Epson opens a museum to celebrate 80 years in business

Seiko Epson Corporation is celebrating its 80th year in business by opening a museum at its corporate Head Office in Suwa, Nagano, in Japan. The museum consists of the renovated Monozukuri Museum and a new Memorial Hall which will give visitors a chance to learn about Epson’s rich history and products from the past. Memorial Hall is housed in what was the original Epson administration building which was built in 1945. This recently renovated historic building is now open to the public.

Epson orginally called, Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd., was founded in May 1942. Over the next eight decades, the company transformed the industry as a leading innovator and manufacturer. Refining the micromachining and precision processing technologies required for watchmaking. Epson developed for watches and deploying them in other areas are what fueled the company’s growth eventually leading them into print.

Exhibits in Memorial Hall cover the 1970s period from when the building was actually used. From the technology and skills that go into clocks, mechanical watches, and the world’s first quartz watch, right through to the compact EP-101 digital printer from which Epson's brand name is derived, if you visit you will be trreated to a retrospective look at the efficient, and precision technologies that Epson has developed since its creation.