OLYMPUS, Olympus Corporation (Olympus Corporation) is a Japanese company specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, tape recorders, endoscopes and other medical devices.
Olympus was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with U.S. bases in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and European headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. The company was named after Mount Olympus, the site in Greek mythology where the gods lived.
To date, Olympus Corporation has become one of Japan's and the world's leading companies in precision, optical technology, with business areas including medical, life sciences, imaging and industrial machinery.