| March 1939 | Shizu Furuzawa (the late honorary chairman) founded the Furuzawa lens factory in Mukaida-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya. |
| November 1957 | Shizu Furuzawa established Koyo Kogaku Co., Ltd. as a corporate organization. |
| December 1957 | Masao Furuzawa established Shochiku Kogaku Co., Ltd. as a corporate organization. |
| April 1966 | Koyo Kogaku Co., Ltd. and Shochiku Kogaku Co., Ltd. merged and changed the name to TOKAI OPTICAL CO.,LTD. |
| November 1977 | Received The Aichi Prefectural Governor’s Award as an excellent rationalization company. |
| September 1981 | Invested in Sunlux Co., Ltd. to strengthen the plastics field. |
| June 1982 | Established a new factory specializing in plastics in Hinanakamachi, Okazaki City. |
| March 1983 | Received The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Commissioner’s Award |
| March 1989 | Celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding. Commemorative magazine “Koubou no Fu” published |
| May 1990 | New factory completed in Okazaki Hanazono Industrial Park |
| September 1995 | Capital participation in TOKAI OPTECS nv to strengthen overseas sales |
| January 1996 | Received the 29th The Medium and Small Business Research Insutiture Award (currently “Good Company Award”) and district commendation |
| March 1996 | Obtained ISO9002 certification, an international standard for quality control and assurance |
| September 1997 | Expanded head office factory |
| April 1998 | Thin film division established |
| October 2000 | Established International division |
| October 2000 | Obtained ISO 9001 certification, an international standard for quality control and assurance |
| October 2000 | Obtained ISO 14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management |
| February 2001 | Received the “Ansoff Award” Excellent Company Award |
| November 2001 | Established thin film factory in Shinpukuji-cho, Okazaki City (adjacent to Hanazono Industrial Park) |
| March 2003 | Received the main award for “Manufacturing Brand NAGOYA” |
| March 2004 | Certified as an “Aichi Brand Company” |
| March 2005 | Participated in the production of “Monozukuri Land Sinfonia” at EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan |
| October 2005 | Achieving “Completely Zero Emission Factories” at All Three Factories |
| July 2008 | Established Sendai sales office (Aoba-ku, Sendai) |
| March 2009 | Celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding. Commemorative magazine “There is a challenge, a dream” published |
| October 2010 | Established TOKAI Optical Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China |
| October 2013 | Changed name from thin film division to Optical Products division |
| March 2014 | Opened “Tokai Optical Web Shop Rakuten Ichiba” |
| March 2016 | Joshi-Kai product “Bibi Pink” was selected as an excellent winning idea at the Cabinet Office’s Innovative Research and Development Promotion Program (ImPACT). |
| April 2017 | Awarded by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry as an excellent company that utilizes the intellectual property rights system. |
| November 2018 | Optical Sensor Concentrators Developed and Manufactured by the Optical Products Division are Installed in the “Cherenkov Telescope Array” |
| June 2019 | Established TOKAI OPTICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD in Queensland, Australia |
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