The development course of Nikon

19 17 established "Japan optical industry co., ltd."

19 18 started the production and research of optical glass.

192 1 year, the subminiature prism binoculars "Miquelao 4x 6x" were sold.

1925 sells JOICO microscopes.

1932 camera lens was named Nicole.

1945 with the end of world war ii, the manufacturing industry has been transformed into civil optical equipment such as telescopes, cameras, microscopes, measuring instruments, measuring tools, glasses and lenses.

1946 sold the glasses lens "POINTAL" and named the small camera Nikon.

1947 sells measuring instruments "e-class" and "transit g"

1948 sells small camera "Nikon I" and measuring instrument "Universal Projector I"1950 new york Times introduces Nikon camera and nikkor lens.

Nikon Optical Co., Ltd. (now Nippon Kogaku (U.S.A.) Inc) was established in the United States from 65438 to 0953, engaged in the import, technical service and market research of cameras and other products.

1958 Nikon SP won the prize at the Brussels world Expo.

1959 sells the single-mirror reflex camera "Nikon f"

1960 participated in the 7th International Photography Exhibition for the first time, showing Nikon F ..

Nikon AG was established in Switzerland in 196 1.

Nikon Europe was founded in the Netherlands from 65438 to 0968 (changed to Nikon Europe in 2002).

1969 1 the 1st Nikon Photo Contest? International (NPCI) project

197 1 Apollo 15 was equipped with "Nikon Photoftn" and Nikon Vertriebs GmbH was established in the former West Germany (Nikon GmbH after 2012).

Nikon Canada was founded in Canada from 65438 to 0978.

Nikon UK Limited was established in the UK on 1979.

1980, we sold the single-mirror reflective camera "Nikon F3" and the semiconductor exposure equipment "nsr-10/0g" for VLSI production.

198 1 year, acquired all the shares of American ellenrich photographic optics industrial company and changed its name to Nikon company.

1982 Nikon precision company was established in the United States.

1985 sells measuring instruments "total station DTM- 1"

1986, Nikon hong kong co., ltd. was established in hong kong and Nikon France co., ltd. was established in France to sell liquid crystal exposure equipment "NSR-L750 1G".

1988, the company name was changed to "Nikon Co., Ltd.", Nikon Precision Europe Co., Ltd. was established in the former West Germany (now Germany), and Nikon Optical Canada Company was established in Canada.

1990 Nikon Precision Korea Co., Ltd. Nikon's first real Japanese overseas production factory Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was established.

Nikon Kft was founded in Hungary 199 1.

Nikon instruments co., ltd was established in Italy on 1993.

Nikon was founded in Czech Republic on 1994.

1995, Nikon Singapore Pte Ltd. was established in Singapore, Nikon Precision Taiwan Province Co., Ltd. was established in Taiwan Province Province, China, and Nikon Svenska AB (now Nikon Nordic AB) was established in Sweden.

1996 American Nikon research company was established in the United States, and Beijing Nikon glasses co., ltd was established in China.

1997 sold the digital camera "COOLPIX 100/300" and established Guangdong Nikon camera co., ltd. in China.

1998 Nikon optics uk co., ltd was established in the uk.

1999, Nanjing Nikon Jiangnan Optical Instrument Co., Ltd. was established in China, selling digital SLR reflective cameras "D 1", and Hangzhou Nikon Camera Co., Ltd. was established in China.

In 2000, a joint venture with Essilor International in France established Nikon Essilor Co., Ltd., Nikon Precision Singapore Pte Ltd. was established in Singapore, Nikon Holdings Europe was established in the Netherlands, and Nikon Instruments started business in the United States.

Nikon (Malaysia) sdn.bhd started its business in Malaysia on 200 1.

In 2002, Nikon Instruments Europe B.V started its business in the Netherlands, and established Nikon Optical Instruments (China) Co., Ltd., China Dongguan Nikon Electronic Measuring Instrument Co., Ltd. and China Shanghai Nikon Seiki Co., Ltd. in China.

In 2003, a new trademark of Nikon Group was formulated, and Nikon-Tianbao Co., Ltd. was established in a joint venture with Tianbao Navigation Company of the United States. Nikon Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established in China, and Nikon Polska SP.ZOO.O started its business in Poland.

In 2004, we sold the single-mirror reflective camera "Nikon F6".

In 2005, Nikon Instruments Korea Co., Ltd. started its business in Korea, and Nikon Imaging Instruments Sales (China) Co., Ltd. started its business in China.

In 2006, the liquid immersion scanning exposure machine "NSR-S609ARF" was sold, Nikon Image Korea Co., Ltd. started its business in South Korea, and Nikon Australia Co., Ltd. started its business in Australia.

In 2007, Nikon International Trade (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. started business in China, and Nikon India Pte Ltd. started business in India, selling digital SLR cameras "D3".

In 2008, Nikon (Russia) Co., Ltd. started its business in Russia.

In 2009, Nikon and Essilor International Joint Research Center Co., Ltd. were established to sell liquid crystal display exposure equipment "FX- 10 1S", and Nikon Mexico S.A. de C.V started its business in Mexico, completely making Metris NV (now Nikon Metrology NV) a subsidiary of Belgium.

In 20 10, the international space station used digital SLR cameras "D3S" and "D3X" and nikkor lens to establish Nikon Hong Kong Holdings Limited covering China and Asia.

20 1 1, Nikon sales (Thailand) co., ltd. started business in Thailand, and Nikon do Brasil Ltda started business in Brazil, selling interchangeable mirror digital cameras "Nikon 1 J 1" and "Nikon 1 V 1".

In 20 12, the digital SLR camera "D4" was sold, and Nikon Middle East FZE started its business in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.