28 March 2023
Under the Radar: Beyond cameras and printers - Canon on diversification and weathering tech disruption and the rise in smartphone photography; Revenue in the digital cameras amounting to US$22.89b in 2023; Impact of online file transfer on Canon’s B2B printer business; Future plans and areas to diversify into
Which camera would you use if you have to take a selfie or a picture right now? Would you whip out your mobile phone or would you bring out a DSLR camera instead?
Well, we're asking this because our guest for today is from world renowned camera maker Canon.
While Canon may be a familiar name, what we might not know about is the company’s efforts to diversify into new products and industries.
For one thing, it entered the office equipment market with the debut of the world's first 10-key electronic calculator. It also developed Japan’s first plain paper copying machine, which was introduced in 1970.
And we want to find out how the company’s culture of diversification has helped it weather technological disruption when digital cameras were replaced by smartphones and when printing documents were no longer needed with the advent of file transfers via the cloud?
On Under the Radar, Drive Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Vincent Low, Head of Enterprise Business, Singapore Operations, Canon Singapore.

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