Nikon Corp.

History

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.