is a brand name of Mouse Computer Corporation (株式会社マウスコンピューター, ''Kabushiki Gaisha Mausu Konpyūtā''). It produces

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(LCD) monitors and

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panels. It was previously an independent Japanese computer

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company called with its headquarters in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Iiyama was founded in 1972 by Kazuro Katsuyama, named after the city of

Iiyama is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 20,118 in 7372 households, and a population density of 99 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It markets itself as "Japan's Hometown" and is ...

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, Japan. The company was bought in January 2006 by MCJ Corporation, which includes Mouse Computer Corporation. The headquarters of iiyama was moved to Europe in October 2008. The CEO since January 2006 has been Takeichi Shinji.

History

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Founded in March 1972 as Iiyama Electric Corporation by 23-year-old bank employee Kazuro Katsuyama, it first started manufacturing television boards and substrates for

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at a local plant in Nagano Prefecture. They started producing black and white TVs in 1976 and color TVs in 1979, followed by

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s under its own brand name in 1981 which then became its main product range. The company expanded to the western market in 1987 and in the 1990s opened up offices in

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, UK,

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, the

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, and its international head office in the

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, where it is registered as Iiyama Benelux B.V. By 1993 it was the leading monitor supplier in Japan with a 21% market share. The first LCDs were released by iiyama in 1997. In 2001 it merged with Eiyama to create Iiyama Co., Ltd., and its headquarters moved to

Nagano City is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, wi ...

. In 2006

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MCJ Co., Ltd. (株式会社 ''Kabushiki Kaisha MCJ'') bought Iyama and renamed it to iiyama Co., Ltd., moving its base to

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. In October 2008 iiyama Corporation became part of Mouse Computer Co., Ltd., one of MCJ's companies.

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