===Key Facts===
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Established'''
|1919
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Headquarters'''
|Tokyo, Japan
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Type'''
|Public Company
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Website'''
|[http://www.olympus-global.com/en/ www.olympus-global.com]
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Regional involvement'''
|Worldwide
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Business lines'''
|Manufacture and Sales of precision machinery and instruments
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Employees'''
|34,391<br> Medical System Business: 15,000 Approx.
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Group Companies'''
|Approx. 180 Subsidiaries
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Chairman & CEO'''
|Tsuyoshi Kikukawa
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''President & COO'''
|Michael C. Woodford
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|bgcolor = "#DBE5F195B3D7"|'''Consolidated Net Sales (2011)'''
|847.1 Billion YEN
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