Epson President Minoru Usui to Give Opening Keynote at IFA
2012
- Berlin, Germany, August 28, 2012 -
Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson," TSE: 6724)
today announced that president Minoru Usui would give the
opening keynote speech at IFA 2012. In his speech, which is
entitled "Becoming Indispensable in a Changing
World," Usui will outline some of the challenges
facing technology companies, and the importance of
maintaining core values while moving with the times. He
will discuss his vision of implementing new market
solutions based on the development of Epson's core
technologies, including a focus on wearable products.
Held in Berlin, Germany, from August 31 to September 5, IFA
is the world's leading trade show for consumer
electronics and home appliances. In addition to the keynote
speech by President Usui, Epson plans to showcase its new
range of projectors for home cinema, entertainment and
gaming as well as demonstrating its range of ultra-compact
home inkjet printers.
Epson's new products can be seen at IFA Hall 21, Booth
103 on the IFA show floor. The keynote speech is scheduled
to begin at 10:30 AM Central European Time on August 31.
Seiko Epson Corporation specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of printing, visual communication and watchmaking equipment and systems, and industrial devices. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- printing equipment (71%): printers, scanners, copiers, digital presses, fax machines, ticket printers, labellers, etc. for businesses and individuals. The group also offers consumables (ink cartridges, toners, ribbons, etc.);
- visual communication systems (14.2%): multimedia projectors, smart glasses, LCD displays, etc. ;
- watches and industrial products (14.1%): electronic and mechanical watches, wristwatches, chronometers, optoelectronic devices, precision machine tools, robotic systems, mechatronic products, micro-devices, etc.
- other (0.7%).
At the end of March 2021, Seiko Epson operated 27 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (22.3%), the United States (21%), China (14.5%) and other (42.2%).
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