Nikon Corp.

History

YearDetail
1917 Nikon Corp. is founded as Nippon Kogaku K.K.
1918 Oi Dai-ichi Plant (now Oi Plant) completed, and optical glass production started
1921 One of the first binocular models developed
1933 NIKKOR lens designed for aerial photography
1948 Launched the first Nikon camera 
1952 Nikkor Club was established
1954 Launched model SM stereoscopic microscope
1959 Introduced Nikon's first lens-interchangeable SLR camera.
1962 Developed Ultra Micro-NIKKOR high-resolution optical lenses 
1971 Nikon Photomic FT Nis mounted on Apollo 15
1980 The Nikon F3 SLR camera was introduced 
1981 The world's first titanium ophthalmic frames launched
1988 Company name changed to Nikon Corp.
1992 Introduced Nikonos RS underwater AF SLR camera
1996 Nikon Fieldmicroscope is introduced
2007 Launched BioStation CT cell culture observation system
2009 Introduced FX-101S LCD scanner
2015 U.K.'s Optos Plc becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikon Corp
2019 The Nikon BioImaging Lab supporting drug discovery research is established in Boston
2021 Acquired majority ownership of Morf3D Inc., an aerospace component manufacturing company in the U.S.