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PENTAX® Medical products History |
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| 1919 | Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co. established |
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| 1938 | Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. established |
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| 1955 | Asahi Optical Corporation (Merge with PENTAX® Corporation in April,2005) established |
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| 1962 |
PENTAX® Europe n.v. established in
Belgium as a base of operations in Europe
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| 1967 |
 Opening of a unique
facility in Tokyo featuring the Asahi PENTAX® Gallery and
the first camera museum to be established by a Japanese
manufacturer (moved to Mashiko Plant in 1993) |
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| 1968 |
Mashiko Plant in Tochigi established
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| 1971 |
Listed in the First Section of the Tokyo
Stock Exchange
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| 1972 |
Listed in the CDR market of the
Amsterdam Stock Exchange Launch of "SMC PENTAX® Lens for
Eyeglasses", marking PENTAX® entry in the eyeglasses market
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| 1973 |
Asahi Optical International (current
name: PENTAX® Hong Kong) established in Hong Kong, marking
the establishment of PENTAX®'s first overseas manufacturing
center Launch of "Photoplotter" automatic drafting system,
marking PENTAX® entry in the information technology market
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| 1975 |
Asahi Optical Taiwan, manufacturing
plant (current name: PENTAX® Taiwan), established in Taiwan
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| 1976 |
PENTAX® Corporation (current name:
PENTAX® U.S.A.) established as the marketing headquarters
for the U.S. market
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| 1977 |
Launch of Bronchiofiberscope
"FB-17A", marking PENTAX® entry in the medical equipment
market PENTAX® Handelsellschaft (current name: PENTAX®
Europe GmbH) established in Germany Launch of "PENTAX® CAD
System", marking PENTAX® entry in the industrial equipment
market
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| 1978 |
PENTAX® Canada Inc. (marketing and sales
office) established in Canada
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| 1979 |
PENTAX® Precision Instrument Corporation
established in U.S.A. to market medical equipment PENTAX®
U.K. established in U.K.
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| 1982 |
PENTAX® Schweiz, PENTAX® Scandinavia,
and PENTAX® Nederland established in Switzerland, Sweden and
the Netherlands, respectively
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| 1983 |
Launch of "Apaceram" artificial tooth
root, marking PENTAX® entry in the new ceramics market
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| 1985 |
 PENTAX® Vision Inc.
established in U.S.A. to market eyeglass products in the
U.S. market PENTAX® Technology established in U.S.A. to
market information/telecommunications devices in the U.S.
market Launch of "Apatite", Japan's first synthetic bone
filler |
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| 1988 |
Launch of "easy-to-fabricate" synthetic
human bone material Development and exhibition of prototype
electronic still video camera with audio recording function
at "'88 Photokina"
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| 1992 |
Eyeglass lens manufacturing plant and
Asahi Optical Cavite Philippines (current name: PENTAX®
Luzon Philippines) established
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| 1994 |
Development of
diffraction/aberration-compensated objective lenses for
magneto-optical disks
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| 1995 |
Optical device manufacturing plant and
PENTAX® VN established in Vietnam
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| 2000 |
Development and commercialization of the
world's first diffraction-type DVD/CD-compatible hybrid lens
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| 2002 |
Corporate name changed from Asahi
Optical Co., Ltd. to PENTAX® Corporation
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