Tamron Co., Ltd. Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation and Excellence
Saitama, Japan - Tamron, acclaimed for its consistent record of creating and manufacturing cutting-edge lenses of the highest caliber for a wide variety of imaging applications has celebrated, Its 60th anniversary on November 1, 2010. This milestone has been achieved through the steadfast pursuit of optical excellence through research and an unwavering dedication to improving production efficiency and enhancing precision manufacturing processes. In short, Tamron has achieved its enviable record of success by continually upgrading its core technologies and applying them across the board to serve its loyal consumer and industrial customer base with state-of-the-art, high-value, high performance products.

Since its establishment in 1950, Tamron has consistently devoted a substantial proportion of its resources to the research and development of optical technology, creating a number of distinguished products including high quality interchangeable lenses for digital SLR cameras, advanced video camera lenses, sophisticated lens units for digital cameras and mobile phones, and CCTV camera lenses that set the highest standard for brightness and detail capture. Tamron interchangeable lenses for digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are highly esteemed by photographers throughout the world for their unique specifications, outstanding optical performance, amazingly compact design and excellent operational ease, all achieved by leveraging the company's proprietary technologies.

Tamron, 60 years after its establishemet, continues its laudable legacy by challenging its talented designers to continually develop remarkable new products such as camera lenses built into vehicles, far-infrared-related optical products and addressing the needs of many other emerging imaging categories to meet the diverse needs of an ever-wider range of industrial applications. Indeed this is the underlying message behind the company's famous corporate tag line: "New Eyes for Industry."

Tamron will continue to spearhead further developments in optical technology, creating new "eyes for industry" in a variety of fields and contibuting to society a broad manner by pursuing the exciting possibilities of out-of-the-box optical solutions and creating innovative new high-value products based on its advanced proprietary technologies.

Tamron looks forward to celebrating its past, present, and future accomplishments with its valued customers across the globe and remains committed to earning their continued support and patronage by producing products of exceptional value and performance that meet or exceed their highest expectations.