Vision/Mission
Nikon is developing a broad spectrum of advanced technologies, products and services, based on opto-electronics and precision technologies. In this way, Nikon supports society throughout the world, evolving cutting-edge industries that nurture the future, fulfilling the dreams of people everywhere.
Business Description
Nikon is contributing to technology in numerous fields, from manufacturing semiconductors with nanometer-rule circuit patterns and advancing bioscience, to furthering the possibilities of imaging and capturing views of stars that are billions of light years away. Our opto-electronics and precision technologies that we have nurtured throughout our history are used to create an extensive range of products, services and even more new technologies. Nikon will continue to enrich lives around the world, support cutting-edge industries that are shaping the future, and confront the challenges facing societies around the world.
Background
Nikon will mark the 100th anniversary of its foundation in 2017. Since its establishment in 1917, optical technology-pioneering Nikon has been providing a variety of value globally. Having developed a range of products stemming from its opto-electronics and precision technologies, and increased corporate value by supplying those products all over the world, Nikon has continued to grow in a sustainable manner for nearly 100 years.
Products/Services
Precision Equipment Business
Semiconductor lithography systems and FPD lithography systems.
Imaging Products Business
Digital cameras, film cameras, interchangeable lenses, speed lights, photographic accessories, software, and sport optics.
Instruments Business
Biological microscopes, industrial microscopes, stereoscopic microscopes, measuring instruments, X-ray/CT inspection systems, semiconductor inspection equipment, and surveying instruments.
Medical Business
Retina diagnostic imaging equipment.
Other Businesses
Customized products business, glass business, encoders business, and ophthalmic lenses business.
Markets
The world.
Industry
Precision equipment.
Location
Headquarters: Shinagawa Intercity Tower C, 2-15-3, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-6290, Japan.
Competitive Advantages
Regarding technological capabilities centered on opto-electronics and precision technologies,
Nikon has been providing unique value throughout the world during almost 100 years that have passed since its establishment in 1917.
Financial Projection
Estimation for the year ending March 31, 2017, as of August 4, 2016:
Net sales – 820 billion yen;
Operating income – 46 billion yen.
It is expected that operating income will post a 45% improvement, year on year.
Company Goals & Objectives
Constantly providing new value and aiming for the Nikon’s ongoing growth, we will commit ourselves to transformation over the next century.
Management
Chairman of the Board and Representative Director – Makoto Kimura.
President and Representative Director – Kazuo Ushida.
Senior Executive Vice President, CFO and Representative Director – Masashi Oka.
Employees
Consolidated: 25,729 (as of March 31, 2016).
Highlights
1945: Following the end of World War II, production shifts to civilian-use optical equipment.
1948: The first Nikon camera “Nikon Model I” small-sized camera marketed.
1959: The first interchangeable lens SLR camera “Nikon F” marketed.
1980: The first domestically manufactured commercial stepper “NSR-1010G” Step-and-Repeat System (stepper) for manufacturing very large-scale integration (VLSI) marketed.
1986: Nikon’s first LCD stepper and scanner “NSR-L7501G” large substrate exposure system marketed.
2007: Cell culture observation system “BioStation CT” marketed. Expanded possibilities of live cell observation.
2010: Non-contact multi-sensor 3D metrology system “HN-6060” marketed. Enabled non-contact acquisition of measurement data at high speed, precision, and density.
2017: Nikon will mark the 100th anniversary of its foundation.
Other Notes
For further information, please refer to the Nikon Report 2016:
