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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:04:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon top five US patent holder for 26th year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, 18th April 2012 – Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, today announced its parent company, Canon Inc., registered 2,813 new patents during 2011, surpassing the company record of 2,543 new patents in 2010. Based on weekly patent counts issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for 2011, Canon placed third overall marking a new milestone in the company’s history as one of the top five patent holders worldwide for more than a quarter of a century.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon 3rd in Interbrand Japan’s Best Global Brands Ranking</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, April 16th, 2012 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, has been placed third in the Interbrand ‘Japan’s Best Global Brands 2012’ ranking. Since the ranking began in 2009, Canon has consistently been placed in the top five, and its brand value continues to increase.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon appoints new President &amp; CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, 2nd April 2012 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, today announced the appointment of Rokus van Iperen as the new President &amp; CEO of Canon Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He becomes the first European to lead Canon’s business across the EMEA region, succeeding Ryoichi Bamba, who is retiring after four years in the role and 40 years with Canon.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon Announced as Official Imaging Partner of British Fashion Council</title>
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LONDON, February 9, 2012 – Canon Europe, world leader in imaging solutions, is entering an exciting era as a supporter of the UK fashion industry, becoming the Official Imaging Partner for the British Fashion Council. As part of this new agreement, Canon is also continuing its sponsorship of London Fashion Week for all seasons from 2012 to 2014, and for the first time will also support Vodafone London Fashion Weekend and the British Fashion Awards.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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London, 2 February 2012 – Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, has strengthened its offering in the Medical Imaging arena by acquiring Netherlands-based Medical solutions specialist Delft Diagnostic Imaging (Delft DI).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon maintains its position in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands Ranking</title>
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United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, 3rd November, 2011 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, maintained its 33rd position in Interbrand’s 100 Best Global Brands 2011 ranking for the third consecutive year.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon extends its range of digital retinal cameras with the new CR-2 Plus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[London, September 5, 2011 — Canon Europe,  world-leader in imaging solutions, has announced the availability of the new CR-2 Plus, a Non Mydriatic retinal camera with Fundus Autofluorescence (FAF) capabilities. Incorporating Canon EOS digital SLR technology, this high-end Non Mydriatic retinal camera has a unique 18-megapixel digital camera adapted specifically for ophthalmic photography.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon launches three new Digital Radiography detectors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON, September 5, 2011 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions has announced the availability of three new additions to its flat panel Digital Radiography (DR) detector range, extending the mobility, versatility and high-resolution diagnostic imaging capabilities available to medical institutions.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon becomes UEFA EURO 2012 Official Sponsor</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RHS Chelsea garden based around Canon printed images achieves a first in design</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, 23rd May 2011 – A first in garden design awaits the expected 150,000+ visitors to this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (24th – 28th May) with the integration of stunning, large format printed images to create a unique urban garden at the show.  The images, the work of contemporary landscape photographer, David Anthony Hall, will be incorporated into the external landscape - Thompsons Plein Air Gallery Garden (Stand PW42 Pavilion Way) – being created by Thompson’s Galleries to showcase Hall’s work and to demonstrate the harmonious link between art and the creative outdoor space.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon’s Fujio Mitarai makes annual Barron’s list of the world’s 30 best chief executives</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, May 17, 2011 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, is pleased to confirm that Fujio Mitarai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has made Barron’s annual list of the world’s 30 best chief executives for the fourth consecutive year.  He has been recognised for his five-year growth plan to boost Canon’s revenue outside of Japan and invest in new business, and more recently for taking control of the company’s disaster recovery efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon enters Interbrand’s top three Japanese Best Global Brands 2011</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, May 17 2011 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, has moved into the top three, in Interbrand’s ‘Japan’s Best Global Brands 2011’, rising from fourth place in the 2010 rankings.
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon is Europe’s ‘most trusted’ camera brand </title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom, Replublic of Ireland May 17, 2011 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, has been voted as the top camera brand in the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brands Survey 2011, an annual pan-European survey of consumer attitudes to brand products and services. Reader’s Digest asked its readers across 16 European countries to nominate the brand they trusted most in a range of consumer categories, including cameras. 
