Year | Detail |
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. |