On November 1, 2020, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of our founding. The lifespan of companies is often said to be 30 years. We have developed and grown by providing a range of optical products for 70 years. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to customers and other stakeholders who have supported our development.
Established in 1950, Tamron has come a long way as it develops and designs lenses, and designs and manufactures other components through perseverance in its optical technology research and challenging technological innovation over the years. Tamron has created many revolutionary, original products along the way, including products that broke new ground as the first of their kind in the optics industry or in the world. The company has grown into one of the few comprehensive optical equipment manufacturers in the world equipped with global, integrated infrastructure that enables it to conduct businesses, covering R&D, planning, design, production, sales, and support. Tamron continues to provide groundbreaking products in a wide range of fields, including interchangeable lenses for DSLR and mirrorless cameras, lenses for surveillance cameras, lenses for factory automation and machine vision, lenses for vehicle-mounted cameras, lenses for drones and lenses for medical applications.
In the future, our company will continue to provide excitement and a feeling of security around the world through products using its strong optical technologies towards continued growth in the next 10 years and onwards to our 100th anniversary, and we will contribute to creating a fulfilling society by enriching people’s minds. We will work to help solve social issues through our business, aiming to become a company that contributes to achieving a sustainable society and that is respected and truly needed.
November 2020
Shiro Ajisaka
President & CEO
Our mission is to develop products that offer you extensive creative and technical possibilities.
With its firm commitment to developing high-quality, innovative and technologically advanced products that satisfy customer needs, Tamron secures its leading position in the global optical industry. Our primary objective is to sustain strong corporate growth based on a high level of customer satisfaction achieved by providing superior products at the right price, thus also contributing to the prosperity of our shareholders and employees.
Tamron Europe GmbH has had its company headquarters in the cathedral city of Cologne for many years. The hub of Tamron´s European business is performed just an eyeshot away from the Fühlinger lake in northern Cologne. The spheres of activity include sales, export, marketing, service and distribution performed by appx. 40 employees.
Cologne is ideal for an internationally operating enterprise such as Tamron. Apart from the close-by international airports of Cologne-Bonn and Düsseldorf and the Japanese community in nearby Dusseldorf, it is here where the leading photographic trade fair photokina takes place every two years.
Cologne is home and a favorite photo subject at the same time: the cathedral and the Hohenzollern Bridge are often used as a photographic subject for advertising.
Address: 1385, Hasunuma, Omiya, Saitama, Japan
Function: Head office and research and development center
Equipment: Computers, workstations, LAN/WAN server, high precision measuring instruments, NC machines. Tamron’s head office, equipped with the latest technology, is the nerve center of the company. The research and development department is equipped with CAD technology, ultra-precise measuring technology, and the latest modeling facilities.
Address: 3-2, Shimizu 3-chome, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori 036-8254 JAPAN
Function: Lens production
Equipment: High-precision NC machines, automatic lens production, precision measuring instruments.
Hirosaki is the heart of the production line. Equipped with advanced technology, this is where the mass-production of lenses takes place. The plant manufactures both high-performance optics for digital cameras and all other types of lenses.
Address: 64-1, Shimoshimada, Kitanakano Namioka, Aomori-shi, Aomori 038-1325, Japan
Function: fully-automated lens production
Equipment: Fully automatic centering process facility, automatic lens polishing machines, ultrasound wash facility, multi-coating facility.
The factory in Namioka manufactures the optical elements which are the basis of our products. The plant uses fully-automatic leading technology developed by Tamron to produce diverse components ranging from hybrid aspherical lenses to ultra-precise prisms and test glass.
Address: 31-1, Maeda, Hachimandate, Owani-machi, Minamitsugaru-gun, Aomori 038-0243 JAPAN
Function: Injection molding facility
Equipment: Instruments for three-dimensional measurement, ultra-precise measuring instruments, and automatic computer control system.
This facility is of strategic importance to Tamron because key high-precision plastic and metal components are manufactured here. A central computer system controls the latest injection molding technology.
Address: West of Langbao Road City-West Industrial Development Zone Foshan, Guangdong, CHINA
Function: Production of lens elements and camera lenses, injection molding
Equipment: Lens production machinery, precision measuring instruments, injection molding machines, lens assembly.
The latest and most dynamic extension to our production capacity has been set up in China and includes the complete production line from processing of glass elements, injection molding of components, coatings of lenses to final assembly.