Olympus Europe is steadily growing since its foundation in 1963. Here are the most important group milestones:

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Nov/19/1963
Olympus Optical Co. (Europa) GmbH
Dec/17/1974
Olympus Sverige AB
May/02/1975
Olympus UK Ltd.
Aug/04/1976
Olympus Austria Ges.m.b.H.
Jan/17/1979
Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
1978
Keymed Ltd joins Olympus group
1979
Olympus France S.A
Sep/12/1984
Name change for Olympus UK Ltd
Jul/01/1985
Olympus Schweiz AG
Nov. 1989
Olympus Diagnostica GmbH
Jan/28/1991
Olympus d.o.o. ZA trgovinu
Feb/21/1991
Olympus C & S, spol. s r.o.
Mar/31/1993
Olympus Diagnostica GmbH
April/01/1993
Olympus Norge A/S
April/01/1993
Olympus Danmark A/S
Nov/19/1993
Olympus Italia S.R.L.
Nov/01/1995
Olympus Endo Repair Europe GmbH
Jun/28/1996
Olympus Slovenija d.o.o.
Sep/30/1996
Olympus Hungary Kft.
Jan/09/1997
Olympus Polska sp.z.o.o.
Sep/08/2000
Olympus Medical Care (Hungary) Kft.
Sep/13/2000
Olympus Endoterapia Sp.z.o.o.
April/01/2001
Olympus Finland Oy
May/31/2001
Olympus Optical España, S.A.
Oct/24/2001
Olympus BioSystems GmbH
Jan/09/2002
Olympus Service Facility Portugal
Feb/06/2002
Olympus Portugal – Tecnologias Médicas Endoscópicas, S.A.
Mar/07/2002
Olympus U.K. (2002) Ltd.
Sep/18/2002
Olympus d.o.o.
Dec/30/2002
Oneiros – Tecnologias de Informacao S.A. de Informacao S.A. (later: Olympus Diagnostica Portugal ODP)
Jan/01/2003
Olympus Diagnostica LAB-Automation GmbH
Jan/19/2003
Olympus Deutschland GmbH
Jan/22/2003
Olympus Nederland B.V.
Jun/20/2003
Olympus Service Facility Czech s.r.o
Jul/01/2003
Olympus Finland Oy (Consumer Dpmt.)
Jul/11/2003
Olympus Endo Repair Czech spol. s r.o.
Sep/01/2003
Olympus Customer Support Centre k.s. Czech
Oct/01/2003
Olympus Estonia OU
Oct/01/2003
Olympus Latvia SIA
Oct/01/2003
Olympus Lithuania UAB
Oct/01/2004
Olympus Europa GmbH Name change of Olympus Optical Co. (Europa) GmbH to Olympus Europa GmbH
Dec/24/2003
Olympus Service Facility Russia
Jan/01/2004
Olympus Bosnia Hercegovina d.o.o.
Jan/12/2004
Soft Imaging System
Jan/1/1958
Olympus France S.A.
01 April 2004
Olympus Belgium N.V.
April 2004
Majority Stake in Celon AG
01 September 2004
Olympus Polska sp z o.o
01 October 2004
Olympus Portugal S.A.
01 April 2005
Acquisition of Advalytix AG
01 April 2005
New corporate structure of Olympus Europe with business start of Olympus Europa Holding GmbH, Olympus Imaging Europa GmbH, Olympus Medical Systems Europa GmbH and Olympus Life and Material Science Europa GmbH
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