EIKI International, Inc.

Type Private company

Industry Display technology
Founded 1953
Headquarters Osaka, Japan
Products LCD and DLP projectors
Divisions California, United States
Ontario, Canada
Germany
Czech Republic
Malaysia
Shanghai, China
Website www.eiki.com
(http://www.eiki.com)
An EIKI EX-4000P movie projector
with a filmlooper desgned by Studio
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EIKI
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
EIKI International, Inc. (Parent Company Name: Eiki
Industrial Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese company that
manufactures LCD and DLP projectors, related
accessories and overhead projectors.
History
EIKI was founded in 1953 in Osaka, Japan by four
founders. (M. Matsuura, S. Yagi, K. Sekino & Y.
Minagawa).
[1]
Initially the focus of the company was
producing technology for classroom instruction but later
on the company focused more on producing 16mm movie
projectors for other fields. The name EIKI comes from
the Japanese term "EIshaKI" meaning projector.
EIKI 16mm projectors were innovative because their
design included only half of the moving parts of popular
projectors, thus making them less costly and easier to
maintain. They were the largest manufacturer of such
projectors.
In 1974, EIKI opened EIKI International, Inc., their USA
division in Laguna Niguel, CA. to distribute its products in
the United States. In 1986, the Company acquired the business unit
of the Bell & Howell company that had originated the audio visual
industry some 50 years earlier. In 1988, EIKI Canada was created as
a subsiary of EIKI International, Inc. In 1995, EIKI Deutschland,
GmbH became the Company's first wholly owned office in Europe.
And, in 1997 EIKI Czech was founded to establish a network of
Dealer's across Central and Eastern Europe. Today, EIKI brand
projection equipment is available in every major country in the world.
EIKI was also one of the first manufacturers of LCD projector. Only
one of the original four founding members is still alive today. In 2005,
EIKI Industrial Co., Ltd. celebrated its 50th anniversary.
References
1. ^ http://www.eiki.com/AboutUs.aspx
External links
Official site (http://www.eiki.com/)
EIKI.be Official site - Distributor for Belgium & Luxemburg (http://www.eiki.be/)
motion-picture projectors from japan (http://eishaki.wordpress.com/)
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