Global Corporate Information

Olympus Corporation of the Americas

Olympus Corporation of the Americas (OCA) keeps our customer at the center of everything we do. We are guided by the belief that our business is based on long-term relationships, not transactions, with our customers.

As Olympus Corporation's representative in this geographic region, OCA is committed to upholding the Social IN philosophy. Volunteerism and community involvement thrive among our employees. Moreover, our advocacy efforts to raise awareness for colorectal cancer are stronger than ever and are core to our mission of enhancing people's lives every day. We also are committed to education, fostering it not only for our employees but our customers as well, through the Olympus University and by creating Centers of Excellence to enable healthcare practitioners to receive training on innovative new procedures.

Our customers are our partners, and we take seriously our responsibility to provide value and to help them meet the needs of the key stakeholders they serve. While our employees demonstrate their personal value for the Corporation today, we also are building OCA's management team of the future through our Olympus Fellows program, a unique, rotational program designed for outstanding new college graduates who are expected to thrive on challenge, take responsibility, respond quickly to change and communicate effectively, just as our customers have come to expect from Olympus.

F.Mark Gumz
President and Chief Executive Officer

Olympus Europa Holding GmbH

The main goal for the Olympus group in Europe is to adapt our structure and processes to better meet the continuously changing market environments in the medical, consumer and industrial businesses. For this, we must properly understand the present and likely future needs of our customers and be prepared to implement the reforms necessary to increase our speed and efficiency, while adding value to differentiate our products and services from those of our competitors and maximize customer-satisfaction.

Equally, we must not forget our company's role in, and impact on, the societies in which we operate and the need to act responsibly at all times, for the benefit of our employees and the environment.

Within Olympus Europa we pride ourselves not only in providing good working conditions for our employees with many opportunities for career development, but also in promoting a culture of safety which pervades every part of the organization. It would be perverse if this attention to the welfare of our staff did not also extend beyond the company's gates to the societies in which we live with our families.

In this context, through the Olympus Europa Foundation, for many years we have provided support to essential research in the areas of medicine and the life sciences, and in co-operation with medical humanitarian organizations such as "Arzte der Welt" and "The International Award for Young People," we have supported safety improvements and the personal development of young people in the communities in which we are active.

In supporting the environment, we are working on many projects to reduce energy and CO₂ emissions. At the new Olympus Winter & Ibe factory in the Czech Republic, for example, this includes a significant investment in environmental and energy-saving measures, making this the first Energy-AA-class factory in the entire country!

Michael C Woodford
Executive Managing Director Chairman of the Board