traded as tyo 6737 industry computer founded hakui ishikawa japan march 1968 ; 48 years ago 1968 03 headquarters 153 shimokashiwano hakusan ishikawa 924 8566 japan key people yoshitaka jitsumori president and ceo products computer displays medical monitors color management monitors industrial monitors imaging system software revenue us 718 million fy 2013 73.64 billion fy 2013 profit us 53 million fy 2013 5.43 billion fy 2013 number of employees 1 675 consolidated as of march 31 2014 subsidiaries irem website www.eizo.com footnotes references 1 2 3 4 eizo corporation eizo eizo kabushiki gaisha or eizo is a manufacturer of high end computer displays . a japanese corporation it was founded in march 1968 but did not adopt its current name until 2013 . it has its headquarters in hakusan ishikawa prefecture . 1 contents 1 name 2 history 3 products 4 references and footnotes 5 external links name edit the name eizo is a reference to the japanese word meaning image eiz in romaji . history edit the company was founded as hakui electronic corporation in hakui ishikawa japan in 1968 ; it initially manufactured televisions . in march 1973 it became nanao corporation . in 1976 it began manufacture of industrial monitors and in 1981 started making pc monitors . hitec associates ltd was founded in 1984 as a sales subsidiary of nanao specifically for the european market . 3 in 1985 eizo was launched as a brand by hitec associates in europe . in the same period parent company nanao founded offices in the united states to launch products in that region under the nanao brand as in japan . in january 1990 hitec associates ltd was renamed eizo corporation . in may 1990 the company moved its headquarters to matt ishikawa now hakusan . in 1996 the eizo brand replaced the nanao brand in japan and the united states although nanao remained the corporate name of the company in these regions . in 1999 nanao corporation and eizo corporation merged to form eizo nanao corporation which in 2013 changed its name to simply eizo corporation . 3 products edit eizo coloredge cg277 display eizo s products include lcd monitors flexscan series graphics monitors coloredge series arcade machine monitors touch panel and industrial monitors duravision series medical display systems radiforce series home entertainment monitors foris series air traffic control monitors raptor series accessories references and footnotes edit a b corporate profile . eizo corporation . retrieved august 18 2014 . financial highlight . eizo corporation . retrieved august 18 2014 . a b c company history . eizo corporation . retrieved august 18 2014 . financial highlights . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved august 18 2014 . external links edit japan portal electronics portal computer graphics portal companies portal official website english v t e electronics industry in japan companies current alaxala networks alinco alps alpine anritsu aor audio technica brother canon casio citizen watch cosina d & m holdings denon marantz daikin dainippon screen denso dnp eiki eizo elpida esp guitars fanuc fostex fuji electric fujifilm fuji xerox fujitsu fujitsu ten funai furuno futaba hamamatsu photonics hirose electric hitachi clarion hitachi maxell hoya ibanez icom ikegami tsushinki i o data iwatsu japan display jeol jrc jr propo jvc kenwood jvc kenwood kawai keyence kiramek konica minolta ko propo korg kyocera luxman mabuchi motor mamiya maspro melco minebea mitsubishi electric mitsumi electric murata manufacturing mutoh nakamichi nec nec casio mobile communications nichia nichicon nidec nidec copal corporation nikon nintendo nitto denko oki olympus omron onkyo orion electric panasonic pioneer pixela renesas electronics ricoh pentax rohm roland rubycon sansui sanwa electronic sega sammy sega seiko group pulsar seiko seiko epson seiko instruments sharp shimadzu sigma sony sony interactive entertainment snk playmore star micronics stax sumitomo electric taiyo yuden tamron tdk teac tiger tokyo electron topcon toshiba uniden wacom yaesu yagi uda yamaha yaskawa zojirushi zoom zuken defunct aiwa akai bronica chinon contax konica minolta national norita okaya optical sanyo other electronic industries association of japan incj japan electronic industries development association japan electronics and information technology industries association category this article about a japanese corporation or company related topic is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eizo & oldid 742206975 categories electronics companies of japandisplay technology companiessoftware companies of japancompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangecompanies based in ishikawa prefecturecompanies established in 1968japanese brands1968 establishments in japanjapanese company stubshidden categories articles containing japanese language textall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran aisitalianonederlands polskiportugu s t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 09 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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