eyewear owner yamamoto kogaku co. ltd. country japan introduced 1971 ; 45 years ago 1971 markets worldwide tagline protecting for you website official website yamamoto kogaku co. ltd. native name type private kk industry apparel founded 1911 ; 105 years ago 1911 founder haruji yamamoto headquarters higashiosaka city osaka prefecture 577 0056 japan area served worldwide key people tamenobu yamamoto chairman and ceo naoyuki yamamoto president and coo products sporting and protective eyewear sunglasses optical devices motorcycle helmets website official website footnotes references 1 swans suwanzu is the brandname of the japanese eyewear manufacturer yamamoto kogaku co. ltd. yamamoto k gaku kabushiki gaisha located in osaka japan . founded in 1911 the company produces and sells optical lenses sunglasses goggles as well as safety glasses . the sports eyewear brand swans includes sunglasses ski and snowboard goggles swimming goggles as well as helmets . 1 the company was founded by haruji yamamoto as yamamoto optical lens factory in osaka . the factory moved to higashi saka in 1935 where the company s current headquarters are . in that same year started the production of lenses and eyewear for protection against dust . twenty years later the company name changed to yamamoto bojin megane and started the production of eyewear frames by plastic molding a first in japan . 2 in 1977 the company became as an official ski equipment supplier to the united states ski team 2 3 and in 1980 the company s took its current name . in october 2014 the toshiba glass a pair of optical head mounted display like glasses which was jointly created by yamamoto kogaku and toshiba was unveiled at ceatec 2014 . 4 references edit a b company profile . yamamoto kogaku . retrieved march 25 2016 . a b about swans company milestones . yamamoto kogaku . retrieved march 25 2016 . behind the winners a network of individual contributors . skiing . bonnier corporation . october 1985 . p. 48 . issn 0037 6264 . nagata kazuaki october 9 2014 . toshiba glass sets sights on less obtrusive wearable tech . the japan times . retrieved march 25 2016 . further reading edit swans way highlighting japan may 2010 . retrieved july 2 2010 . english external links edit japan portal fashion portal companies portal official swans website english official yamamoto kogaku co. ltd. website english swans south east asia distributor official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swans eyewear & oldid 715396305 categories sporting goods manufacturers of japaneyewear brandscompanies established in 19111911 establishments in japancompanies based in osaka prefectureswimming equipmentsunglassesskiing equipmentsportswear brandsjapanese brandshidden categories use mdy dates from march 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipediaarticles containing japanese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 15 april 2016 at 14 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view