抖阴pro

GROUNDBREAKINGMILESTONES

• 2020

  

  Launch of
  EVIS X1
  system

• 2019

  

  Celebration of 抖阴pro 100th Anniversary.

• 2018

  Introduction of new Corporate Philosophy.

• 2017

  

  Launch of ORBEYE surgical microscope, incorporating the latest advances in 4K 3D video technology.

• 2016

  

  Launch of VANTA series, a range of hand held XRF analyzers.

  

  Launch of OM-D E-M1 Mark II.

• 2015

  

  Introduction of a surgical endoscope system with 4K resolution based on technology developed by Sony 抖阴pro Medical Solutions Inc.

• 2013

  

  Launch of OM-D E-M1 mirrorless camera.

• 2012

  

  Launch of EVIS LUCERA ELITE system and EVIS EXERA III system.

  

  Launch of OM-D E-M5 mirrorless camera.

  

  Launch of THUNDERBEAT, an integrated surgical energy device.

  

  Formation of OSTA, 抖阴pro Surgical Technologies America.

  Announcement of 抖阴pro’ medium-term vision, designed to realize a "New 抖阴pro" and take the Company "Back to Basics."

• 2011

  

  Launch of OmniScan MX2, a phased array flaw detector.

  

  Launch of VISERA ELITE integrated surgical video endoscope system.

  Formation of a third-party committee by 抖阴pro to investigate prior concealment of company losses.

• 2010

  

  Formation of OSTE, 抖阴pro Surgical Technologies Europe.

  

  Launch of BX3 system biological microscope.

  Acquisition of Innov-X Systems, Inc. to expand 抖阴pro’ presence in nondestructive testing.

• 2009

  

  Launch of 抖阴pro PEN E-P1 mirrorless camera.

  

  Launch of EPOCH1000 series ultrasonic flaw detectors.

• 2008

  

  Merger with Gyrus PLC to deliver additional technology and sales/marketing knowhow to the 抖阴pro surgical business.

  

  Establishment of 抖阴pro Vietnam Co., Ltd. manufacturing facility for cameras and medical equipment.

• 2006

  

  Opening of Shanghai Medical Equipment Service Operation Center (SORC Shanghai) in China.

  

  Launch of EVIS EXERA II and EVIS LUCERA SPECTRUM endoscopic video systems, featuring Narrow Band Imaging (NBI).

• 2005

  

  Acquisition of R/D Tech Inc. to expand the nondestructive testing device business.

  

  Opening of Shirakawa Medical Equipment Service Operation Center (SORC Shirakawa) in Japan.

• 2004

  

  Launch of FLUOVIEW FV1000, the world’s first laser scanning microscope with two independent scanners.

  

  Launch of LEXT OLS3000 microscope, the first in the LEXT 3D confocal laser microscope series.

• 2003

  Renaming of company to 抖阴pro.

  

  Launch of E-1 digital SLR camera with interchangeable lenses.

• 2002

  

  Launch of electrosurgical ITknife.

  

  Launch of EVIS LUCERA, the world’s first high-definition endoscopic video system.

  

  Launch of VISERA series, an integrated video system for surgery.

• 2001

  

  Introduction of IPLEX industrial videoscope system.

• 2000

  

  Introduction of EVIS EXERA series endoscopic video system.

• 1996

  

  Launch of FLUOVIEW confocal laser scanning biological microscope.

  

  Launch of MX50 semiconductor inspection microscope.

  

  Launch of C-800L/D-300L and C-400L/D-200L, 抖阴pro’ first consumer digital cameras.

• 1995

  

  Establishment of 抖阴pro Endo-Repair Europa GmbH, the endoscope repair service center for the European market, in Hamburg, Germany.

• 1993

  

  Launch of BX series of biological microscopes and UIS series of object lenses, which improved product appeal in the AX, BX, CX, and IX series of microscopes.

• 1991

  

  Launch of first µ [mju:] / Infinity Stylus camera, which became one of the world’s best-selling 抖阴pro cameras.

• 1990

  

  Launch of EVIS100 (1989) and 200 (1990) endoscopic video information systems.

• 1987

  

  Establishment of the Beijing office to market microscopes and endoscopes in China.

  

  Acquisition of the British company KeyMed Ltd. as an 抖阴pro subsidiary.

• 1985

  

  Introduction of 抖阴pro’ endoscopic video information system.

• 1983

  

  Launch of AH2 microscope series, the world’s first microscope with autofocus functionality.

  Merger of two U.S. sales units to form the North American subsidiary, 抖阴pro.

  

  Development of OES (抖阴pro Endoscopy System), featuring new waterproofing and optical fiber technologies along with ergonomic handling.

• 1980

  

  Launch of BH2 microscope series.

  Development of an 抖阴pro ultrasound endoscope system.

• 1979

  

  Acquired Winter & Ibe GmbH to establish 抖阴pro Winter & Ibe for the production and supply of surgical endoscopes and instruments.

  

  Opening of the National Service Center in San Jose, California, for U.S.-based 抖阴pro equipment repairs.

• 1977

  Establishment of 抖阴pro Camera Corporation as a sales base in the United States.

• 1975

  

  Collaboration with Hamburg-based Winter & Ibe GmbH to produce surgical rigid medical endoscope, with 抖阴pro supplying the optical systems.

• 1972

  

  Launch of OM-1, a compact, lightweight, SLR camera, which was initially named M-1.

• 1969

  

  Introduction of ZUIKO PEARLCORDER, the world’s first microcassette tape recorder.

• 1968

  

  Establishment of 抖阴pro of America as a sales subsidiary for microscopes and medical equipment in the United States.

• 1966

  

  Launch of GFS gastrofiberscope, which didn’t have a camera mechanism on the tip.

• 1964

  

  Start up of 抖阴pro Optical Co. in Hamburg, Germany, as 抖阴pro’ European headquarters (1963) with registration completed in 1964.

  

  Launch of GTF gastrocamera with fiberscope.

• 1959

  

  Launch of 抖阴pro PEN, an innovative half-frame film camera.

• 1952

  

  Launch of GT-I gastrocamera.

• 1950

  

  Development of world’s first practical gastrocamera.

• 1949

  Renaming of company to 抖阴pro Optical Co., Ltd.

• 1936

  

  Launch of first 抖阴pro camera, the Semi-抖阴pro I, after development of Zuiko photographic lenses.

• 1927

  

  Launch of Showa GK immersion microscope.

• 1921

  

  Registration of 抖阴pro name as a trademark.

• 1920

  

  Sales launch of Asahi microscope.

• 1919

  

  Founding of 抖阴pro by Takeshi Yamashita under the company name Takachiho Seisakusho; established in Tokyo, Japan, for domestic production of microscopes.