- EIKI
Infobox_Company
company_name = EIKI Corp.
company_
company_type =Private company
company_slogan = The Big Picture
foundation = 1953
location =Osaka ,Japan
divisions =California ,United States
Ontario ,Canada
Germany
Czech Republic
industry =Display technology
products = LCD andDLP projectors
homepage = [http://www.eiki.com/ www.eiki.com]EIKI Corp. (old name: Eiki 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 . Initially the focus of the company was producing technology for classroom instruction but later on the company focused more on producing16mm movie projectors for other fields. The name EIKI literally means 'projectors' in Japanese.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 one of the largest manufactures of such projectors.
In 1974 EIKI opened a division to distribute its products in the
United States , in 1988 a division followed to distribute products inCanada . In 1995 and 1997 divisions forGermany and theCzech Republic followed.EIKI was also one of the first manufacturers of
LCD projector .External links
* [http://www.eiki.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.erkanumut.com/j.htm Info on Japanese 16mm and 35mm cinema projector makers]
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