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| 1939 March | The late Shizu Furuzawa (Honorary Chairman) founds the Furuzawa Lens Factory in Mukaida-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya. |
| 1957 November | Shizu Furuzawa establishes incorporate the Furuzawa Lens Factory as Koyo Kogaku Co., Ltd. |
| 1957 December | Masao Furuzawa establishes Shochiku Kogaku Co., Ltd as a corporate organization. |
| 1966 April | Koyo Kogaku and Shochiku Kogaku merge to become Tokai Optical Co., Ltd. |
| 1981 September | Majority stake taken in Sun-Lux Optical Co., Ltd, in order to expand production of organic lenses. |
| 1982 June | Specialized factory for organic lens production built in Hinanaka-machi, Okazaki. |
| 1983 March | Director's Award received from Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. |
| 1989 March | 50th anniversary celebrations. Commemorative magazine published ("Kobo no Fu") |
| 1990 May | New Head Office & Factory at the Hanazono Industrial District built in Okazaki. |
| 1995 September | Stake taken in TOKAI OPTECS N.V. in order to strengthen sales in EU. |
| 1996 January | Tokai District Award received from The Medium and Small Business Research Institute |
| 1996 January | ISO9002 certification obtained. |
| 1997 September | Head Office & Factory expanded. |
| 1998 April | Thin Film Division established. |
| 2000 October | International Division established. |
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ISO9001 certification obtained. |
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ISO14001 certification obtained. |
| 2001 February | "Anzoff Award" Excellent Company prize received. |
| 2001 November | Thin Film Factory built in Shinpukuji-cho, Okazaki (close to Hanazono Industrial District) |
| 2003 March | "Monozukuri Brand NAGOYA" main prize received. |
| 2004 March | "Aichi Quality" company designated by the Aichi Prefectural Government. |
| 2005 March | The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan participated |
| 2005 March | Jointly exhibited "Monozukuri-land Symphonia" at EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN |
| 2005 October | All factories become Zero Emissions Facilities. |
| 2008 July | Established the 6th sales office in Sendai, Japan |
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