Expanded Chinese subsidiary and established Topcon (Beijing) Opto-Electronics Development Corporation as a manufacturing base in the emerging Chinese market.

Reorganized sales subsidiary in Singapore, established Topcon Singapore Holdings Pte. Ltd. as a holding company. Established new Positioning and Eye Care sales companies.

Established Topcon Medical Laser Systems, Inc. by acquiring retina and glaucoma business of OptiMedica (U.S.A) and entered therapeutic laser market.

Established Topcon Positioning Middle East and Africa FZE established in Dubai, USA as platform for expansion of positioning business into Middle Eastern and African.

Released Auto Kerato-Refractometer KR-1 / Auto Refractometer RM-1 Fully automated measurement with only one touch on the touchscreen panel. The absence of the control lever and the adjustable control panel enables the operator to be positioned anywhere around a patient.

Established "TOPCON WAY."

Released Automated Gyro Station GYRO X
Achieved capacity to automatically find true north free of limitations from surrounding environment

Released Photocoagulator PASCAL Streamline
Original multi-spot simultaneous laser pulse technology realized minimum invasiveness and dramatic reductions in operation time.

Released Optical Coherence Tomography DRI OCT-1
DRI OCT can penetrate deeper visualizing ocular tissues utilizing 1,050 nm wavelength with the world's fastest scan speed of 100,000 A-scan/sec.

Released robotic total station PS series/SX series
Mounted with TSshield - the world's first cloud-based user support system.

Established Topcon HK (BD) Ltd., in Bangladesh.

Established Topcon Vision Care Japan Co., Ltd (currently Topcon Essilor Japan, Co.,Ltd.）.

Released Optical Coherence Tomography 3D OCT-1 Maestro
Fully-automated OCT that enables imaging solely by operating the touch panel

Capital increase by public offering
Number of shares issued 108,085,842

Established machine control and surveying system training center in Fukushima

Established Shanghai Topcon-Sokkia Technology & Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.

Released Layout Navigator　LN-100
Self-leveling for easy setup, smartphone-based imaging, etc., allow anyone to conduct piling work independently and easily.

Acquired Wachendorff Electronik GmbH in Germany, a manufacturer of highly climate-resistant displays. Move strengthens machine control systems and precision agriculture OEM business and reinforces global structure by establishing a manufacturing base in Europe.

Acquired Digi-Star Investments, Inc. to expand precision agriculture by providing total solutions in the farming industry, including for dry-field farming and dairy farming.

Acquired NORAC Systems International Inc, in Canada.

Issuance of 1st and 2nd unsecured convertible bond

Toshiba Co., Ltd. sells off Topcon stock

We signed a tender offer for Germany's ifa system AG and brought the company into the Topcon Group. We will work toward the global expansion of the electronic medical record system for the ophthalmology business.

Acquired Viasys VDC Oy, a software development company in Finland.

Launched sales of the Total Station GT/iX series, the world's fastest, smallest, and lightest system which also features stand-alone network connectivity.

Opened the second Training Center in Kobe Prefecture with the aim of promoting "i-Construction".

Purchased Spanish software development company Mirage Technologies to ensure compatibility with rapidly advancing large-volume 3D data.

Established Topcon Agriculture S.p.A. as a general management company for the IT Agriculture business

Purchased Indian retail shop Mehra Eyetech Pvt. Ltd. with the objective of strengthening sales in the rapidly growing Indian market.

Revised "TOPCON WAY".

Established new plant in Topcon Yamagata, a key base for global production. Started the manufacturing of surveying instruments.

Opened the third Training Center in Kitakyushu Science and Research Park, located in Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Established Topcon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. in New Jersey, U.S. as a promotion site of the eye-care IoT business

Acquired ClearEdge 3D, Inc., an American BIM software company

Acquired KIDE Clinical Systems, Oy, a Finnish eye-care IoT business development company

IDx-DR (AI software for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy) received the world's first U.S FDA approval as an independent AI diagnostic system.

Opened the fourth Training Center "Kanto Training Center" in Namegata City.

Acquired ThunderBuild Group BV, a software company for pavement construction.

Installed cloud/ aerosol sensor type 2 (CAI-2) on Ibuki-2 (greenhouse gas observing satellite: GOSAT-2)

Established Topcon (Beijing) Medical Technology Co., Ltd. as the Eye Care Business hub in China.

Established Topcon Healthcare Solutions Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as a base for the Eyecare solution business in Asia and Pacific regions.

Released GTL-1000, the world's first total station with rotating laser.

Established "Digital Construction Works",a joint venture with Bentley Systems with the aim of promoting innovative digital workflow at construction sites.

Established Topcon Positioning Asia Co., Ltd. in Itabashi, Tokyo as a controlling company of the positioning business in Japan and Asia market.

Issuance of 3rd and 4th unsecured convertible bond.

Completed construction of a new factory for Topcon Optonexus Co., Ltd., a key production facility for producing the world's leading-edge optical components.