Velbon

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Velbon Corporation
IndustryPhotographic Accessories and Tripods
FoundedMarch 11th 1955
Key people
Ken Nakatani (President & CEO)
Website velbon.net

Velbon (full name: Velbon Tripod Co., Ltd.) is a manufacturer of photographic accessories, specialising in tripods. The company is based in Japan. [1] It was established in 1955 as Mitsuboshi Co., Ltd..

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The trademark "Velbon" was registered in 1958. [2] The company name is a combination of Japanese pronunciation of 'very' and the French: bon, lit. 'good'. [3]

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. [1] 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. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "About us". Velbon Tripod. Velbon. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Velbon History". Velbon. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Velbon Catalog 2011" (PDF). Velbon. 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Palm, Erik Augustin (28 August 2023). "Gasbon Metabolism: A Vibrant Art Hub in Akeno". Tokyo Weekender (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 July 2024.


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