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Click on the thumbnail to enlarge image Environmental quality management system received ISO 14001 certification. High-performance E-10 introduced. PT400 pipe inspection system introduced. 15 domestic distribution warehouses consolidated into new logistics center in Kawasaki. CAMEDIA C-700 Ultra Zoom digital camera introduced. UPD endoscope position-detection system introduced. IPLEX industrial videoscope system introduced. Full-scale production of digital cameras launched in China. Production of MOs in China started. Operations in regenerative medicine launched. Vision Plex High-Fidelity Display system for seamless, large-screen display developed. Experimental Ultra High-resolution digital movie camera with 8M-pixel CCD developed. World's first DNA computer for gene analysis developed. VISERA video system for endoscopic surgery/examination developed. SonoSurg ultrasound surgery system released. EVIS LUCERA released as the world's first high-definition endoscopic video system. Future Creation Laboratory established. Zero-emission production achieved at five major domestic bases. Renamed to Olympus Corporation Three-/two-dimensional imaging system developed for the da Vinci Surgical System of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. E-1 digital SLR camera and interchangeable lens system released. EndoArm introduced as the world's first neuro-endoscope. CHF TYPE BP260, the world's thinnest versatile ultrathin videoscope introduced. ORPHIS HC5000 printer for business applications, developed jointly with Riso Kagaku Corporation, introduced. OLS 3000 scanning tunneling confocal laser introduced. Reorganized Imaging and Medical operations and established Olympus Imaging Corp. and Olympus Medical Systems Corp. Waseda-Olympus Bioscience Research Institute established in Singapore with Waseda University as a joint research facility. μ-mini DIGITAL (America : Stylus VERVE), a revolutionary new design and all weather construction introduced. Affordable 8-megapixel E-300 interchangeable Lens Type digital SLR camera introduced. Solemio NURSE support system for nursing service introduced. Power BX Plus, Power IX Plus microscope series with UIS2 optical system introduced. IPLEX MX industrial videoscope system introduced. (gold prize for Good Design Award "G-Mark") LEXT (OLS3500) nanosearch microscope introduced.

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