Canon in Asia (excluding Japan) Canon established its presence in Asia in 1970 with a manufacturing facility in Taiwan. Today, Asia is an important sales & marketing and manufacturing base for Canon with 32,000 employees and operations in 10 countries including China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Sales & Marketing Canon has 2 regional headquarters in Asia located in China and Singapore. Canon China serves North Asia and Canon Singapore serves South & Southeast Asia. These 2 HQs spearhead sales and marketing activities which includes implementing integrated customer solutions, and managing Canon sales subsidiaries, representative offices and independent authorized distributors in their respective regions. Manufacturing Canon has 16 manufacturing facilities in Asia outside Japan. These facilities manufacture a wide range of Canon products and parts ranging from optical lens to cameras, from copying machines to toner cartridges, and semiconductors. Research & Development An inventor of original technologies, Canon commits 10% of its annual sales revenue into Research & Development (R&D) and is also consistently one of the top recipients of U.S. patents. Asia is home to 3 of Canon's global network of 9 R&D facilities worldwide, located in China, Philippines and India. Procurement There are 2 procurement centers located in Hong Kong. The procurement centers source for high quality materials, parts and products for distribution to Canon manufacturing facilities worldwide. Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. As the regional headquarters for South & Southeast Asia, Canon Singapore oversees both regional and domestic sales & marketing activities in Singapore. In the region, we cover 18 countries including 4 subsidiaries in India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Established in 1979, Canon Singapore now has a staff strength of 900.