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Chinon Industries

Logo: Chinon Industries, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese camera manufacturer

Chinon Industries Inc. (チノン株式会社, Chinon Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese camera manufacturer. Kodak took a majority stake in the company in 1997, and made it a fully owned subsidiary of Kodak Japan, Kodak Digital Product Center, Japan Ltd. (株式会社コダック デジタル プロダクト センター, Kabushiki-gaisha Kodakku Dejitaru Purodakuto Sentā), in 2004. As a subsidiary, it continues to develop digital camera models.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1948Founded1
  • Industryphotography1
  • HeadquartersNagano1
  • Websitechinon.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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AUTO CHINON 28MM
Photo: Bengt-re, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Chinon Industries Inc. (チノン株式会社, Chinon Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese camera manufacturer. Kodak took a majority stake in the company in 1997, and made it a fully owned subsidiary of Kodak Japan, Kodak Digital Product Center, Japan Ltd. (株式会社コダック デジタル プロダクト センター, Kabushiki-gaisha Kodakku Dejitaru Purodakuto Sentā), in 2004. As a subsidiary, it continues to develop digital camera models.2

Timeline

  1. 2004Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1948Founded Founded1

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