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1949
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Incorporated as Tomioka
Optical Co., Ltd in Ome City, Tokyo, Japan
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1960
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Commenced production of
SLR camera lenses & copier lenses
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1968
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Corporate capital source
changed from Japan Film Machines Co., Ltd to Yashica
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1969
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Company renamed Tomioka
Optical Co., Ltd.
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1974
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Started technical
alliance with Carl Zeiss Foundation and commenced consigned mass
production
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1983
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Became a member of the
Kyocera Group with merger of Kyocera & Yashica
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1986
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Commenced series
production of laser printer lenses
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1990
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Commenced production of
video microscope lenses (machine vision lenses)
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1991
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Company renamed Kyocera
Optec Co., Ltd.
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1992
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Established Kansai Sales
Office (Osaka, Japan)
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1996
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Commenced manufacturing
of aspherical lenses
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1996
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Established Tokyo Sales
Office (Tokyo, Japan)
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1997
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Developed
"high-durability lens unit" (zoom endurance exceeding 10
million times)
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1999
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Established North America
Sales Office (San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)
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2000
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Commenced series
production of projection lenses
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2000
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Developed IR lenses
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2001
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Started operation of Chigase Plant (Japan) & Shilong Plant (China)
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2001
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Developed silver mirror
(high durability and reflectance)
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2003
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Established
mass-production technology for aspherics
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2003
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Commenced silver mirror
mass-production
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2009
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Established
depth-expanding optical technology (co-developed with Kyocera
Corporation)
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