Epson
Epson's corporate headquarters in Suwa, Nagano | |
| Epson | |
Native name | セイコーエプソン株式会社 |
Romanized name | Seikō Epuson Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Type | Public |
| TYO: 6724 | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | May 18, 1942 (as Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd.) |
| Founder | Hisao Yamazaki |
| Headquarters | Owa, , Japan (Officially registered in Shinjuku, Tokyo) |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Minoru Usui (chairman & Director) Yasunori Ogawa (president, CEO & Representative Director) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | |
| ¥ 52 billion (2024) (FY2024) | |
Number of employees | 75,352 (as of 31 March 2025) |
| Divisions | Orient Watch |
| Website | corporate.epson |
Seiko Epson Corporation, commonly known as Epson, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Suwa, Nagano, Japan and one of the world's largest manufacturers of printers and information- and imaging-related equipment. Its products include inkjet, dot matrix, thermal and laser printers for consumer, business and industrial use, scanners, laptop and desktop computers, video projectors, watches, smartglasses, industrial robots and automation equipment, amorphous alloy powders, MIM parts, semiconductors, crystal oscillators, sensing devices and other associated electronic components.
The company has developed as one of the manufacturing companies (formerly known as Seikosha) of the Seiko Group, a name traditionally known for manufacturing Seiko timepieces. Seiko Epson develops and manufactures certain models of quartz and Spring Drive wristwatches for the Seiko Watch, but is neither a subsidiary nor an affiliate of Seiko Group Corporation.