About us

"Through creating New values with images and information, we, ELMO Company Limited is committed to make contributions to enriching people's lives and to people's safety.

Holding our corporate mission close to the hearts throughout our long corporate history, we, ELMO is the leading manufacturer in the document camera industry in the world to serve customers’ needs to fullest. We strive to meet our customers' satisfactions with our products as well as after-services.

We stand behind our products' quality. In fact, ELMO is the only one Document camera manufacturer that has its own lens factory, which indeed is significant for the fact that image quality of document camera very much depends on lens' quality.

We make sure to bring a top of the line Japanese technologies to you when you receive your ELMO document camera.

Name ELMO COMPANY, LIMITED
Founded	April 10, 1921
Established	May 8, 1933
Listed in JASDAQ (JASDAQ Securities Exchange)	Feburary 14, 2007 JASDAQ code: 7773
President ＆ CEO	Kiyoshi Takeuchi
Net Sales	12.2 billion yen (2007 Fiscal year, consolidated)
Capital	569 million yen (As of Feburary, 2008)
Employees	424 (consolidated)
Description of Business	Manufacturing and sales of optical devices, electric AV appliances
Head Quarter / Factory	6-14 Miyozencho Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan, 467-8567 tel: 052-811-5133, 052-811-5131
Branches	Tokyo / Nagoya / Osaka / Kyushu
Sales Branches	Sendai/Hiroshima
Affiliated Companies	Consolidated subsidiaries ・Sanyo OA Nigata Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo system business Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo OA Chubu Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo OA Tokushima Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo OA Kyushu Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo OA Kinki Co., Ltd. Associated companies ・Sanyo OA Gunma Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo Sapporo Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo First Co., Ltd. ・Sanyo Solutions Co., Ltd.
Oversea Subsidiaries ELMO USA Corp. :United States (N.Y/California) ELMO (Europe) G.m.b.H.: Germany (Dusseldorf) ELMO Industry (Thailand) Co., Ltd.: Thailand ELMO (Europe) G.m.b.H.Dusseldolf, Germany ELMO Industry (Thailand) Co., Ltd. ELMO Headquaters Nagoya, Japan ELMO USA Corp. NY Office ELMO USA Corp. CA Office
ISO 9002: 1994 Certified in June 12, 1995. ISO 9001: 2000 Updated and Certified in August 9, 2001 ISO 14001: 1996 Certified in June 6, 2001 ISO 14001: 2004 Updated and Certified in August 22, 2005 RoHS compliant ELMO products comply with RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC (Restriction Of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electronic equipment). This compliance helps to ensure a healthier and greener environment for all our children.

The Golden era of Film Products

1927	Started sales of model A 16mm cine-projectors (the first 16mm cine-projector made in Japan)
1954	Started sales of model E-80 8mm cine-projectors in Japan
1955	Started sales of model 8-A 8mm cine-cameras in Japan
1969	Started sales of OHP (Over Head Projector)
1970	Established overseas subsidiary in Canada and Germany
1973	Established overseas subsidiary in USA
1975	Started Sales of 8mm sound cine-cameras

The era of Film and CCD camera

1984	Started sales of CCD video camera
1986	Started sales of Film-to-video converters
1987	Started sales of CCD color video micro camera Started sales of “CVAS” (Computer-assisted Audio Visual System)
1988	Started sales of Visual Presenters (Document Camera)
1990	Started sales of AV control system with Touch panel system (New CVAS)

The era of camera and IP camera solution

2002	Started Sales of Pan Tilt Zoom camera
2003	Started Sales of Network ＆ PTZ camera
2005 Started Sales of Total Monitoring System software for Network camera   PTC-400C ( NTSC model of PTC-450C ) awarded “Most valuable Prize” in the CCTV category at the ISC-WEST in USA （*）   Established the new show room, “Solution Plaza” at the headquarters, Tokyo branch

（*） ISC-WEST is the largest security show in USA drawing 825 Exhibitors ＆ 21,619 visitors

The newly-developed product for new market

2006 Started Sales of High-performance, low-cost Document Camera, L-1 L-1 prized “Good Design Award 2006” ( * )   Started Sales of All-Aspects micro video camera system, SUV-Cam SUV-Cam prized “Best of Gear Award” of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE

2007 Listed on JASDAQ ( Japan Securities Exchange Market )   Release of preset dome camera, PTC-1000 and HD Network Document camera, P100N   Established a Lens factory Established an overseas production facility in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate in Thailand, ELMO Industry ( Thailand ) Co., Ltd.“ The document camera, FF-1, P100 prized “Good Design Award 2007”

（*） The “Good Design Award” is Japan’s only comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system, instituted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1957.