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38 NIKON REPORT 2015
Sources of the Nikon Group’s Value Creation
Technological
Capabilities
Advanced technological capabilities underpin the trustworthiness of the Nikon brand. These capabilities are the fruits of
technological development and R&D that have continued unabatedly since the Company’s establishment in 1917.
At Nikon, advances in R&D stem from collaboration between the Core Technology Division, which advances the development
of leading-edge elemental technologies and basic research, and each business unit, in the Precision Equipment, Imaging
Products, and Instruments businesses. Through collaboration among
the Core Technology Division and each unit, Nikon’s “technologies of
trust” are nurtured, and the products and services that provide society
with new value are created.
For the Nikon Group, technological capabilities underpin today’s
Nikon and serve as the critical driver that will be central to the next-
generation Nikon. Through ongoing investment in R&D, such capabili-
ties will realize sustainable growth.
Technological Capabilities as a Driver of Value Creation
The Nikon Group’s Value Creation
PrecisionOpto-electronics
Materials
Precision
Measurement and
Manufacturing
Optics
Image
Processing
Software and
Systems
Basic Technologies
That Support Nikon
Focus
Under its corporate philosophy of “Trustworthiness and Creativity,” the Nikon Group has always offered new value
and aimed for sustainable growth. We have recognized our accumulated technological and human resource capabili-
ties as the sources that have enabled us to pursue the value demanded by our customers and to continuously provide
products and services for nearly 100 years. The Nikon Group has positioned these two capabilities as drivers of
the value creation that is critical for the achievement of the targets in its Medium-Term Management Plan.
Our Philosophy “Trustworthiness and Creativity”
Sources of Long-Term Value Creation
Provide
New Value
Realize sustainable
growth
Medium-Term Management Plan
Next 100 – Transform to Grow
To be a corporate entity that grows by means
of its six-business portfolio
FPD
Lithography
Business
Imaging
Products
Business
Industrial
Metrology
Business
Medical
Business Microscope
Solutions
Business
Human Resource Capabilities
Human resources with a wealth of knowledge and ideas
Technological Capabilities
Technologies accumulated over nearly a century
Semiconductor
Lithography
Business