Olympus Europe acquires Soft Imaging System
The acquisition marks one big step further in Olympus medical imaging competence
Press Release



Olympus Europe is steadily growing since its foundation in 1963. Here are the most important group milestones:

To Product History



19 November 1963
Olympus Optical Co. (Europa) GmbH
17 December 1974
Olympus Sverige AB
02 May 1975
Olympus UK Ltd.
04 August 1976
Olympus Austria Ges.m.b.H.
17 January 1979
Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
1979
Olympus France S.A
12 September 1984
Name change Olympus UK Ltd
01 July 1985
Olympus Schweiz AG
November 1989
Olympus Diagnostica GmbH
28 January 1991
Olympus d.o.o. ZA trgovinu
21 February 1991
Olympus C & S, spol. s r.o.
31 March 1993
Olympus Diagnostica GmbH
01 April 1993
Olympus Norge A/S
01 April 1993
Olympus Danmark A/S
19 November 1993
Olympus Italia S.R.L.
01 November 1995
Olympus Endo Repair Europe GmbH
28 June 1996
Olympus Slovenija d.o.o.
30 September 1996
Olympus Hungary Kft.
09 January 1997
Olympus Polska sp.z.o.o.
08 September 2000
Olympus Medical Care (Hungary) Kft.
13 September 2000
Olympus Endoterapia Sp.z.o.o.
01 April 2001
Olympus Finland Oy
31 May 2001
Olympus Optical España, S.A.
24 October 2001
Olympus BioSystems GmbH
09 January 2002
Olympus Service Facility Portugal
06 February 2002
Olympus Portugal – Tecnologias Médicas Endoscópicas, S.A.
07 March 2002
Olympus U.K. (2002) Ltd.
18 September 2002
Olympus d.o.o.
30 December 2002
Oneiros – Tecnologias de Informacao S.A. de Informacao S.A. (later: Olympus Diagnostica Portugal ODP)
01 January 2003
Olympus Diagnostica LAB-Automation GmbH
19 January 2003
Olympus Deutschland GmbH
22 January 2003
Olympus Nederland B.V.
20 June 2003
Olympus Service Facility Czech s.r.o
01 July 2003
Olympus Finland Oy (Consumer Dpmt.)
11 July 2003
Olympus Endo Repair Czech spol. s r.o.
01 September 2003
Olympus Customer Support Centre k.s. Czech
01 October 2003
Olympus Estonia OU
01 October 2003
Olympus Latvia SIA
01 October 2003
Olympus Lithuania UAB
October 2003
Olympus Europa GmbH: Name change of Olympus Optical Co. (Europa) GmbH to Olympus Europa GmbH
24 December 2003
Olympus Service Facility Russia
01 January 2004
Olympus Bosnia Hercegovina d.o.o.
12 January 2004
Soft Imaging System
01 January 1958
Establishment Olympus France S.A.
01 April 2004
Olympus Belgium N.V.
April 2004
Majority Stake in Celon AG
01 September 2004
Olympus Polska sp z o.o
01 October 2004
Olympus Portugal S.A.
01 April 2005
Acquisition of Advalytix AG
01 April 2005
Reorganisation of Olympus Europe into Olympus Imaging Europa GmbH, Olympus Medical Systems Europa GmbH, Olympus Life and Material Science Europa GmbH and Olympus Europa GmbH under the umbrella of the Olympus Europa Holding GmbH.
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