Epson

Epson is a Japanese electronics brand owned by Seiko Epson Corporation, best known for its printers, projectors, and imaging equipment. The company traces its roots to 1942, when Daiwa Kogyo is founded in Suwa, Nagano, to manufacture watch parts for the Seiko group. In 1968 it releases the EP-101, the world's first compact digital printer, developed as a timing printer for the Tokyo Olympics; the Epson brand name, meaning son of EP, is introduced in 1975. Today Epson is one of the world's largest printer manufacturers and the global leader in projectors by unit sales. Its consumer lineup centers on the EcoTank series of cartridge-free inkjet printers, which use refillable ink tanks to cut running costs and waste, alongside WorkForce office printers, SureColor large-format and photo printers, and receipt printers that dominate point-of-sale systems worldwide. The company also produces scanners, smart glasses, industrial robots, and precision watch movements, reflecting its heritage in microengineering. Epson promotes its Micro Piezo inkjet technology and heat-free printing as lower-energy alternatives to laser printing, and has shifted its consumer strategy strongly toward high-capacity ink tank models, selling over 100 million EcoTank units globally. Seiko Epson is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, generates annual revenue of over one trillion yen, and operates in more than 150 countries, with regional headquarters including Epson America in Los Alamitos, California.