Graphtec

{{Short description|Japanese multinational technology company}}

{{Primary sources|date=July 2011}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Graphtec Corporation

| logo = Grphtecl.svg

| logo_size = 220px

| type = Kabushiki-gaisha
({{tyo|6968}})

| slogan =

| foundation = 1949

| location = Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| key_people = Dr. Watanabe {{small|(Founder)}}

| num_employees =

| industry = Computer hardware

| products = Plotters, scanners

| subsid =

| revenue =

| homepage = {{URL|www.graphteccorp.com}}

}}

File:Watanabe.png

File:MP1000plotter.jpg

Graphtec Corporation ({{tyo|6968}}), formerly Watanabe Instruments, is a company for computer input and output devices in Japan. It has subsidiaries in the USA, Europe and Australia. Graphtec was established in 1949; their first plotter was released in 1961.