Citizen (of watch fame), JVC, and Olympus are all companies based in what country?
"was the Victor HR-3300, and was introduced by the president of JVC at the Okura Hotel on September 9, 1976. JVC started selling the HR-3300 in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan on October 31, 1976. Region-specific versions of the JVC HR-3300 were also distributed later on, such as the HR-3300U in the United States, and HR-3300EK in the United Kingdom. In the late 1970s, JVC developed the VHS format, introducing the first VHS recorders to the consumer market in 1976 for the equivalent of US $1060. Sony, which had introduced the Betamax home videocassette tape a year earlier, became the main competitor"
"Hitachi and JVC, based on each company's OEM orders. Most units are being sold at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. Orion also operates Orion Sales, headquartered in Olney, Illinois, for the North American market, under its private-owned Sansui brand and, recently licensed, JVC television brand. Orion Sales ceased to exist today and was sold to Elitelux Technologies in 2016. Orion Electric The Orion Group employs in excess of 9,000 workers. It has factories and offices in Japan, Thailand, Poland, United Kingdom, and United States. Orion's flagship factories in Thailand are one of the top exporters in that country, and they"
"Citizen Watch The company was founded in 1930 by Japanese and Swiss investors. It took over Shokosha Watch Research Institute (founded in 1918) and some facilities of the assembly plant opened in Yokohama in 1912 by the Swiss watchmaker Rodolphe Schmid. The brand Citizen was first registered in Switzerland by Schmid in 1918.. The development of Citizen until World War II relied on technology transfer from Switzerland. Citizen launched the world’s first multi-band atomic timekeeping watch in 1993, and has remained a pioneer of this field. They combined it with their light powered Eco-Drive technology so when you own a"
"Samyang Optics Samyang Optics Company Limited is a Korean manufacturer of lenses, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and photographic accessories founded in 1972. Samyang lenses, all made in Masan, South Korea, include zoom and prime, and auto and fixed iris interchangeable lenses that are compatible with the Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Pentax, Samsung, Yashica, Olympus and Panasonic cameras , and with the T-mount system. Samyang lenses are sold under various brand names, including Vivitar, Falcon, Gloxy, Rokinon, Walimex, Bower, Opteka, Bell and Howell, Polar, and Pro-Optic. In 2004 Samyang merged with the Japanese CCTV optical devices maker Seikou. On 3 May 2016"
"Michael Christopher Woodford Michael Christopher Woodford, MBE (born ) is a British businessman who was formerly president and COO (April 2011) and CEO (October 2011) of Olympus Corporation, a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Joining Olympus in 1981 and rising to manage its European operations, Woodford was the first non-Japanese person to be appointed as the company's CEO in October 2011, having ""exceeded expectations"" as president and chief operating officer for the previous six months. Within two months, he became a central figure in exposing the Olympus scandal, having been removed from his position after serving two weeks,"
"BALL Watch Company BALL Watch Company SA is an American watch company based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It was founded in 1891 by Webb C. Ball in Cleveland, Ohio, and is linked to American railroad history. The brand is currently owned by Hong Kong group Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd.<BR> Before the development of railroads across the United States, there was no need for a standardization of time or any real accuracy in timekeeping. Each town kept its own local time, based on the position of the sun. When trains began to connect really distant cities, it became problematic and difficult"
"and Global Competition: A history of the Japanese watch industry since 1850, Routledge, 2017. Citizen Watch The company was founded in 1930 by Japanese and Swiss investors. It took over Shokosha Watch Research Institute (founded in 1918) and some facilities of the assembly plant opened in Yokohama in 1912 by the Swiss watchmaker Rodolphe Schmid. The brand Citizen was first registered in Switzerland by Schmid in 1918.. The development of Citizen until World War II relied on technology transfer from Switzerland. Citizen launched the world’s first multi-band atomic timekeeping watch in 1993, and has remained a pioneer of this field."
"are labelled as ""AE"". Samyang Optics Samyang Optics Company Limited is a Korean manufacturer of lenses, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and photographic accessories founded in 1972. Samyang lenses, all made in Masan, South Korea, include zoom and prime, and auto and fixed iris interchangeable lenses that are compatible with the Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Pentax, Samsung, Yashica, Olympus and Panasonic cameras , and with the T-mount system. Samyang lenses are sold under various brand names, including Vivitar, Falcon, Gloxy, Rokinon, Walimex, Bower, Opteka, Bell and Howell, Polar, and Pro-Optic. In 2004 Samyang merged with the Japanese CCTV optical devices maker Seikou."
