The name "Wacom" was derived by partially replacing the English name WORLD COMPUTER with "WA," which means "harmony"in Japanese. The name was created to express our goal of attaining development in which people and computers are in harmony.

Our overseas subsidiaries are
Wacom Technology Corporation,
Wacom Europe GmbH,
Wacom China Corporation,
Wacom Korea Co., Ltd.,
Wacom Australia Pty. Ltd.,
Wacom Hong Kong Ltd.,
Wacom Singapore Pte. Ltd.,
Wacom Taiwan Information Co., Ltd., br> Wacom India Pvt. Ltd. (India)., and
Wacom Vietnam Science and Technology Limited Liability Company (Vietnam).

Our head office is located in Toyonodai, Kazo-city, Saitama, Tokyo. Branch Office is located in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo and we have domestic operations office in Osaka. Our factory is located on the site of our head office in Saitama and we have several EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Service) bases located overseas.

His Biography is shown below.
Name: Nobutaka Ide 　　Date of Birth: May 19, 1970
Education: Master of Public Administration (Major in International Law) at the Graduate School of International Christian University
Business Career:

March 1995		Joined Sharp Corporation
August 2013		Joined Wacom Co., Ltd. General Manager, Technology Marketing Department, Component Business Unit
April 2015		Vice President, Technology Solution Business Unit
July 2015		Senior Vice President, Technology Solution Business Unit
April 2017		Executive Vice President, Technology Solution Business Unit and Platform & Applications Business Unit
June 2017		Director
April 2018		President & CEO (current position)
February, 2021		Representative Director, Connected Ink Village, General Incorporated Association (current position)

Wacom's business fields are the Branded Business with branded products of pen tablets and LCD pent tablets, and the Technology Solution Business as OEM components supply business.
Please refer to "Company Introduction" in Wacom at a glance.
Regarding each product in detail, please refer to Our Business in our corporate web site.

Pen tablets including a LCD pen tablet are computer peripheral devices, such as a keyboard mouse, etc, which consists of a cordless electronic pen and a tablet (LCD panel). Electronic pen functions on a tablet are the same as a mouse. In addition, a pen tablet allows users to input drawings, diagrams and characters in a similar way to writing and drawing in pencil on paper.

1. A strong technological capability which has enabled Wacom to achieve numerous patents and gain know-how including patents related to the core pen tablet technology, recognized around the world as being from Japan.
2. Wacom is a global market leader for pen tablet sales and for digital pen and multi-touch components incorporated into notebook PCs plus digital pen components incorporated into smart phones. 3. Global business development. Wacom has built partnerships with global leaders of operation systems, application software, and hardware vendors for many years, while optimum research, development and sales organizations have been established in different regions around the world.

The domestic share in the pen tablet market has reached 99.6%. (Survey by BCN Inc. in 2018)
There is no statistical data in its global market, but we estimate that we have maintained a high market share for professional creators.

Pen tablets for professional users are used in the Computer Graphics (CG) industry driving movie production, represented by Hollywood movies, digital painting, coloring and compositing processes in animation studios around the world and for creating realistic images in video game production, as well as designs for printing and apparel. Display products are also used in industrial design processes, such as automotive, electronic records in the medical field, as well as classroom teaching by a projector and screen combination instead of a blackboard. On the other fields, pen tablets are used in private and public situations such as paperless conference systems, respond screens in TV quiz shows, credit card transactions by digital signatures in financial institutions, police stations, courts, and meteorological agencies.

Pen tablet for general users (there are differences by region, in Europe and U. S.) is used for digital photo retouching, digital scrapbooking, and replacement of a PC mouse. In Japan, manga productions, comics and blogs are the main usages. Also note taking, editing, and writing to screen presentations are also used for business purposes.

Please refer to "Company Introduction" in Wacom at a glance.

This method refers to the patented pen input and pen tablet technology, the only one of its kind in the world, which enables battery-less and cordless input operation.

