| Sept. 1932 |
TOPCON was established based
on the surveying instruments division of K.Hattori and
Co.,Ltd. (currently Seiko Corporation) in order to manufacture
the optical instruments
for Japanese Army, which are surveying instruments,
binoculars and cameras.
Corporate Name: Tokyo Kogaku Kikai Kabushikikaisha
(Tokyo Optical Co., Ltd.)
Head Office: 2, Ginza 4-chome, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo
Factories: Toshima and Takinogawa-ku, Tokyo
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| Apr. 1933 |
Built head office and main factory
at 180, Shimura-motohasunuma-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo
(current address) and moved head office functions there |
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| Aug. 1945 |
Temporarily closed factories
after the end of World War II. Received authorization from
Tokyo governor to convert the factory for production of
civil products and reopened factory to manufacture
binoculars and Surveying Instruments. |
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| Dec. 1946 |
Established Yamagata kikai kogyo kabushikikaisha. (currently
Topcon Yamagata Co., Ltd.) in Yamagata-shi, Yamagata
Prefecture.
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| Dec. 1947 |
Listed its stock on Tokyo and
Osaka Stock Exchanges. |
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Started selling lens meters.
Started Ophthalmic and Medical Instruments business. |
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| Mar. 1960 |
Became an affiliate of Tokyo
Shibaura Electric Co,Ltd.. (currently TOSHIBA CORPORATION). |
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| Feb. 1963 |
Started selling a single-lens
reflex camera "TOPCON RE Super" adopting TTL. |
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| Oct. 1969 |
Established Tokyo Kogaku Seiki
Kabushikikaisha (currently OPTONEXUS Co., Ltd.) in Tamura-gun,
Fukushima Prefecture |
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| Apr. 1970 |
Established Topcon Europe B.
V. in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. |
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| Sept. 1970 |
Established Topcon Instrument
Corporation of America (currently Topcon Medical Systems,
Inc.) in New York, U. S. A. (currently New Jersey State). |
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| Jan. 1975 |
Established Topcon Sokki Co.,
Ltd. (currently Topcon Sales corporation), a surveying
instrument sales company. |
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| Dec. 1976 |
Established Topcon Medical Japan
Co., Ltd., an medical instrument sales company. |
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| Apr. 1978 |
Started selling a
electric distance meter DM-C1 adopting a near-infrared. |
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| Nov. 1978 |
Started selling a refractometer
RM-100 incorporating near-infrared beam and a television
system. |
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| Apr. 1979 |
Established Topcon Singapore
Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. |
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| Apr. 1986 |
Established Topcon Optical (H.
K.) Ltd. in Hong Kong. |
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| Sept. 1986 |
Listed on First
Sections of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. |
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| Jan. 1989 |
Established Topcon Australia
Pty. Ltd. in Australia. |
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| Apr. 1989 |
Changed its corporate name to
TOPCON CORPORATION. |
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| Apr. 1991 |
Acquired electron beam business. |
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| Dec. 1991 |
Built an engineering center in
corporate premises. |
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| Mar. 1994 |
Surveying Instrument
Division obtained ISO 9001, certification. (Ophthalmic
and Medical Instruments, Industrial Instruments and Optical
Devices
Divisions also obtained ISO 9001 certification subsequently) |
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| Sept. 1994 |
Acquired Advanced Grade Technology
and established Topcon Laser Systems, Inc. (currently Topcon
Positioning Systems, Inc.) in California, U. S. A., and
advanced into machine control business. |
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| Oct. 1994 |
Delivered a nationwide GPS continuous
observation system to Geographical Survey Institute, Ministry
of Construction, Japanese Government |
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| Sept. 1997 |
Obtained
ISO 14001 certification, an international standard for
environment management systems. |
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| July 2000 |
Acquired Javad Positioning Systems
Inc. in the United States and started selling precision
GPS receivers and related system products. |
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| July 2001 |
Established Topcon America Corporation
in New Jersey, U. S. A., as a holding company. Reorganized
the subsidiaries in the United States dividing them into
the ophthalmic and medical instrument business and the
positioning
business. |
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| Apr. 2002 |
Established Topcon Finance Corporation. |
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| July 2002 |
Liquidated Topcon Singapore Pte.
Ltd. and established Topcon South Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore |
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| Oct. 2003 |
The Optical Devices Division
was spun off from the Industrial Instruments Division following
expansion in demand for optical parts. The number of TOPCON
divisions had increased from three to four. |
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| Feb. 2004 |
Established Topcon (Beijing) Opto-Electoronics
Corporation in Beising, China. |
