In 2017, Japan Optical celebrated its founding more than 35 years ago. Our steady growth has been backed by an exemplary track record. While many companies might experience rapid growth at inception, they sometimes suffer from poor results in the long run, finding that there is simply not enough design, manufacturing and marketing talent within the company framework to build a solid foundation…. It is like a tree whose roots are not growing enough to support the trunk, let alone maintain the stems, branches and leaves. This is what truly separates Japan Optical from others in the industry – we have consistently grown because our talented workforce has grown with us, creating a stable corporate structure from stem to stern. Choose Japan Optical and you are choosing a proven winner.
Japan Optical Co., LTD.
CEO Tatsuro Kimura
COMPANY OUTLINE
- Corporate Name
- JAPAN OPTICAL CO.,LTD
- Head office address
- JO Bldg, 10-3-5, Ogaki, Ritto-city, Shiga prefecture, Japan
- Managing director
- Tatsuro Kimura
- Phone
- 81-77-552-4570
- Fax
- 81-77-552-4603
- Founding date
- 1982
- Establishment date
- 1986
- Business Operations
- Produce and sell sunglass, goggle, frame, sunglass lens and case etc
- Capital
- US$ 10,000,000
HISTORY
- 1982
- established Japan Optical
and started to produce and sell sport sunglass in for USA
- 1984
- established Japan Optical USA Inc
- 1986
- established JAPAN OPTICAL CO.,LTD
- 1989
- established Japan Optical Fukui
- 1990
- started to manufacture tri-acetate polarized lens
- 1994
- Japan Optical USA Inc became independent of company
- 1995
- started to manufacture goggle with associated company in Korea
started to manufacture polycarbonate polarized lens
- 1998
- entered into a contracted with Scott as a sales agent in Japan
- 1999
- started to manufacture polarized lens with associated company in Korea
Japan Optical Fukui was closed
- 2001
- started to sell ultra expensive acetate frame for United States
- 2002
- started to design and produce of Salt Collection
Head office was moved to the present place, Shiga
- 2003
- assosiated with Salt Collection as an exclusive sales agent in Japan
- 2005
- tie-uped with Mr.Richard Walker who is famous designer in United States
- 2007
- assosiated with John Varvatos as an exclusive sales agent in Japan
assosiated with Blinde in Asia as an exclusive sales agent in Japan
- 2009
- established Europe office in Geneva, Switzerland
- 2011
- started to produce ultra expensive frame and sunglass whose retail price is 400,000JPY
- 2014
- started self-manufacture of proto sample by arrange small-quantity production facilities of acetate frame
