Company Info
| Company name | Canon Optron Inc. |
|---|---|
| President | Kazunori Takeuchi |
| Address | 1744-1, Kanakubo, Yuki-shi, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Capital | 80,000,000 yen |
| Shareholder | Canon Inc. (100%) |
| Sales | 9,940,000,000 yen (2011) |
| Establishment | 1974 |
| Employees | 223 (2011) |
| Site area | 38,202m2 |
| Floor area | 12,646m2 |
| Fields of business | Development, production and sales of optical crystals and vacuum evaporation materials |
History
| 1966 |
Started development of fluorite at the Toride factory of Canon Inc. |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Started selling of fluorite crystals |
| 1972 | Started development of evaporation materials |
| 1974 | Optron Inc. was established |
| 1975 | Started selling of evaporation materials |
| 1985 | Became 100% subsidiary of Canon Inc. |
| 2001 | Move to Yuki-shi, Ibaraki |
| 2004 | Company name changed to Canon Optron, Inc. |
Location
By public transportation:
Take a JR Tohoku Shinkansen train from Tokyo to Oyama (45 minutes) and then take a taxi to the company (about 20 min).
12 minutes from Utsunomiya
5 minutes from JR Yuki Station by taxi
By car:
About 40 minutes from the Sano Fujioka IC of the Tohoku Expressway
About 90 minutes from the Yawara IC of the Joban Expressway
120 minutes through the National Road No. 4 Bypass from the Tokyo metropolitan area
