Casio Singapore Pte. Ltd. was established in April 2001 in order to improve Casio’s production, logistics, and sales efficiency in the ASEAN region. The goal of the new company has been to carry out sales development in Singapore and the neighboring countries of Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, as well as to perform unified management of the Casio Group production companies in the ASEAN region.

The growing market for mobile devices, digital cameras and other such devices has generated sharply increased demand for small and medium-sized LCDs for use as device displays. Demand is especially high for Casio's proprietary HAST (Hyper Amorphous Silicon TFT) LCDs, which display super-bright, high-resolution images with low energy consumption. Kochi Casio continues to produce these units at maximum capacity to keep pace with demand. In a move to expand production capacity, Casio decided to construct a new plant near the exisiting plant in June 2000. Construction began in October that year and was completed in May 2001. After installing equipment and completing the testing phase, the No. 2 TFT LCD line began production in January 2002. The new line doubled the production capacity for TFT LCDs. TFT LCDs produced in the plants at Casio Kochi are used in a variety of applications around the world including digital cameras, cellular phones, PDAs, video cameras, and aircraft instrument displays.

The EXILIM is a digital camera developed based on the new concept of a “wearable card camera“ that is with you wherever you go. No bigger than a business card and only slightly more than a centimeter thick, it fits easily in a breast or hip pocket, weighs no more than a cellular phone, and has a built-in LCD screen. Furthermore, it only takes a second to start up, and offers a quick shutter response of only 0.01 seconds from the time the button is pushed before the image is captured. In addition, photos can be taken every 0.6 seconds continuously. The EXILIM was released in Japan in June 2002, and was so popular that production had to be doubled after two months. It is now gaining popularity in all parts of the world.

Applications for individual identity verification using physiological data such as fingerprints have greatly expanded along with the development of the information society. Casio is actively promoting measures in the field of fingerprint verification, and in May 2000, launched the fingerprint verification algorithm, VeriPat®. In September of the same year Casio developed an optical fingerprint sensor that combines a TFT photo sensor and a low-profile light source. Then in February 2003, Casio and Alps Electric Co., Ltd., agreed to a business tie-up for the development, manufacture, and sales of Rolling-Tube Head Scanners that can be installed in mobile terminals such as cellular phones to read fingerprints with a high degree of accuracy.
The Rolling-Tube Head Scanner is a new fingerprint verification device needed to overcome the shortcomings of conventional line scanners, namely image distortion when a fingerprint is taken, and the difficulties of miniaturizing flat scanners. By using a roller for the surface that comes in contact with the fingertip or other subject to be scanned, the pressure of the imprint remains consistent, and accurate distortion-free readings can be obtained. Furthermore, by installing the read sensor and light source inside the roller, the device can also be miniaturized.

The EXILIM (released June 2002), was developed based on the concept of a "wearable card camera" enabling easy photography wherever the user goes, and has been recognized as a completely new type of digital camera. It has become a hit product, giving rise to many follow-up series, including products with higher resolution and richer exterior color variation. The EX-Z3 was the first high performance model of the EXILIM series featuring 3.2 megapixels and a 3x optical zoom lens. The EX-Z3 features a new 3-segment telescoping lens construction, and advanced high-density mounting LSI technology called a Stack Multi-Chip Module, which has enabled the realization of a compact ultra-thin camera measuring just 87 by 57 by 22.9 millimeters (minimum width of 19.7 mm).
With its integration of advanced design and performance, in 2003 the EX-Z3 became Japan's best selling digital camera. The EX-Z3 was selected as the European Digital Mini-Camera of the Year 2003-2004 at the EISA Awards by the European Imaging & Sound Association and has an outstanding reputation around the world.

In order to ensure each and every CASIO employee fully understands and carries out the corporate creed of "Creativity and Contribution," as well as to ensure the company maintains a proper management system (corporate governance) and observes all laws, regulations, and social standards (corporate compliance), CASIO has begun articulating clear expectations in these areas in writing. On June 1, 2003, the anniversary of the company's founding, the three-chapter Charter of Creativity for CASIO was issued. Activities were then launched to create awareness of the Charter inside the company, and in December of the same year, it was released publicly as a pledge to society to uphold these guidelines

Charter of Creativity for CASIO

Casio and Hitachi, Ltd. established a joint venture company called Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., on April 1, 2004. Casio's strength in high-density mounting, image, and application technologies was combined with Hitachi's expertise in high-speed data communications, device applications, and system design technologies. Both companies have agreed to aim for reduction of development costs through streamlining development resources and sharing platform for cellular phones, while also improving efficiency to accelerate development, and reducing manufacturing costs by centralizing materials procurement.