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HOYA Annual Report 2009
TIMELINE
(As of March 31, 2009)
1941
November An optical glass production plant was established in the city of Hoya,
in metropolitan Tokyo, and production of optical glass was initiated.
1944
August The plant was incorporated with capital of ¥1.2 million.
1945
October Crystal products were introduced.
1947
August Company name changed to Hoya Crystal Glass Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
1952
February The manufacture of optical glass BK7 resumed.
1960
November The Optics Division’s Showa Plant (currently Akishima Plant) was
completed in Tokyo. The Company merged with three affiliates.
1961
October Hoya was listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1962
May The manufacture of eyeglass lenses commenced.
October Hoya was listed on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
1963
May The Crystal Division’s Musashi Plant was completed.
1967
April The Vision Care Division launched sales of progressive multifocal lenses.
1972
December Sales of soft contact lenses began.
1973
February The Company’s listings were advanced to the First Section of the
Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
1974
January The Electronics Division’s Nagasaka Plant was completed, and the
production of IC substrates began. Hoya’s on-line network to handle
eyeglass lens orders was introduced in the Vision Care Division.
1982
October Hoya Electronics Co., Ltd., merged with the parent company.
1983
January The construction of the Hachioji Plant in the Electronics Division was
completed, and the production of IC photomasks commenced.
1984
August The current Head Office was completed.
October Hoya Lens Corporation and Hoya Crystal Corporation merged with
the parent company.
1985
April The Kodama Plant was completed for medical-related production
and research.
1986
October The R&D Center was completed in the city of Akishima.
1987
June The production of intraocular lenses (IOLs) commenced.
November The production of aspherical molded-glass lenses commenced.
1989
April Hoya Europe B.V. of the Netherlands (currently Hoya Holdings N.V.)
and Hoya Corporation USA were established.
1991
March Glass disks for HDDs were launched.
1993
October Hoya Group’s Environmental Philosophy was established.
1994
April The Hoya Group was reorganized with the establishment of the
Electro-Optics Division, the Vision Care Division and the Crystal Division.
1995
June Hoya introduced an outside director system.
1996
August Hoya formed an alliance with IBM to develop a next-generation glass
disk for HDDs.
November Kumamoto Plant commenced operations as a photomask manufac-
turing plant.
1997
April Hoya introduced its “internal company system,” reorganizing Group
operations centered on two internal companies (Electro-Optics and
Vision Care) and three subsidiaries (Hoya Photonics, Inc., Hoya
Healthcare Corporation, and Hoya Crystal Corporation). Hoya imple-
mented ERP R/3, an enterprise resource planning system developed
by SAP AG of Germany.
May Hoya Holdings Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. was established as the third regional
headquarters after Hoya Holdings N.V. and Hoya Holdings, Inc., the
regional headquarters for Europe and North America, respectively.
December Hoya Lens Deutschland GmbH became the first Group company to
receive ISO 14001 certification.
1998
April Hoya began the quarterly release of consolidated financial results.
The Vision Care Company’s Itsukaichi Plant became the Group’s first
domestic facility to receive ISO 14001 certification.
1999
February All major domestic plants received ISO 14001 certification.
September Hoya acquired Belgian eyeglass manufacturer Buchmann Optical
Industries N.V.
2000
April Hoya acquired Optical Resources Group, Inc. (ORI), a processor and
marketer of eyeglasses in the United States (integrated into Hoya
Corporation in March 2001).
July Hoya acquired the semiconductor photomask production division of
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
2001
May Hoya began marketing HOYALUX Summit Pro and NuLux lenses that
use EYRY, a high-index, plastic lens material.
October Hoya began manufacturing soft intraocular lenses.
2002
May Hoya began manufacture and sale of 3C-SiC, a new substrate mate-
rial for semiconductors.
August Technical alliance formed with Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. to jointly
develop mask blanks for next-generation semiconductors.
2003
January Company delisted from the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
March Subsidiaries Hoya Crystal Corp. and Hoya Crystal Shop Corp. merged
with Hoya Corporation.
June Hoya adopted a company-with-committees system.
July Global financial management operations were transferred to a
regional headquarters in Europe.
2004
February Subsidiary Hoya Optics Corp. was merged with Hoya Corporation.
March Hoya acquired the HDD glass disk business of Nippon Sheet Glass
Co., Ltd.
October Established a Level-1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program.
2005
November A four-for-one split of common shares was implemented.
2006
March Subsidiary Hoya Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Co., Ltd.
was merged with Hoya Corporation.
October Contact lens production sector transferred to a subsidiary, Hoya
Healthcare Corporation.
2007
August Pentax Corporation converted to consolidated subsidiary through
acquisition of shares via takeover bid.
2008
March Pentax Corporation absorbed via merger.
2009
March Withdrawal from Crystal glassware business.