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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.
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 Philosophy of Environment 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
manufacturing 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 implemented 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 holding company after Hoya Holdings N.V. and
Hoya Holdings, Inc., the holding companies 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 certifica-
tion.
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 Manufacture and sale of 3C-SiC, a new substrate material for
semiconductors, begun by a new subsidiary.
August Technical alliance formed with Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. to
jointly develop mask blanks for next-generation semiconduc-
tors.
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 established a company-with-committees system.
July Global financial management operations were transferred to a
holding company 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.
Hoya’s Timeline
(As of March 31, 2004)