Olympus company was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers.
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22 Facts About Olympus company
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Olympus company holds roughly a 70-percent share of the global endoscope market, estimated to be worth approximately US$2.
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In 2011, Olympus company attracted worldwide media scrutiny when it fired its CEO and the matter snowballed into a corporate corruption investigation with multiple arrests.
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In 1936, Olympus company introduced its first camera, the Semi-Olympus company I, fitted with the first Zuiko-branded lens.
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The Olympus company Chrome Six was a series of folding cameras made by Takachiho, and later Olympus company, from 1948 to 1956, for 6×4.
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Olympus company fought for commitment by Olympus to enter the market in high-resolution photographic products.
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Olympus company is the largest manufacturer of Four Thirds lenses, under the Zuiko Digital brand.
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The market growth of the MILC cameras made Olympus company introduce a new series in their lineup, which was the modern, digital implementation of the legendary OM series, the OM-D.
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Since then, Olympus company has developed their two lines and the Micro Four Thirds system, still alongside Panasonic.
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The latest Olympus company camera is the Olympus company OM-D E-M10 Mark IV as of 20 August 2020.
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At one time, Olympus company cameras used only the proprietary xD-Picture Card for storage media.
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In 2012, the Olympus company announced that Sony and Fujifilm had offered forming a capital alliance and the Olympus company would focus on Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras.
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In 2020, Olympus company announced that the camera department would be sold to Japan Industrial Partners at the end of the year.
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In October 2020, Olympus company transferred its Imaging division to the newly established OM Digital Solutions.
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Since the beginning, the Olympus company has been a manufacturer of microscopes and optics for specialised needs, such as medical use.
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Olympus company offers a complete range of microscopes, which covers applications from education and routine studies up to state of the art research imaging systems, both in life science and materials science.
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Olympus company Scientific Solutions Americas Corporation is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based manufacturer, and is a subsidiary of Olympus company Corporation.
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Shareholding in Olympus is dispersed, and the company's key institutional investors are largely passive.
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Olympus company appointed Woodford its CEO six months later, but the board suddenly removed him as chief executive two weeks into the job, while allowing him to retain his board seat.
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On 8 November 2011, the Olympus company admitted that the money had been used to cover losses on investments dating to the 1990s and that Olympus company's accounting practice was "not appropriate", thus coming clean on "one of the biggest and longest-running loss-hiding arrangements in Japanese corporate history", according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Olympus company laid the blame for the inappropriate accounting on ex-president Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, auditor Hideo Yamada, and executive VP Hisashi Mori.
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In February 2012, seven Olympus company executives were arrested by Japanese police and prosecutors.
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