| 1979 |
Established OPTEX CO.,LTD. |
| 1980 |
Developed and marketed world's first automatic door sensor using far infrared rays. |
| 1984 |
Completed Headquarters building. |
| 1985 |
Founded locally established OPTEX (U.S.A.), INC. in California. |
| 1986 |
Opened Tokyo Sales Office. |
| 1989 |
Established SICK OPTEX CO.,LTD. a joint venture with west Germany's Erwin Sick GmbH. |
| 1990 |
Completed Research and Development Center and established, |
| 1991 |
Founded locally established OPTEX(EUROPE), LTD.in U.K. |
| Open stock to the public market (to Japan Securities Dealers Association). |
| 1994 |
Founded locally established OPTEX(H.K.), LTD. in Hong Kong. |
| ISO 9001 certified by LRQA(Location : HEADQUARTERS & R&D CENTER). |
| 1995 |
Started production on comission in China. |
| 1997 |
Founded locally established OPTEX ELECTRONICS(TAIWAN), LTD. in Taiwan. |
| ISO 14001 certified by JET(Location : HEADQUARTERS & R&D CENTER). |
| 1998 |
Digital Event Reording System "WONDER TRACK" was launched in the digital CCTV system market. |
| Digital Event recording system wins the first prize at France's EXPO PROTECTION security instruments fair. |
| 1999 |
Digital Event recording system wins the U.S.A. ISC WEST Grand Prix-the largest security instrument fair in the world. |
| Received the Commissioner of the Patent Office Award. |
| Completed Research and Development Center and established O'PAL OPTEX CO., LTD. |
| 2000 |
Outdoor PIR sensor BX-80 received a Product Achievement Award in the Intrusion detection / Prevention Section at U. S. A. ISC NY. |
| 2001 |
Our shares went on sale on Section 2 of the Tokyo S tock Exchange. |
| Our British subsidiary, OPTEX (EUROPE ), LTD. acquired SECURITY ENCLOSURES LTD. as a subsidiary. |
| 2002 |
Sensor Triggered Tear Gas Emission Device
"WonderSafe" was launched. |
| Photoelectric sensor division spun off, OPTEX FA CO., LTD. established. |
| 2003 |
Sales begun of world's first all-in-one color vision sensor (CVS 1). |
| Established OPTEX KOREA CO., LTD. in Korea and OPTEX SECURITY SAS in France to build the direct marketing frameworks. |
| Our shares went on sale on Section 1 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2004 |
Completed New Headquarters building in Otsu Shiga-pref. |
| Business expansion planned by obtaining customer traffic counting and management systems technology and combining it with OPTEX's expertise in this field, leading to the acquisition of GIKEN TRASTEM CO., LTD. as a Group subsidiary. |
| To market automatic door products, OPTEX TECHNOLOGIES INC. reestablished in California in U.S.A. |
| To grasp market needs and expand exports to Eastern Europe and Russia, OPTEX SECURITY Sp. z o.o. established in Warsaw, Poland. |
| 2005 |
Safety driving support system "DT-01" was released in safety transportation system market. |
| Established OPTEX (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. in China to reinforce the cost competition power and build the marketing frameworks to the Chinese market. |
| 2006 |
OPTEX (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. opens a sales office in Shenzhen, China. |
Automatic Door Sensors for the U.S. market [OA-603]
Injecting Automatic Door Combination Sensors [OA-FUSION] into the European market |
| 2007 |
OPTEX FA CO., LTD acquired JAPAN F.A.SYSTEMS CO.,LTD. |
| OPTEX CO., LTD acquired FARSIGHT SECURITY SERVICES, LTD., a Remote Video Response service provider in the UK. |
| To expand automatic door sensor business, OPTEX TECHNOLOGIES INC. has established its East Coast office in North Carolina in U.S.A. |
| 2008 |
OPTEX CO., LTD acquired OPTEX TECHNOLOGIES B.V. to expand the business of automatic door sensor in Europe. |
| OPTEX CO., LTD acquired ZENIC INC. to provide technical collaboration with image processing technology. |
| 2010 |
Entered the LED lighting fields introducing our LED light control system, which realizes industry-leading levels of energy saving. |
| OPTEX CO., LTD. acquired FIBER SENSYS INC. to obtain products, technologies and distribution route of fiber - optics intrusion detection systems. |
OPTEX (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. opens a sales office in Shanghai, China.
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| 2011 |
Established OPTEX SECURITY, LLC in Russia as a sales office for security products. |
| 2012 |
OPTEX CO., LTD. acquired RAYTEC LIMITED. to obtain and to expand products, technologies and distribution route of lighting systems for security business. |
| Established OPTEX PINNACLE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED as a joint venture company in Haryana, India and OPTEX DO BRASIL LTDA. in Sao Paulo, Brazil to expand business and enhance customer support in newly developing countries. |
