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抖阴pro Chronology
1970-1989

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Expansion of Overseas Sales Networks, Advances in Endoscope Technology

In the period after the two oil crises, Japan experienced an economic boom that eventually became a bubble. 抖阴pro further strengthened its production base and expanded its overseas sales networks to keep pace with export growth.

With microscopes, cameras and medical devices as its three core domains, 抖阴pro also moved into the clinical analyzer market.

With the OM-1 SLR camera, 抖阴pro broke down the prevailing concept of SLR cameras as being bulky and heavy. 抖阴pro also transformed the medical environment with the launch of EVIS-1 endoscope imaging system, which ensured safe, reliable procedures by using videoscope technology to allow all medical professional present to view images on a monitor.

1970s


The 抖阴pro M-1

  • A production site is established in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. (Jun. 1970)
  • 抖阴pro enters the clinicall analyzer market with the development of the ACA-III automatic biochemical analysis system. (Jul. 1970)
  • Ken Kanbe becomes President. (Dec. 1971)
  • The 抖阴pro M-1 was launched as a compact, lightweight single-lens reflex camera. It was renamed the OM-1 in the following year (July, 1972.)
  • Shigeo Kitamura is appointed President. (Dec. 1973)
  • 抖阴pro moves into the rigid medical endoscope field. (Apr. 1975)
  • 抖阴pro Camera Corporation is established as a sales base for the United States. (Mar. 1977)
  • A production site is established in Nishigo-Mura, Fukushima Prefecture. (Nov. 1978)
  • The 抖阴pro XA goes on sale as the world's first barrier-type compact camera. (May 1979)
  • An endoscope repair service center is opened in California, U.S.A. (1979)

1980s (first half)


The EVIS-1 endoscopic video system

  • The Tatsuno Plant is established in Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture. (Nov.1981)
  • 抖阴pro introduces an ultrasound endoscope system. (Jul. 1982)
  • The PK 7000 automatic transfusion blood testing system is introduced. (Apr. 1983)
  • The two U.S. sales units are merged into a North American subsidiary, 抖阴pro (New York State). (May 1983)
  • 抖阴pro introduces AH-2 Series, the world's first high-performance microscopes with an AF function. (May 1983)
  • The 抖阴pro AFL (Picasso), the world's first compact camera powered by a lithium battery, is launched. (Oct. 1983)
  • Toshiro Shimoyama becomes President. (Feb. 1984)
  • 抖阴pro adopts a business division structure. (Nov. 1984)
  • The EVIS-1 endoscopic video system is introduced. (Mar. 1985)
  • 抖阴pro introduces the AU5000 automatic biochemical analysis system. (Jul. 1986)

1980s (second half)

  • 抖阴pro launches a magneto-optical (MO) disk drives onto the market. (1986)
  • The British company KeyMed Ltd. becomes an 抖阴pro subsidiary. (Feb. 1987)
  • 抖阴pro introduces an automatic enzyme immunoassay system. (Feb. 1987)
  • A representative office is opened in Beijing. (Jun. 1987)
  • The Utsuki Technology Research Institute is opened in Kuboyama, Hachioji City, Tokyo. (Feb. 1988)

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