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Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. |
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PROFILE |
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With Olympus Optical Co.'s products, you can look through a viewfinder or look into organs. The company, although best known for its cameras, is a world leader in endoscopes. It makes other medical products (which account for nearly half of its sales), including clinical analyzers. Its imaging products (a third of sales) include traditional cameras, digital cameras, and binoculars. Other products include microscopes and measuring equipment, printers, bar-code scanners, and magneto-optical disk drives. Olympus sells its products worldwide; Japan, North America, and Europe each account for nearly a third of sales. Started in 1919 as Takachiho Seisakusho, Olympus is 59%-owned by Japanese financial institutions.
COMPETITION |
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DEALS |
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Deal: DataPlay Secures $55 Million
Date Announced: 06.08.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 55
Description: DataPlay, which creates tools for accessing digital content across different digital platforms and devices, raises $55 million from Kodak, Intel, Olympus and Trans World Entertainment.
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STOCK ANALYSIS |
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FURTHER ANALYSIS
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 4,062.70
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 17.0%
Employees: 18,999
Revenue per employee: $213,837.57
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Toshiro Shimoyama
CEO
CONTACT INFO |
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Monolith, 3-1 Nishi-Shinjuku
Tokyo 163-0914, Japan
Phone: 81-03-3340-2111
Fax: 81-03-3340-2098
Online: Web Site
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