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History
With our dream “Invisible to Visible”, we are providing various products to all over the world. Here is our corporate history, specializing in eye and optics, since our establishment.
1971
- jul.
- Company established
1972
- May.
- Started developing the first Xenon Photocoagulator in Japan, and entered the industry of ophthalmic devices
1974
- Jun.
- Started production of multi layers coating
1976
- Mar.
- Construction of Hiroishi plant completed
1979
- Apr.
- Established NIDEK SALES CO., LTD. as an independent sales organization in Japan
1980
- Jan.
- Introduced the AR-2000, the first made-in-Japan Auto Refractometer
1982
- Dec.
- Established NIDEK INC. (U.S.A.)
1984
- Oct.
- Construction of Hamacho plant completed
1988
- Apr.
- Established NIDEK S.A. (FRANCE)
- Nov.
- Established NIDEK Technologies Inc. (U.S.A.)
1989
- Feb.
- Established the Tokyo Office (International Division)
- Sep.
- Introduced Patternless Edger LE-8000
- Nov.
- Construction of Tsurugahama plant completed
1992
- Jun.
- The 1st Excimer Laser Corneal Surgery System completed
1996
- Sep.
- Announced the new business domain “Eye and Health Care” at the 25th anniversary
- Oct.
- Construction of Higashihama plant completed
1997
- May
- Received ISO 9001 certification
1998
- Dec.
- Acquired 100% ownership of Fortune Technologies (ITALY)
2000
- Jul.
- Construction of Osawa plant completed
- Dec.
- Received ISO 14001 certification
2001
- Apr.
- Established NIDEK TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L. (ITALY) and NIDEK TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA INC. (U.S.A.)
- Aug.
- Established NIDEK Vision Institute to develop Visual Prosthesis
2004
- Apr.
- Merged NIDEK SALES CO., LTD. into NIDEK CO., LTD.
- May
- Hideo Ozawa, Founder & President of NIDEK received prestigious “Order of the Rising Sun” award from Japanese government and emperor of Japan
2005
- Jul.
- Exhibited a prototype Visual Prosthesis at the NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) pavilion, EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN
2006
- Apr.
- Merged NIDEK Technologies America, Inc. into NIDEK INC.
- Dec.
- Established the local office in Beijing (CHINA)
2007
- Nov.
- Established the local office in Dubai
2008
- Jun.
- Announced that Hideo Ozawa, the founder of NIDEK was appointed Chairman of the Board and Motoki Ozawa was promoted to President and CEO
- Dec.
- Construction of the second building on Hamacho plant completed
2009
- Jun.
- Hideo Ozawa, the founder of NIDEK passed away (79 years old)
- Jul.
- Introduced the RS-3000, Advanced OCT / SLO System
- Oct.
- Started the internet retailing that deals with the coating products for the end-consumer
2010
- Jun.
- Established the new representative office in Shanghai
- Sep.
- Established NIDEK DO BRASIL (BRAZIL)
- Nov.
- Exhibited the Acrylic IOL Pre-Loaded System NZ-1 at the APEC JAPAN 2010 “JAPAN EXPERIENCE” as one of the Japanese government’s displays
2011
- Apr.
- The Auto Lensmeter LM-1800PD / 1800P won the “red dot design award 2011”
- Aug.
- Launched health supplement “iwill”
2012
- Jan.
- Launched endothelial cell photographing device CEM-530 PARACENTRAL™
- Mar.
- The Optical Biometer AL-Scan won the Red Dot Design Award 2012
- Jul.
- Established NIDEK (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. (CHINA)
- Nov.
- Research theme NIDEK is involved in was selected for NEDO’s 2012 IT Integration-based New Social System Development and Demonstration Projects
2013
- Jul.
- Construction of the seventh building on Hiroishi plant completed
- Oct.
- Launched Digital Medical Scope VersaCam™
- Auto refractometer ARK-1s receives Silmo d`Or (Silmo gold prize)
2014
- Jun.
- Multifunction Edger Me 1200 won the “Ponts d’argent”
- Oct.
- Established NIDEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (SINGAPORE)
- Nov.
- Edging Station LE-700 won “MTG GOLD Medal”
- Dec.
- Edging Station LE-700 won “Vision-X Award”
2015
- Dec.
- Multifunction Edger Me-1200 and Intelligent Blocker ICE-1200 won “Vision-X Award”.
2017
- Oct.
- Tabletop Refraction System TS-310 receives Silmo d`Or (Silmo gold prize)
- Supported the reconstruction of a Nepal school
2018
- Mar.
- Established NIDEK KOREA CO., LTD. (KOREA)
- Apr.
- Tabletop Refraction System TS-310 and Auto Lensmeter LM-7P won the Red Dot Design Award 2018
- Nov.
- Established NIDEK MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS(CHANGSHU) CO., LTD. (CHINA)
- Dec.
- Selected as “The Driving Company for the regional future 2018” by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
2019
- Apr.
- Launched the ARK-F/AR-F Auto Ref/Keratometer / Auto Refractometer
- Aug.
- Launched the Mirante Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
2020
- Jul.
- Launched Japan’s first regenerative medicine products in the ophthalmology field, Autologous Cultured Corneal Epithelium, “Nepic®”.
2021
- Apr.
- Created a corporate symbol and wwwed our logo to mark a milestone of 50 years
- Aug.
- Announced NIDEK SDGs Declaration
- Marked 50th anniversary in August 8
- Dec.
- Launched Japan’s second regenerative medicine products in the ophthalmology field, Autologous Cultured Oral Mucosal Epithelium “Ocural®”.
2022
- Jul.
- NIDEK TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L. (subsidiary of NIDEK CO. LTD.) acquires NIDEK MEDICAL S.R.L.
2023
- Nov.
- TS-610 and Fully Assisted Refraction System for the TS-610 won “MTG GOLD Medal”
