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Name

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'' meaning "image" ( ').

History

The company was founded as Hakui Electronic Corporation in

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, Japan, in 1968; it initially manufactured televisions. In March 1973, it became Nanao Corporation. In 1976, it began manufacture of industrial monitors, and in 1978 it entered the gaming market by manufacturing and selling tabletop video arcade machines. In 1981 it started making PC monitors.

Company milestones

*1967 – Nanao Electric Co., Ltd. was founded in

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, Ishikawa prefecture *1978 – Production of CRTs arcade game cabinets of

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*1980 – Acquisition of video game developer and publisher Irem Corporation *1981 – New factory opened in Hakusan, Ishikawa prefecture *1981 – Production of computer monitors, video cassette recorders and radio cassette TVs *1984 – Start of distribution in Europe under the brand EIZO *1984 – Foundation of Hitec Associates Ltd as a sales subsidiary of Nanao specifically for the

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an market. *1984 – Foundation of Nanao USA in California,

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to launch products in that region under the same "Nanao" brand as in

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*1985 – "EIZO" was launched as a brand of Hitec Associates in Europe. *1985 – 7030 12-inch CRT monitor *1990 – Headquarters moved to

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(now Hakusan) *1990 – January, Hitec Associates Ltd was renamed Eizo Corporation. *1991 – Production and sales of computer monitors in Japan under the brand NANAO *1993 – Production of the NANAO FA-1020 LCD monitor *1996 – Brand unified under the name EIZO *1996 – New logo design unveiled *1997 – Foundation of

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Inc. (a subsidiary company that replaces Irem Corporation) *1997 – Production of the FlexScan L23 13.8 LCD monitor *1998 – Production of the FlexScan L66, the world first 1280 x 1024 resolution monitor *1999 – Nanao Corporation and Eizo Corporation merged to become Eizo Nanao Corporation. *2001 – Production of the FlexScan L675, the then monitor world smallest bezels of 19mm *2002 – Production of monitors for medical imaging under the brand RadiForce *2004 – Production of the ColorEdge CG220, the world's first monitor capable of reproducing the Adobe RGB colorspace *2005 – Receives

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certification as the first stand-alone monitor manufacturer *2007 – Awarded with the Long Life Design Award from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion *2013 – Eizo Nanao Corporation changed its name to Eizo Corporation. *2013 – Production of the FORIS FG2421, the world's first 240 Hz monitor *2015 – Production of the monitors with 1mm thin bezels *2016 – Acquisition of Panasonic Healthcare Co. Ltd's endoscopy monitor business. *2018 – Acquisition of Carina System Co.Ltd., a company that develops camera hardware and software for the healthcare and broadcasting markets.

Products

Eizo's product portfolio includes: * Business LCD Monitors
FlexScan Series
* Graphics monitors

* Arcade machine monitors *

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, IP Decoders and Industrial monitors
DuraVision Series
* Medical display systems

* OR Area camera and display systems
CuratOR Series
* Home entertainment monitors

* Air traffic control monitors

* Accessories

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