Private company
Velbon
Logo: Velbon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Velbon (full name: Velbon Tripod Co., Ltd.) is a manufacturer of photographic accessories, specialising in tripods. The company is based in Japan. It was established in 1955 as Mitsuboshi Co., Ltd.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersKobe1
- Websitewww.velbon.com
- Legal formsocietà a responsabilità limitata1
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Velbon (full name: Velbon Tripod Co., Ltd.) is a manufacturer of photographic accessories, specialising in tripods.2
Products and brands
Products
Velbon produces tripods, monopods, tripod heads, and other stands and accessories for cameras, video cameras, and smartphones.
Factories
The manufacturer has a factory in Myanmar. It also opened factories in Taiwan and Japan over the years. Its former factory in Akeno, Yamanashi, Japan, was purchased and became an artists' space in 2020.
From Wikipedia’s article on Velbon, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- Jun 1955Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.velbon.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/Velbon_japan1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/1000545016678521
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/velbon_japan1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCtc63ApnYUbw7dUIoRrIkEw1
- WikipediaVelbon
- WikidataQ4009326
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataVelbon on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaVelbon on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsVelbon logo by Velbon, Public domain
- 4WikipediaVelbon on Wikipedia (revision used)
- 5Wikimedia CommonsVelbon photo by Piotr Brichacek ( Briho ), Public domain