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Olympus Corporation

Company nameOlympus Corporation
オリンパス株式会社
Company typeCorporation Tyo - 7733
SloganYour Vision, Our Future
IndustryImaging
Founded1919
Founder(s)Takeshi Yamashita
HeadquartersShinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleTsuyoshi Kikukawa, Representative Director & President
ProductsPrecision machineries and instruments, Cameras, Voice recorders, Medical endoscopes and other medical devices
Revenue(+) 12.48B USD (Fiscal year ended March 2008)|)
Employees2,907 (as of April 1, 2005; non-consolidated Olympus Corp. only)

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|} is a Japan-based company that manufactures optics and Reprography products. Olympus was established on October 12, 1919, initially specialized in microscope and thermometer businesses. It is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, while its United States' operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, and European operations are based in Hamburg, Germany.

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Monebo Technologies Appoints Gary Sazer to the Board of Directors - PR Web (press release) Tweet this news
PR Web (press release)--From 1983 to 1995, Gary served as general counsel to the -Olympus Corporation- and special counsel to its parent, Olympus Optical Company (Tokyo). ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:24:00 GMT+00:00
Olympus America Licenses Digital Pathology Patents to BioImagene, Inc. - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)--"The digital pathology field is evolving rapidly," said F. Mark Gumz, President and CEO of -Olympus Corporation- of the Americas, the parent company of ... - Date : Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:04:00 GMT+00:00
Rand Capital Announces Sale of Its Innov-X Systems, Inc. Securities Resulting ... - Citybizlist (press release) Tweet this news
Citybizlist (press release)--Innov-X had been acquired on July 1, 2010 by -Olympus- NDT -Corporation-, (Waltham, MA) (www.-olympus--ims.com) and will be a consolidated subsidiary of Tokyo, ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:16:05 GMT+00:00
Olympus opens its new zone in Dombivali - PRLog.Org (press release) Tweet this news
PRLog.Org (press release)--Going forward Olympus aims to open similar outlets in other Metros across India. -Olympus Corporation- was established on October 12, 1919 in Japan and enjoys ... - Date : Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:41:32 GMT+00:00
Beckman Coulter Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results - PR-CANADA.net (press release) Tweet this news
PR-CANADA.net (press release)--Forward contract gain - acquisition - Consideration for the acquisition of the lab-based diagnostics business of -Olympus Corporation- was paid in Japanese ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:17:22 GMT+00:00
Pentax Confirms 'Distinct' Mirrorless DSLR - Sawf News Tweet this news
Sawf News--Pentax officials have earlier hinted that the brand is looking beyond the current mirrorless DSLR offerings from -Olympus-, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:40:12 GMT+00:00
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships in the Medical Devices Industry ... - PR-inside.com (press release) Tweet this news
PR-inside.com (press release)--Key players covered include Alcon, Abbott Medical Optics, Ethicon, Beckman Coulter, -Olympus-, Medtronic, Stryker, Kinetic Concepts etc. ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:21:29 GMT+00:00
Innov-X Systems, Inc. - US-Based Manufacturer of XRF Analytical Instruments ... - Asahi Shimbun Tweet this news
Asahi Shimbun--July 2, 2010 -- -Olympus Corporation- ("Olympus," President: Tsuyoshi Kikukawa) is pleased to announce that its US consolidated subsidiary, Olympus NDT ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:37:17 GMT+00:00
Olympus Zone launched in Pune - indiaretailing.com Tweet this news
indiaretailing.com---Olympus Corporation-, established on October 12, 1919 in Japan, has been present in India since 2005 with its full range of cameras. ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:44:04 GMT+00:00
Mentor Graphics' Olympus-SoC Place and Route System Now Supported by X-FAB - TTKN News Tweet this news
TTKN News--Mentor Graphics -Corporation- (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that X-FAB Silicon Foundries now supports Mentor's -Olympus--SoC™ place and route system across ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:59:01 GMT+00:00

Date Notes
October 12, 1919 Established as Takachiho Seisakusho
May 28, 1942 Renamed Takachiho Optical Co., Ltd
January 1, 1949 Renamed Olympus Optical Co., Ltd
October 1, 2003 Renamed Olympus Corporation

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