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1919
Establishment
Founded ASAHI Optical Joint-Stock Company *antecedent of ASAHI Optical Co., LTD -
1938
Establishment
Incorporated ASAHI Optical Co., LTD *antecedent of PENTAX Co., LTD -
1970
Listing
Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange -
1971
Listing
Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange -
1977
Establishment
Established PENTAX GmbH in Germany *antecedent of PENTAX Europe GmbH -
1979
Establishment
Established PENTAX U.K. Limited -
1979
Establishment
Established PENTAX Precision Instrument Corporation in USA *antecedent of PENTAX Medical Company -
1981
Establishment
Established PENTAX France S.A. *antecedent of PENTAX France S.A.S. -
1995
Establishment
Established direct operations in Canada -
1998
Establishment
Established ASAHI Optical Medical Division Singapore Branch *antecedent of PENTAX Medical Singapore PTE. LTD -
2002
Renaming
Renamed to PENTAX Corporation from ASAHI Optical Co., LTD -
2004
Renaming
PENTAX Precision Instrument Corp merged into PENTAX USA Inc., and renamed PENTAX of America, Inc. -
2004
Operating Division
PENTAX Medical Company became an unincorporated operating division of PENTAX of America, Inc. -
2005
Acquisition
PENTAX Europe GmbH acquired SISTEMAS INTEGRALES DE MEDICINA, S.A.(Spain) -
2005
Acquisition
PENTAX of America Inc acquired operating assets of Kay Elemetrics Corp. -
2006
Establishment
Established PENTAX Netherland B.V. -
2007
Acquisition
PENTAX Europe GmbH acquired PENTAX Italia S.r.l -
2007
Establishment
Established PENTAX Global Repair Center (PGRC) in Cebu, Philippines -
2008
Establishment
Established PENTAX MEDICAL Singapore PTE. LTD -
2008
Acquisition
HOYA Corporation acquired PENTAX Co., LTD -
2010
Establishment
Established PENTAX France LifeCare S.A.S. -
2011
Establishment
Established PENTAX Medical Brasil Materiais E Equipamentos Ltda. -
2011
Establishment
Established Pentax Medical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. -
2012
Establishment
Established PENTAX Medical Bulgaria EOOD (Service Center in Bulgaria) -
2012
Establishment
Established PENTAX Medical India Private.Limited. -
2012
Establishment
Established PENTAX Medical Singapore, PTE. LTD., Hong Kong Branch -
2012
Establishment
Established PENTAX Medical Singapore, PTE. LTD., Taiwan Branch -
2012
Acquisition
HOYA Corporation acquired Digital Endoscopy GmbH -
2013
Joint Venture
HOYA Group set up a joint venture with Wassenburg Medical Devices in the field of endoscopy -
2015
Investment
PENTAX Medical has entered into an agreement to invest in Creo Medical Ltd. -
2017
Acquisition
PENTAX Medical has acquired C2 Therapeutics
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1977
PENTAX Medical's First
Entered Endoscopy Market with FB-17A―PENTAX Medical's First Broncho Fiberscope -
1979
PENTAX Medical's First
FG-28A―PENTAX Medical's First Upper GI Fiberscope -
1984
PENTAX Medical's First
FB-15H―PENTAX Medical's First Broncho Fiberscope (Waterproof) -
1987
PENTAX Medical's First
EPM-3000 and 00 series scopes―PENTAX Medical's First Monochrome Video Processor and Video Scopes -
1988
World's First
EB-1900 ― World's First Video Bronchoscope -
1990
World's First
FG-32UA―World's First Ultrasound Upper GI Fiberscope (Electronic Convex type) -
1993
World's First
VNL-1530―World's First Video Naso-Pharyngo-Laryngoscope -
1997
PENTAX Medical's First
EPK-700 and 30K series scopes―PENTAX Medical's First Color Video Processor and Video Scopes -
2001
World's First
EG-3630UR―World's First Ultrasound Upper GI Videoscope (Electronic radial array type) -
2004
World's First
FB-19UV―World's First Ultrasound Broncho Fiberscope (Electronic Convex type) -
2005
World's First
SAFE-3000 and EB-1970AK―World's First Autofluorescence Video Processor and Video Bronchoscope -
2006
World's First
ISC-1000 and Confocal GI Endomicroscopes―World's First Confocal Endomicroscope Imaging System -
2007
World's First
EPK-i and 90i series scopes―World's First Mega-pixel Video Processor and Video Scopes -
2007
PENTAX Medical's First
i-scan Surface Enhancement (SE), Contrast Enhancement (CE), and Tone Enhancement (TE)―PENTAX Medical's First Image Enhancement Endoscopy (IEE) Product -
2008
World's First
EB-1970UK―World's First Ultrasound Video Bronchoscope -
2010
World's First
VNL-1590STi―World's First HD Video Naso-Pharyngo-Laryngoscope -
2011
World's First
EB-1990i―World's First Mega-pixel Video Bronchoscope -
2012
World's First
EPK-i7000―World's First Video Processor with HD Video Recording Function -
2013
PENTAX Medical's First
i-scan Optical Enhancement (OE)―PENTAX Medical's First New Technology of Combining Bandwidth-Limiting Light with Digital Image Processing