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lancashire pupil wins Canon WWF competition to name a polar bear</title>
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Monday 4th April: Logan Garstang, a nine year old pupil from Cop Lane C.E. Primary School in Preston, Lancashire, has won a competition run by Canon and WWF to name a real, wild polar bear. The competition gave children across Europe the opportunity to name one of the polar bears that are currently being tracked in the Arctic as part of the Canon-WWF Polar Bear Tracker project.  Logan’s entry ‘Sangilak’, meaning strongest of all, won over the judges and a polar bear in the Svalbard region of Norway has now been named accordingly.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Getty Images and Canon present Sue Flood’s first solo exhibition Cold Places -From Pole to Pole</title>
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REIGATE, February 24, 2011 – Canon UK is hosting polar photographer Sue Flood’s first solo exhibition Cold Places – From Pole to Pole from 17th March to 9th April 2011 at Getty Images Gallery in London.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon UK supports first UK solo exhibition of Yohji Yamamoto at the V&amp;A</title>
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<description><![CDATA[REIGATE, March 8, 2011 – Canon UK is supporting the first UK solo exhibition of Yohji Yamamoto - one of the world&apos;s most influential and enigmatic fashion designers – at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&amp;A), London. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon continues its European Fashion Week sponsorships</title>
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<description><![CDATA[London, February 17, 2011 – Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, is once again sharing its passion for the power of image by supporting Spring 2011 Fashion Weeks. Canon is the title sponsor of the London and Milan events in February and a key sponsor of the Paris event in March. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New polar bear research findings revealed by WWF and Canon</title>
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REIGATE, 30th November, 2010 - Canon UK, world leader in imaging solutions, and WWF, the global conservation organisation, today announce some key findings from the WWF-Canon Polar Bear Tracker Programme, which launched in 2007. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon Unveils New Concepts for Future of Imaging at Canon EXPO 2010 Paris</title>
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PARIS, 12 October, 2010 – Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, today unveiled a wide range of new products and concept imaging technologies which will shape the future of imaging for consumer, professional, business, and healthcare environments at Canon EXPO 2010 in Paris. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[REIGATE, June 15, 2010 – Canon UK, world-leader in imaging solutions, in partnership with WWF, announced today an exciting new competition for children in Europe, offering them the opportunity to name two real polar bears. The competition, aimed at children 7-14 years, is appearing exclusively online on the WWF-Canon Kids’ Zone website, which is designed to inform children in fun and engaging ways about the issues and challenges of climate change and how they can personally make a difference to reducing their own impact on the environment.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon named fourth in ‘Japan’s Best Global Brands 2010’ by Interbrand</title>
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LONDON, June 16, 2010 – Canon, world-leader in imaging solutions, has retained its fourth position in Interbrand’s ‘Japan’s Best Global Brands 2010’, an annual ranking of the 30 most successful Japanese brands. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon UK &amp; Ireland awarded tenth place in the Sunday Times Best Green Companies 2010  </title>
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Reigate 1ST June 2010: Canon UK &amp; Ireland has shot up 22 places in this year’s Sunday Times Best Green Companies 2010, rising to tenth place. It also came third in the ‘bigger companies with medium environmental impact’ category. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Reigate-based Canon helps students develop winning campaigns</title>
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London, 30th March 2010:  A team of three students from Reigate Sixth form College - Tanisha Robinson, Lailah Robinson (not related) and Taf Nzou - was awarded first place in the nail-biting finals of Canon’s month-long Marketing Initiative, held at their prestigious headquarters on Cockshot Hill in Reigate. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canon and Getty Images Gallery celebrate 100 years of Hollywood with new exhibition </title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 3rd March 2010 - Iconic images of Hollywood stars from the early days of the silver screen through to present-day box office heavyweights will be displayed in an exhibition to celebrate Hollywood’s 100th anniversary. Sponsored by Canon and running from 8th March to 3rd April, ‘Hollywood through the lens – celebrating 100 years of Hollywood’ will take visitors on a journey from the 1920s, showing the evolution of Hollywood portraits through the golden age of cinema through to modern icons.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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