(Mechanism)
The tablet forms a magnetic field on its surface (electromagnetic field), in which the electronic pen moves. When it moves, electricity runs through the coil inside the pen. The tablet then receives inductive signals generated by the magnetic field formed on the pen side (induction).By repeating the process a number of times in a short time, the pen's path is smoothly read by the tablet. The digital pen is capable of detecting the force exerted on it and the tilted angle, thereby enabling differences in line widths and color gradation to be displayed. Another notable feature is that an eraser function, which allows users to easily correct drawings, can be added to the pen.

Adopting a simple structure which integrates pen and touch input signal processing into a single controller/sensor system (a sensor board dedicated to the pen is not necessary) , Wacom's Active ES pen achieves superb performance such as high pen pressure sensivity and accuracy expressing intricate details. Wacom's Active ES pen technologies will lead the way to the era of digital stationery.

Benefits of Wacom’s Active ES pens
1. Newly-developed controller IC processes pen and touch signals at the same time
2. High performance achieved thanks to the expertise on multi-touch and pen input
3. Expertise in the development and production of digital pens facilitates high levels of perfection
4. Mass manufacturing capability takes advantage of automated production lines
5. Pen ID for use via the cloud

Finger touch screen operation is suitable for moving icons and selecting menu options instead of a mouse but is not suitable for the production of content, such as painting and note taking. On the other hand, a digital pen also has mouse functionality and comes to life when creating content. Each function of pen and finger touch is complementary and the possibility that finger touch can replace digital pens is extremely low.

Wacom is a “Technology Leadership Company” that provides customers with a unique and innovative digital pen and ink experience – digital writing and drawing. We began a new chapter from April, 2018, under our “Life-long Ink” visions to deliver the value created by digital ink technology to customers throughout their lives. For Wacom, listening to customers’ voices is extremely important, and we aim at maintaining dialogue with customers as we pursued our mission to remain innovative and deliver the best digital drawing and writing experiences.

Wacom enhances global organizations and optimizes business models of key functions, such as product development, manufacturing, and its SCM (Supply Chain Management).
(Product development)
Japan is in charge of developing the technology and design hardware products due to the country's strong infrastructure for technological development, as well as its geographic location, being close to our main manufacturing bases in China and Taiwan, etc. The development of driver software for PCs and smartphones is mainly performed mainly in the US, where Wacom is close to all the global OS developers, such as Microsoft, Google, and Apple.
(Manufacturing)
Wacom focuses on developing optimal manufacturing models for cost competitiveness and product quality leadership. All critical components continue to be designed by Wacom and all high-volume manufacturing is made by EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) located in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia under the guidance of the QA assurance division to ensure the highest product quality. Wacom also has SCM bases in China.

Wacom will continue to provide simple, natural and intuitive digital tools that inspire people to explore new ideas and make this world a more creative place, and also intends to expand in both of the Branded Business and the Technology Solution Business. With the spread of tablet devices, that support digital pen as a standard, Wacom expects that it will be able to develop new markets for products and parts with a digital pen. Wacom also expects to continue market expansion from graphics users to general users. With growing demands from society for electronic information due to the paper-less and enhanced information management, Wacom expects expansion of business uses for the LCD pen tablets.

In the regions, from US. and Europe to Asia, especially markets in China, India and Latin America, expansion is expected.

Wacom's basic policy on shareholder returns is to provide stable and sustainable dividends and flexibly exercise treasury stock acquisition, while maintaining sufficient retained earnings to enhance future business development and financial quality.
The payout ratio is targeted to be approx. 30% on a consolidated basis and increased in the long-term in order to attract global investment to the Company.
Wacom doesn't adopt any shareholder special benefits plan on the standpoint of fairness among the shareholders. Wacom aims to execute continuous payouts with dividends and the flexible repurchase of own shares.

The stock code is 6727 of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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