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LIFE SCIENCE
& INDUSTRIAL
BUSINESS
In the life science field, tremendous strides are being made toward the realization of
next-generation healthcare in areas such as the elucidation of brain mechanisms, the
mechanisms of cancer occurrence and metastasis, and the mechanisms of drug activity
and immune response. Olympus supports such research with bio-imaging technologies for
the visualization of the movement and activity of molecules within organisms. In addition,
Olympus high-accuracy microscope technologies contribute to society in wide-ranging
fields, including science education, hospital and pathology, food products, and agriculture.
In the industrial field, in the area of non-destructive testing, Olympus supports public
infrastructure safety and security and contributes to R&D and quality improvement in
production by offering industrial endoscopes, ultrasonic flaw detectors, eddy current flaw
detectors, and X-ray diffraction analyzers. Olympus meets wide-ranging needs in the area of
industrial endoscopes, where rigorous observation, measurement, and control have become
increasingly important for responding to the higher density of electronic component and
semiconductor packaging technologies.
Share of Net Sales
10.9%
46 OLYMPUS 󱚈 Annual Report 2012