
investment
from
the
Hattori
family
(founder
of
the Seiko
Group)
and
began
as
a
manufacturer
of
watch
parts
for Daini
Seikosha (currently Seiko
Instruments).
The
company
started
operation
in
a
230-square-metre
(2,500 sq ft)
renovated miso storehouse
with
22
employees.
In
1943,
Daini
Seikosha
established
a
factory
in
Suwa
for
manufacturing
Seiko
watches
with
Daiwa
Kogyo.
In
1959,
the
Suwa
Factory
of
Daini
Seikosha
was
split
up
and
merged
into
Daiwa
Kogyo
to
form
Suwa
Seikosha
Co.,
Ltd:
the
forerunner
of
the
Seiko
Epson
Corporation.
The
company
has
developed
many
timepiece
technologies.
In
particular,
it
developed
the
world's
first
portable
quartz
timer
(Seiko
QC-951)
in
1963,
the
world's
first
quartz
watch
(Seiko
Quartz
Astron
35SQ)
in
1969,
the
first automatic
power
generating
quartz
watch (Seiko
Auto-Quartz)
in
1988
and
the Spring
Drive watch
movement
in
1999.
The
watch
business
is
the
root
of
the
company’s micromechatronics technologies
and
still
one
of
the
major
businesses
for
Seiko
Epson
today
although
it
accounts
for
less
than
one-tenth
of
total
revenues.
The
watches
made
by
the
company
are
sold
through
the
Seiko
Watch
Corporation,
a
subsidiary
of Seiko
Holdings
Corporation.
Printers
In
1961,
Suwa
Seikosha
established
a
company
called
Shinshu
Seiki
Co.
as
a
subsidiary
to
supply
precision
parts
for
Seiko
watches.
When
the Seiko
Group was
selected
to
be
the
official
time
keeper
for
the 1964
Summer
Olympics in
Tokyo,
a
printing
timer
was
required
to
time
events,
and
Shinshu
Seiki
started
developing
an
electronic
printer.
