- CEO
- Nobutaka Ide
- Full Time Employees
- 930
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Computer Hardware
- Address
- 2-510-1 Toyonodai Kazo ST Japan 349-1148
- IPO Date
- Feb 19, 2013
- Business
- Wacom Co., Ltd. Wacom Co., Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of digital pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and related digital interface solutions worldwide. The company operates through two primary segments: the Branded Products Business, which offers pen displays including Cintiq and Movink series, pen tablets such as Intuos and Bamboo lines, LCD signature pen tablets for enterprises, digital pens like Bamboo Ink and Bamboo Ink Plus, and accompanying apps including Bamboo Paper, Inkspace, and Wacom Notes; and the Technology Solutions Business, which provides electromagnetic resonance (EMR) and active electrostatic (AES) digital pen technologies, multi-touch sensors, and touch panels to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of smartphones, tablets, PCs, eBooks, and stationery products. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Kazo-shi, Saitama, Japan, Wacom maintains subsidiaries and affiliate offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions to support operations in over 150 countries, targeting creative professionals, educators, enterprises, and consumer markets in industries such as graphic design, animation, EdTech, and digital content creation. In recent developments, Wacom invested ¥1 billion in AI leader Preferred Networks, Inc. in December 2024 to advance joint research in pen and digital ink technologies for education, healthcare, and creative applications; expanded into EdTech through a partnership with Z-Kai (Zoshinkai Holdings Co., Ltd.) leveraging AI-driven knowledge graphs and pen stroke data analysis; launched the Wacom Movink 13 portable creative display in May 2024; announced a ¥2.5 billion share buyback program in February 2025 acquiring up to 5 million shares; and collaborated with Thundercomm on a VR/MR content creation platform using digital pens as of November 2025, while pursuing business restructuring to improve Branded Business profitability ahead of the Wacom Chapter 4 medium-term plan commencing FY3/26.