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Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Health Care
Industry
Health Care
Headquarters
Japan JP
Employees
29 297
IPO date
May 16, 1949

Olympus Corp makes medical devices and precision optical equipment. Its biggest business is endoscopy systems used by hospitals and clinics to look inside the body for diagnosis and treatment. It also sells surgical tools, cameras and related imaging products, and scientific instruments such as microscopes for labs and research centers.

The company sells mainly to hospitals, doctors, healthcare systems, laboratories, universities, and industrial customers that need high-precision optics. It earns money by selling equipment, instruments, and replacement parts, and by providing service, repair, and support for installed systems. In medical endoscopy, Olympus often has a long relationship with customers because its devices need maintenance, consumables, and upgrades over time.

Olympus sits in a specialized part of healthcare where image quality, precision, and reliability matter a lot. That makes its business different from simple one-time equipment sales: customers buy the hardware, then keep coming back for accessories, servicing, and system replacements. Its role is to supply the tools that let doctors see inside the body and let researchers see tiny structures clearly.

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Address
2951, Ishikawa-machi
Hachioji-shi, Tokyo-To
Japan

Business Segments

Endoscopy and GI

This part makes endoscopes, imaging systems, and related tools used to look inside the digestive tract and other internal organs during exams and procedures.

Customers and revenue model

Surgical devices

This part provides instruments used in operating rooms for minimally invasive surgery, including devices for cutting, sealing, and visualizing tissue.

Customers and revenue model

Scientific and industrial

Description, customers and revenue model

Management

Mr. Yasuo Takeuchi

Representative Executive Officer, ESG Officer & Executive Chairman

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Mr. Andre Roggan

Executive Officer & CTO

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Mr. Tetsuo Kobayashi

Executive Officer and Chief Manufacturing & Supply Officer

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Mr. Frank Drewalowski

Executive Officer & Endoscopic Solutions Division Head

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Ms. Gabriela Kaynor

Executive Officer & Chief Strategy Officer

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Tatsuya Izumi

Executive Officer & CFO

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Stephen Kneebone

Corporate Officer & Chief Information Officer

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Mr. Takaaki Sakurai

Vice President of Investor Relations

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Mr. Neil Boyden Tanner

Executive Officer & Global General Counsel

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Shigeto Ohtsuki

Executive Officer & Chief Human Resources Officer

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