Company Info and History
Company Info
| Company name | Canon Optron, Inc. |
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| President | HIROSHI OKU |
| Address | 1744-1, Kanakubo, Yuki-shi, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Capital | 80,000,000 yen |
| Shareholder | Canon Inc. (100%) |
| Establishment | 1974 |
| Site area | 38,202m2 |
| Floor area | 13,332m2 |
| Fields of business | Development, production and sales of optical crystals and vacuum evaporation materials Sales of paints and adhesives for optical elements |
History
| 1966 |
Started development of fluorite at the Toride factory of Canon Inc. |
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| 1968 | Started production of fluorite crystals |
| 1972 | Started development of evaporation materials |
| 1974 | Optron Inc. was established |
| 1977 | Started production of evaporation materials |
| 1983 | Became 100% subsidiary of Canon Inc. |
| 2001 | Move to Yuki-shi, Ibaraki |
| 2004 | Company name changed to Canon Optron, Inc. |
| 2007 | Sales of paints and adhesives for optical elements made by Canon Chemicals Inc. |
| 2014 | The 40th Anniversary |
| 2016 | Started development oxide-type solid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium ion batteries |
| 2020 | Donated artificial fluorite crystals to JCII Camera Museum |
Location
By public transportation:
20 minuts from JR Oyama station by taxi.
(By JR Tohoku Shinkansen, you can reach Oyama in 45 minutes from Tokyo or in 12 minutes from Utsunomiya)
5 minutes from Yuki Station (JR Mito line) by taxi
By car:
About 40 minutes from the Sano Fujioka IC of the Tohoku Expressway
About 40 minutes from the Goka IC of the Ken-O Expressway
1744-1, Kanakubo, Yuki-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
Telephone +81-296-21-3750