Olympus

The Olympus brand enjoys wide popularity in China, not only because of its expertise in imaging (camera) products and medical products (medical endoscopes) The influence in this area is also because Olympus microscopes occupy an important position in the Chinese market. Moreover, Olympus mainly relied on its microscope business to achieve rapid future development in the early stage.

On October 12, 1919, "Takachihiro Manufacturing Co., Ltd." was founded by Takeshi Yamashita. On May 28, 1942, it was renamed "Takachihiro Optical Industry Co., Ltd."

On January 1, 1949, the name was changed to "Olympus Optical Industrial Co., Ltd.", and its English name was "OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., Ltd"

October 1, 2003 On the same day, the name was changed to "Olympus Corporation".

In Greek mythology, there is a mountain where gods live, called Mount Olympus. "Olympus" is the name of the company that comes from this mountain. It reflects Olympus's fervent desire to "make products that can be used around the world."

As early as the company's founding— -The "Olympus" trademark began to be used as a trademark in the era of "Takachito Manufacturing Co., Ltd." In Japanese mythology, it is said that there is a heavenly "Takatengen" inhabited by 8 million gods. The trademark was launched by associating it with the mountain that also inhabited the gods - "Mount Olympus" where 12 gods lived in Greek mythology. This trademark contains a bright world like "Gao Tianyuan". The same wish to bring Olympus optical equipment products based on light to the world.