Company Backgrounder
About Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Nikon Instruments, Inc. is a world leader in the development and manufacture of optical and digital imaging technology for biomedical and industrial applications. Now in its 91st year, Nikon provides complete optical systems that offer optimal versatility, performance and productivity. Cutting-edge instruments include microscopes, precision measuring equipment, digital imaging products and software. Nikon Instruments is the microscopy and instrumentation arm of Nikon Inc., the world leader in digital imaging, precision optics and photo imaging technology. Nikon Inc. is perhaps best know for its status in the field of photography due to unparalleled image quality and the highest level of performance and dependability.
The company has built a well-trained and knowledgeable sales and technical force that can help customize solutions to best meet the diverse needs of its customer base in a wide-range of applications, including some of the most cutting edge bioscience research. Nikon’s experienced team works with customers to maximize potential throughput throughout the life of a product and quickly troubleshoot any questions from the end-users.
Nikon Instruments Core Competencies
Nikon has the vision to meet needs and exceed expectations and a philosophy of trustworthiness and creativity. As such, all of its product lines are built on the company’s core competency of Nikon glass, from which all of the company’s precision optics are crafted. As the only microscope company that still controls and manufactures every aspect of its glass-making business, Nikon is able to finely tune its lens specifications, quality and performance. From the raw silicon to the final coatings, Nikon glass production is both a science and an art form. The company has also updated glass manufacturing techniques and materials to Eco glass manufacturing, which are produced without toxic elements or processes.
Nikon Instruments is most recognizable for its state-of-the art, fully-integrated microscope systems that offer users complete solutions, from microscopes, to peripherals, to software, in a single product. The company’s equipment is used in some of the most cutting edge research in science today.
Accomplishments
Nikon Instruments products are central to some of the most famous life science developments in recent history. Nikon’s diaphot microscope was used during the country’s first in vitro birth and is still the predominant microscope for assisted reproduction. A Nikon microscope was also used in the cloning process for Dolly the Sheep, the world’s first successful fully-grown mammal clone. Additionally, a Nikon camera has been present on every manned NASA space flight since the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, capturing some of the most recognized images of planet Earth and astronaut activities in space.
Nikon has long been an innovative leader in the microscopy and imaging marketing spaces, building relationships with some of the top research institutions and agencies in the U.S. In the past year alone, Nikon has seen its business with the GSA triple, while the past several years have brought partnerships with three prestigious universities to develop core imaging centers that support the next generation of researchers.