"included: Frédérique Constant Frédérique Constant SA is a ""manufacturer"" of luxury wristwatches based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva. It was acquired in 2017 by Citizen Holdings of Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1988 by Dutch entrepreneur Peter Stas and his wife, Aletta Stas-Bax. Since 2002, the company has also owned Alpina Watches, a manufacturer of Swiss sports watches founded in 1883. The company was founded in 1988 by Aletta Francoise Frédérique Stas-Bax and Peter Constant Stas. Its name is derived from the names of great-grandparents of each founder – specifically Frédérique Schreiner (1881–1969) and Constant Stas (1880–1967), the latter of"
"these eight, China, Malaysia and Russia scored lowest, followed jointly by Singapore and the United Kingdom, then jointly by Taiwan, Thailand and the United States. The best ranking was given to Greece, which was judged to have 'adequate safeguards against abuse'. Many countries throughout the world have already been adding thousands of surveillance cameras to their urban, suburban and even rural areas. For example, in September 2007 the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) stated that we are ""in danger of tipping into a genuine surveillance society completely alien to American values"" with ""the potential for a dark future where our"
"concerns when it comes to usage of Hikvision's products by the British government. Hikvision Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. is a supplier of video surveillance products and solutions based in Hangzhou, China whose controlling shareholder is the Chinese Government. Hikvision was founded in 2001 by Zhejiang HIK Information Technology Co., Ltd. () with the company having a 51% stake and Gong Hongjia () a 49% stake. Hikvision made products for the video surveillance market. It devotes 8% of its annual revenue to research and development, with 26,330 employees, of which 13,085 are engineers by the end of 2017. Hikvision"
"individual name. The cities that have implemented its bicycle rental systems are listed below. ""To sort this table by any column, click on the icon next to the column title."" JCDecaux operates in over 75 countries across 5 continents. 77.9% of JCDecaux’s annual revenue comes from abroad. JCDecaux originated in France and was quickly established overseas, with its first foreign contracts in Belgium in 1966 and then in Portugal in 1971. Thanks to its partnership with Wall AG, the company settled in Germany in 1982 and then in Turkey in 1996. JCDecaux was founded in the United Kingdom in 1984"
"surveillance products to the global market via more than ""2,400 partners in 155 countries and regions"", and has its presence in 18 locations around the world. In October 2016, the company concluded a deal to use Movidius' computer vision technology. Hikvision was owned by China Electronics Technology HIK Group Co., Ltd. (HIK Group, ), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Electronics Technology Group, which has a 39.59% stake. China Electronics Technology Group is a state-owned enterprise that is supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. China Electronics Technology Group holds an additional 1.96% stake"
"that uses a secondary analog dial rather than a screen for its display – giving the timepiece a more classic look than other such devices. The Horological Smartwatch product line included models for both the Frédérique Constant and Alpina watch brands, and used ""MotionX"" core technology licensed from the California-based company Fullpower Technologies. It was developed in a joint venture known as Manufacture Modules Technologies (MMT). In 2016, Aletta and Peter Stas sell their watch brands to Citizen, creating a high-tech collaboration in development of electronic, mechanical and hybrid calibres combining Frederique Constant’s high-end Manufacture capability with Citizen’s long history"
"Frédérique Constant Frédérique Constant SA is a ""manufacturer"" of luxury wristwatches based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva. It was acquired in 2017 by Citizen Holdings of Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1988 by Dutch entrepreneur Peter Stas and his wife, Aletta Stas-Bax. Since 2002, the company has also owned Alpina Watches, a manufacturer of Swiss sports watches founded in 1883. The company was founded in 1988 by Aletta Francoise Frédérique Stas-Bax and Peter Constant Stas. Its name is derived from the names of great-grandparents of each founder – specifically Frédérique Schreiner (1881–1969) and Constant Stas (1880–1967), the latter of which"
"Hangzhou Watch Company The Hangzhou Watch Company is a watchmaking company located in Hangzhou, China. Founded in 1972, its production range includes watches, watch movements and components. The Hangzhou Watch Factory was established in the city of Hangzhou in 1972 with export rights granted from the outset. Initial production was the Standard watch, designated ZHZ with 19 jewels and branded Xihu (West Lake) after the famous landmark near the city. Xihu watches were at one time awarded the top national award for quality. As resources permitted, the factory introduced a new woman-sized watch with an in-house designed small calibre. These"
"include Breitling, Corum, Gallet, Girard-Perregaux, Movado, Patek Philippe, Rolex, TAG Heuer, Tissot, Ulysse Nardin, Chopard and others. The distance across the watch Valley, traveling from Geneva to Basel, is approximately . Both Le Locle and its geographical twin town La Chaux-de-Fonds have now been recognised as an UNESCO World Heritage Site, for their horological and related cultural past. Watch Valley The ""Watch Valley"" covers all the Swiss Jura Arc, from Geneva to Basel, and is the primary location of the Swiss watch-making industry. Beginning initially in 15th century Geneva, the cradle of the European time keeping industry, and spreading north"
