Join IPG Editor Bob Neubauer on a trip to Japan and China to visit Canon's facilities there.
China
The sea of blue caps seemed to stretch to the horizon. Beneath each one of them, a Chinese worker quietly, meticulously popped a paper roller or other part into place—parts that, when fully assembled, would form a Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE printer.
In June, I had a fabulous opportunity to visit Japan and China. I was invited by Canon USA to tour Canon Inc.'s headquarters in Tokyo and its largest MFD manufacturing plant, near Shanghai. Along with a handful of other editors and analysts, I met with Canon executives—including Chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai—and inspected some cutting-edge technologies, still a year away from release. It was a fantastic experience. My story detailing Canon's strategy and accomplishments begins on page 26, but my observations on the rest of this amazing journey...well, I guess that's what this page is for.
In-plant Graphics Editor Bob Neubauer visited Canon Inc.'s Tokyo headquarters facility last week and met with Canon Chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai to learn more about Canon's strategy, before traveling to Shanghai, China, to tour a Canon manufacturing operation where imageRUNNER and imageRUNNER Advance printers are made.
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