Canon Ōita Factory
Ōita, Japan | |
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| Coordinates | 33°28′19.59″N 131°43′33.78″E / 33.4721083°N 131.7260500°E |
| Industry | Optical/photographic |
| Products | Compact cameras, Digital cameras, Video camcorders & Visual communication cameras |
| Employees | 3,500 (2006) |
| Area | 126,000 m2 (building area 22,500 m2) |
| Address | 710 Shimohara, Ōita 873 0292, Japan |
The Canon Ōita Factory in
PowerShot, IXUS compacts, DSLR cameras, and camcorders.[1] The plant manufactured up to 6.8 million products in 2005.[2]
Since 1999, the factory has moved away from
cell based production with teams of up to 20 workers. Each cell can assemble 500 camcorders in an eight-hour shift.[3]
Canon invested 27.6 billion yen to expand the factory in two stages between 2004 and 2005.[4]
References
- ^ "Canon Japan Tour: Digital Photography Review". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ Canon builds digital parts factory in Japan
- ^ Video News, Blog Archive, A trip to Canon Japan's Oita Factory
- ^ "Canon announces new stage of production at New Oita Plant". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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