Canon establishes Chair in Business Services Innovation
During a recent visit to the Dutch municipality of Venlo, Canon chairman and CEO Fujio Mitarai presented the city mayor Hubert Bruls with a gift: the Endowed Canon-Océ Chair in Business Services Innovation. The Endowed Canon-Océ Chair will be established at the Venlo campus of Maastricht University.
Canon, under its corporate philosophy of kyosei (living and working together for the common good) seeks to act as a good corporate citizen through contributions to society. Through the Endowed Canon-Océ Chair in Business Services Innovation, Canon hopes to promote innovation and knowledge development in the vicinity of Venlo, the home of Océ, the latest member of the Canon Group.
The innovative power of Océ was one of the reasons why Canon made a public offer for the shares of Océ, a transaction completed in March 2010. Canon intends to finance the Endowed Chair jointly with Océ for five years. The name of the professor to be appointed to the Endowed Chair will be announced in due course.