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Tamron
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Tamron Co., Ltd. (株式会社タムロン, Kabushiki-gaisha Tamuron) is a Japanese company manufacturing photographic lenses, optical components and commercial/industrial-use optics. Tamron Headquarters is located in Saitama City in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan.
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Native name | 株式会社タムロン |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Tamuron |
Company type | Kabushiki Kaisha |
TYO: 7740 | |
Industry | Imaging |
Founded | Saitama, Japan (November 1, 1950) |
Headquarters | Saitama, Japan, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Shiro Ajisaka, President & CEO |
Products | Photographic lenses, optical components for cameras, commercial/industrial use optics |
Revenue | ![]() |
Owner | Sony Corporation (14.80%)[1] |
Number of employees | 4,640 (as of December 31, 2017)[2] |
Website | www |
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The name of the company came from the surname of Uhyoue Tamura who was instrumental in developing Tamron's optical technologies. It was only on the company's 20th anniversary that the name was changed to Tamron (from Taisei Optical).[2]
In the fiscal year ending 31 December 2017, net sales totaled 60.496 billion yen and operating income was 4.24 billion yen, up 79.8% from 2016. At that time, the consolidated company had 4,640 employees and five production plants: in Hirosaki, Namioka and Owani in Japan, and one in China and Viet Nam, respectively. Subsidiary companies were located in the U.S., Germany, France, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Moscow and Haryana, India.[2]