| 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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