"Timex Group Timex Group B.V., or Timex Group, is a Dutch holding company headquartered in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. It is the corporate parent of several global watchmaking companies including Timex Group USA, Inc., TMX Philippines, Inc., and Timex Group India Ltd. The Timex Group itself is privately held by the Norwegian holding group Fred. Olsen & Co. and releases no data on its sales or production. Businesses and exclusive worldwide licenses include the Timex Business Unit (Timex, Timex Ironman, Opex, Nautica), Timex Group Luxury Watches (Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo), Sequel (Guess, Gc), Vertime (Versace, Versus) and Giorgio Galli Design Lab. Timex"
"1979 and sold to Citizen at the end of 2007. In 1912, Joseph Bulova launched his first plant dedicated entirely to the production of watches. Manufacturing watches at their factory in Biel (Switzerland), he began a standardized mass production new to watchmaking. In 1919, Bulova offered the first complete range of watches for men. The iconic visual style of his first popular advertising made its watches popular with the American public. But beyond the original style, precision and technological research also became imperative for Bulova. In 1927, he set up an observatory on the roof of a skyscraper located at"
"rate of 25%, doubling in size every three years. In May 2016, Citizen announced its intention to acquire Frederique Constant Holding SA, which includes Frederique Constant, Alpina Watches, and Ateliers deMonaco. Frederique Constant operates a manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates measuring 3200 square metres, divided over four floors, with sectors for movement component production, movement assembly, watch assembly, and quality control. Numerically controlled machinery is located in a large workshop in the basement, where all component manufacturing is concentrated. Movement and watch assembly, as well as quality control, are primarily organized on the first floor. In 2001, Frederique Constant began the development"
"4.2 million (of which 500,000 in Greater London). More reliable estimates put the number of private and local government operated cameras in the United Kingdom at around 1.85 million in 2011. In the Netherlands, one example city where there are cameras is The Hague. There, cameras are placed in city districts in which the most illegal activity is concentrated. Examples are the red-light districts and the train stations. As part of China's Golden Shield Project, several U.S. corporations, including IBM, General Electric, and Honeywell, have been working closely with the Chinese government to install millions of surveillance cameras throughout China,"
"the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Other notables include three boutiques in London, storefronts in the Stardust hotel in Monte-Carlo and the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, and shops in Geneva, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, in Italy (Rome and Cortina d’ampezzo) and elsewhere. Jacob & Co. is known for a number of signature watch styles, such as the ""Five Time Zone Watch,"" which it debuted in 2002. Inspired by the jet-set lifestyle of many of its clients, the timepiece features four fixed time zones—New York, LA, Tokyo and Paris—with the fifth dial set to the location of the"
"Group B.V.'s products are manufactured in the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, France, India and Switzerland, often based on technology that continues to be developed in the United States and in Germany. The group has operations in a number of countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. Shortly after purchasing the Waterbury Clock Company in 1941, founder Thomas Olsen renamed the company ""Timex"", as a portmanteau of ""Time"" (referring to Time magazine) and ""Kleenex"". Timex Business Unit, A division of Timex Group USA, Inc. Sequel AG Vertime SA Timex Group Luxury Watches Giorgio Galli Design Lab (Design studio, acquired 2007)"
"the launch of the third edition of Sextant. Compared with Sextant II, the case diameter of Sextant III is enlarged from 34mm to 40mm, with date indication at 3 o’clock. The transparent case back offers a glimpse of the mechanical automatic movement. A selection: Juvenia Juvenia is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is one of the few Swiss watch companies to have manufactured watches without interruption since its creation. The brand is currently owned by Hong Kong group Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd. Juvenia was founded in 1860 by Jacques Didisheim-Goldschmidt in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Shortly"
"Juvenia Juvenia is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is one of the few Swiss watch companies to have manufactured watches without interruption since its creation. The brand is currently owned by Hong Kong group Asia Commercial Holdings Ltd. Juvenia was founded in 1860 by Jacques Didisheim-Goldschmidt in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Shortly after he relocated to La Chaux-de-Fonds, expecting better opportunities. Jacques' son, Bernard, later succeeded his father. In the 1880s, Juvenia produced one of the first ladies wristwatches. In 1914, Juvenia manufactured, at the time, the smallest movement constructed on a single level. Juvenia is"
"include Elvis Presley, John F. Kennedy, Prince William, George Clooney and Buzz Aldrin. The forerunner of Omega, La Generale Watch Co, was founded at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1848 by Louis Brandt, who assembled key-wound precision pocket watches from parts supplied by local craftsmen. He sold his watches from Italy to Scandinavia by way of England, his chief market. In 1894, his two sons Louis-Paul and César developed a revolutionary in-house manufacturing and total production control system that allowed component parts to be interchangeable. Watches developed with these techniques were marketed under the Omega brand of La Generale Watch Co."
