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TOYOTEC products in the 1980’s
| 1944 Jul. | Takeyoshi Ono founded Yamato Kogaku KK in Nagano, started lens production for Japanese army |
| 1960 Nov. | Founded Toyo Seiki Kogyo in Toyokawa. Shifted production of camera distance meter from Daiwa Kogaku to Toyo Seiki Kogyo. |
| 1967 Dec. | Founded Aichi Lens Kogyo, dedicated camera lens company. |
| 1970 Nov. | Established Toyo Circle by 8 companies for business optimization and mutual growth. |
| 1972 Feb. | Toyo Circle member companies established cooperative association. |
| 1974 Apr. | Shifted optical glass lens processing function from Toyo Seiki Kogyo to Aichi Lens. Changed company name Aichi lens to Toyo Kogaku Kogyo. |
| 1986 Nov. | Established Toyo Juko as a dedicated plastic lens factory. |
| 1987 Nov. | Changed company name Toyo Seiki Kogyo to TOYOTEC to improve group management. Newly founded Toyo Seiki Kogyo for engineering plastic injection and metal lathing factory. |
| 1991 July. | Toyo Seiki Kogyo inaugurated Plastic injection factory in Ichinomiya, Aichi. |
| 1994 July. | Established TOYOTEC (HK) Co., Ltd.. |
| 1997 Nov. | Expanded Toyo Juko factory. |
| 2000 Aug. | TOYOTEC acquired ISO 9001. |
| 2001 Apr. | Toyo Seiki Kogyo acquired ISO 9001. Changed company name Shinshiro Seiko to Omicron. |
| 2002 Jul. | Inaugurated TOYOTEC (HK) Dong Guan factory in Dong Guan, Guang Dong, China |
| 2004 Jan. | Toyo Juko and Toyo Seiki Kogyo merged and renamed Juko Co., Ltd |
| 2004 Apr. | TOYOTEC acquired ISO 14001. |
| 2004 Jul. | Established TOYOTEC Oita for injection molding in Kitsuki, Oita. |
| 2005 Nov. | Reorganized corporate structures and merged four companies. |
| 2006 Jan. | Certified as Aichi Quality Company. |
| 2007 Oct. | Inaugurated TOYOTEC (HK) Dong Guan factory for optical plastic manufacturing in Dong Guan, Guang Dong, China. |
| 2008 Aug. | Inaugurated TOYOTEC Precision Molding (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd. , Guang Dong, China. |
| 2009 Jul. | TOYOTEC and Toyo Kogaku Kogyo merged. |
| 2010 Jun. | Changed TOYOTEC Kogaku plant to Kogaku technical center. Changed Juko plant to Juko technical center |
| 2011 Jul. | Formed business tie-up contract with DASAN PRECISION Co., Ltd. in Korea. |
| 2013 Apr. | Established a “Dongguan Dongyang Fengxiu Optical Co.,Ltd.” as a new wholly-owned company by merging “DongYang factory” and “DongXiu Optical factory”, and started production. |
| 2015 Apr. | TOYOTEC Kansai Sales Office is established in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. |
| 2017 Jul. |
“Dongguan Guangde Plastic Co., Ltd.” and “Dongxiu Optical Arsenal” are merged to form “Toyotec Optics(Dong Guan) Co.,Ltd.” European Sales Office is established in Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 2020 Jan. | TOYOTEC PHILIPPINES INC. is established in the Philippines. |
| 2020 Jul. |
Selected as one of the “100 New Global Niche Top Companies” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. |
| 2024 Nov. | TOYOTEC and Omicron merged. |
History of Toyotec Company
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