Seiko Epson company was formed in 1985 by the merger of Suwa seikosha Co., Ltd. and Epson company. Its history can be traced back to the birth of the first quartz watch more than 100 years ago. Seiko Epson is headquartered in Nagano, Japan. It has three regional headquarters, 30 sales branches and 23 production plants overseas. It also has many manufacturing plants in Japan. At present, it has 42000 employees. Epson is a global manufacturer of printers, computers, watches, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), integrated circuits, electronic devices, crystals, optical products and factory automation systems. EEA is a subsidiary of Epson in the United States. Located in LongBeach, California, the company mainly provides a series of low-voltage low-power semiconductor products, including ASIC, microcontroller, graphics module (ASSP), memory, etc. EEA's products are mainly produced in Portland, Oregon, and Epson, Seiko, in Japan. The company has sales offices all over the United States, Toronto and Ontario, as well as Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia.