History
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1910s ● Two of Japan's leading optical manufacturers merge to form a comprehensive, fully integrated optical company known as Nippon Kogaku K.K. (1917) ● Acquisition of Fujii Lens Seisakusho (1917) ● Completion of Ohi Plant (1918) ● Research on manufacture of optical glass initiated (1918) ● Eight German technicians invited to provide technical guidance (1921) ● Completion of new Ohi Plant (1933) ● Following end of W.W.II, production shifted to civilian optical products (1945) ● Stock exchange listings gained on both Tokyo and Osaka exchanges (1949) ● Nikkor Club formed to promote popular photography culture (1952) ● First service center opened (1953); development of nationwide network begins ● First U.S. subsidiary, Nikon Optical Co., established (1953) ● Nikon AG established in Switzerland (1961) ● Management buy-in with Sakura Electronic Industries, Ltd. (now Tochigi Nikon Corporation) (1963) ● Factory operations commence at Yokohama site (now Yokohama Plant) (1967) ● Photo gallery Ginza Nikon Salon opened (1968) ● K.K.Tachibana Seisakusho (now Mito Nikon Corporation) established (1968) ● Nikon Europe N.V. (now Nikon Europe B.V.) established in the Netherlands (1968) ● Nikon House opened in New York (1970) ● Factory operations commence at Sagamihara site (now Sagamihara Plant) (1971) ● Shinjuku Nikon Salon opened (1971) ● Sendai Nikon Corporation established (1971) ● Nikon Vertriebs GmbH (now Nikon GmbH) established in West Germany (now Germany) (1971) ● Nikon Optical Shop Co., Ltd. established (1973) ● Osaka Nikon Salon opened (1974) ● Aiko Lens K.K. (now Aichi Nikon Co., Ltd.) established (1974) ● Nikon Live Galerie opened in Zurich, Switzerland (1976) ● Nikko Engineering K.K. (now Nikon Engineering Co., Ltd.) established (1978) ● Nikon Canada Inc. established in Canada (1978) ● Nikon U.K. Ltd. established in U.K. (1979) ● Nasu Optical K.K. (now Nasu Nikon Co., Ltd.) established (1979) ● Acquired Kurobane Kogaku K.K. (now Kurobane Nikon Co., Ltd.) ● Nikon Inc. established in the United States ● Zao Nikon Co., Ltd. established ● Nikon Precision Inc. established in the United States ● Began development of SR-1 Step-and-Repeat System (Entrusted by VLSI technology research group) (1976) ● Completion of SR-1 (1978) ● Decided the name of camera lenses as Nikkor (1932) ● Decided the name of small-sized cameras as Nikon (1946) ● Nikon I (1948) ● The New York Times announced the superior quality of Nikon cameras and Nikkor lenses to the world (1950) ● Nikon M (1950) ● Nikon S (1951) ● Nikon S2 (1954) ● Nikon SP (1957) ● Nikon S3 (1958) ● Nikon S4 (1959) ● Nikon F (Nikon's first SLR camera) (1959) ● Nikkorex 35 (1960) ● Nikon S3M (1960) ● Nikkorex 35-II (1962) ● Nikon F Photomic (1962) ● Nikkorex F (1962) ● Nikkorex Zoom 35 (1963) ● Nikonos (1963) ● Nikon Auto 35 (1964) ● Nikomat FT [Nikkormat FT]*1 (1965) ● Nikomat FS [Nikkormat FS]*1 (1965) ● Nikon F Photomic T (1965) ● Nikon F Photomic TN (1967) ● Nikomat FTN [Nikkormat FTN]*1 (1967) ● Nikonos II (1968) ● Nikon Photomic FTN (1968) ● Nikomat FTN with Type A screen (1971) ● Nikon F2 (1971) ● Nikon F2 Photomic (1971) ● Nikon Photomic FTN loaded on APOLLO 15 (1971) ● Nikomat EL [Nikkormat EL]*1 (1972) ● Nikon F2 Photomic S (1973) ● Nikomat FTN (1973) ● Nikomat FT2 [Nikkormat FT2]*1 (1975) ● Nikonos III (1975) ● Nikomat ELW [Nikkormat ELW]*1 (1976) ● Nikon F2 Photomic S B (1976) ● Shift of SLR lens type to Ai (1977) ● Nikon F2 Photomic A (1977) ● Nikomat FT3 [Nikkormat FT3]*1 (1977) ● Nikon FM (1977) ● Nikon EL2 (1977) ● Nikon F2 Photomic AS (1977) ● Nikon FE (1978) ● Nikon F2/Titanium model (Limited edition) (1979) ● Nikon EM ● Nikon F3 ● Nikonos IV-A

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