"International Watch Company IWC International Watch Co. AG, doing business as IWC Schaffhausen, is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. It was founded by American watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones in 1868. IWC is a subsidiary of Switzerland-based Richemont Group. IWC is notable for being the only major Swiss watch factory located in eastern Switzerland, as the majority of the well-known Swiss watch manufacturers are located in western Switzerland. The ""lingua franca"" of IWC is German. IWC's motto is ""Probus Scafusia"", a Latin phrase meaning ""good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen"". The motto was established in 1903. In 1868,"
"produced at the NedCar plant in Born, Netherlands. Jiangling Motors Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited (), abbreviated JMC, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer. The company has operated a commercial vehicle joint venture with Isuzu Motor Company since 1997. JMC also has a passenger car-producing joint venture with Changan, called Jiangling Motor Holding, which sells vehicles under the Landwind marque. The history of Jiangling Motors Corporation can be traced to a truck repair shop opened in Nanchang in 1952 which operated under the name Nanchang Motors Repair Factory. In January 1993, the company entered into the Isuzu Joint Venture with Isuzu and"
"JCDecaux JCDecaux Group (JCDecaux SA, ) is a multinational corporation based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, known for its bus-stop advertising systems, billboards, public bicycle rental systems, and street furniture. It is the largest outdoor advertising corporation in the world. The company was founded in 1964 in Lyon, France by Jean-Claude Decaux. Over the years it has expanded aggressively, partly through acquisitions of smaller advertising companies in several countries. Its headquarters is located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France. JCDecaux currently employs more than 13,030 people worldwide and maintains a presence in over 75 countries. In France alone, JCDecaux"
"JVC Kenwood, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Nikon, Nintendo, Olympus, Panasonic, Pioneer, Ricoh, Seiko Group, Sharp Corporation, Sony, TDK, Toshiba and Yamaha. The Japanese electronic industry as a result has maintained its dominance in the market over the United States, and maintained its export strength in this field due to the high reputation of its electronics. Japan's foreign direct investment in the consumer electronics industry was motivated by protectionism and labor costs. After three years of voluntary export restraints, seven Japanese firms located plants in the United States by 1980. Japanese firms continued production of the most technologically advanced"
"and Citizen has since stopped making use of the unique movement. No other autoquartz powered watch from Citizen is known; all other Eco-Drive models only use solar power or thermal power. Ventura is a small Swiss watch manufacturer claiming to be ""the World's only manufacturer of automatic digital watches"". Their VEN_99 movement was the only watch to ever combine autoquartz and digital readout of time (LCD) in one package. Offered were three models: the Sparc rx, fx and px. In late 2006, the company started selling their movement with an incorporated alarm, another exclusive feature. All hardware is proprietary to"
"present in the United States since 1993 in major cities and in 26 US airports, including New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles. JCDecaux was established in Canada in 2002. Its North America division has its head office in 350 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. JCDecaux was founded in Brazil and in Argentina in 1998. The company is also a part of the Outdoor market in Argentina, Uruguay since 2000 and Chile since 2001. Recently, JCDecaux strengthened its presence in Latin America by winning a contract for 1000 digital clocks in São Paulo (2012), completing the acquisition"
"Jenimage Europe GmbH, related to Jenoptik, and licensed the right to use the Jenoptik trademark for 20 years. It produced a range of compact digital cameras under the Jenoptik brand. Concord announced on 18 December 2008 that the company would liquidate. Concord ceased trading on 11 May 2009. Concord (company) Concord Camera Corp. () was a camera manufacturer based in the United States. It produced primarily affordable cameras for consumer use under many brands. The majority of Concord products were produced in China Concord produced digital, 35mm, 110, and single use cameras. For example, the Concord 3045 camera is a"