ABOUT US,Optical Lens Japan
Our History
| Apr. 1947 | Tetsuzo Natsume, honorary chairman, founded plating company, Iida Works, Ltd. |
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| Mar. 1956 | Iida Works changed company name to Natsume Optical Works. NOW started manufacturing lens and moved its plant to current place. |
| Oct. 1967 | NOW founded Tokyo Sales Branch for metropolitan area. |
| Aug. 1985 | Natsume Optical Works changed company name to Natsume Optical Corporation. NOC increased its capital to ￥20,000,000. |
| Apr. 1991 | Yuzo Natsume was designated as President. |
| Apr. 1994 | Tadahisa Miyashita was designated as President. |
| May. 1998 | NOC established Tack Coat Corporation through joint investment with Sigma Koki. |
| Feb. 1999 | NOC received ISO-9002. |
| Sep. 1999 | Osaka Sales Branch was founded. The West Plant1 was built. |
| Dec. 2002 | NOC established FLC through joint investment with three companies. |
| Aug. 2003 | NOC announced that it settled a technical cooperation agreement with Tubaki Nakashima for the production of ball lens. |
| Oct. 2003 | Head Office and Tokyo Sales Branch received ISO-9001. |
| Oct. 2004 | NOC increased its capital to ￥60,000,000 |
| Apr. 2005 | Tokyo Sales Branch moved to the new place. |
| Jul. 2005 | NOC founded new Technology Center. |
| Dec. 2005 | NOC received ISO-9001: 2000 |
| Jan. 2006 | NOC received ISO-14001: 2004 |
| Apr. 2009 | Yoshiharu Natsume was designated as President. Tadahisa Miyashita was appointed as Chairman. |