One PixProof is too few to judge a company — this record fills in as more of its claims get checked. Last PixProof Sep 13, 2026.
Quick facts
- What is Wacom Co., Ltd.?
- Wacom Co., Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer of graphics tablets, pen displays, and styluses, founded on July 12, 1983 in Ageo, Saitama by Azuma Murakami.
- Where is Wacom Co., Ltd. from?
- Japan. Headquartered in Kazo, Saitama, Japan.
- When was Wacom Co., Ltd. founded?
- In 1983, by Azuma Murakami.
▸ ABOUT WACOM CO., LTD.
Wacom Co., Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer of graphics tablets, pen displays, and styluses, founded on July 12, 1983 in Ageo, Saitama by Azuma Murakami. Headquartered in Kazo, Saitama and publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (ticker 6727), Wacom is best known for its Cintiq pen-display and Intuos tablet product lines used by professional digital artists, designers, and animators worldwide, and it also licenses its pen and touch technology to other device makers.
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Wacom Co., Ltd.'s history and the 1 marketing claim we've checked, in date order — so you can see what they promised when, and how it held up.
- 1983Founded in Ageo, Saitama, Japan by Azuma Murakami on July 12.
- 1984Launches the world's first cordless, battery-less graphics tablet.
- 1992Releases its first pen display.
- 1999Launches the Intuos tablet line, replacing the earlier ArtZ series.
- 2003Lists on the JASDAQ stock exchange.
- 2005Lists on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- 2020Releases the Wacom One entry-level pen display at CES.
- Checked Sep 2026CLAIM · Wacom Intuos Pro"Wacom's tablet software is a focused creative tool that doesn't monitor unrelated computer activity."→ 🔴 BYE THE HYPE Read the PixProof →
Claim dates come from when the claim's own source was published; "Checked" means we couldn't date the claim, so it sits at the date we verified it.
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Wacom Cintiq pen displays