Team members exchanging ideas before the opening of Epson's first Innovation Centre in South Africa.
On the 10th of April 2025 Epson launched their first Innovation Centre in South Africa at the company’s Fourways HQ in Johannesburg. The Centre is a showcase of their cutting-edge technology which aims to inspire employees, young learners and local business owners with a first-hand experience of what innovation and sustainability means to Epson.
If the goal was to inspire, this team delivered, sharing information on the brand’s heat-free technology which reduces CO2 emissions. It is intended that school learners and young tech aspirants visit the Centre for an awe-inspiring immersive experience of how tech and sustainable innovation can work towards protecting and preserving the planet.
On display at the Innovation Centre, visitors can expect to see a whole lot more than printers — from their variety of interactive projectors and SmartBoards, their interactive whiteboards!
The company affirmed its commitment to responsible use of natural resources, and delivering a positive lasting impact on the environment.
Epson President Neil Colquhoun commented: “We subscribe to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and as a former sponsor of COP, we were happy to be audited by an independent commission, For us, sustainability is not just about words on the screen.”
Fun Fact: Did you know that in 1975 when the brand was launched, Espon was known as EP-101, the company’s first digital printer. The founders were committed to ‘creating children’ or ‘sons’ in the form of products or services that would follow in the ‘footsteps’ of EP-101. Hence EPSON…!