| 1949 |
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Established Tomioka Optical Co., Ltd in Ome City, Tokyo |
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| 1960 |
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Commenced production of SLRcamera Lens & Copier Lens |
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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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Technical alliance with Carl Zeiss Foundation and commenced consignment 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 lens |
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| 1990 |
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Commenced production of Video microscope lens(Machine vision lens) |
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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) |
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| 1996 |
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Commenced manufacture of Aspherical Lens |
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| 1996 |
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Established Tokyo Sales Office |
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| 1997 |
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Developed "High-durable Lens unit" exceeding 10 million times of the zoom endurance are exceeded |
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| 1999 |
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Established North America Sales representative Office (SanDiego, CA .USA) |
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