Nikon Corporation is one of the top manufacturers and sellers of optics plus imaging instruments. Their business works through the three segments: precision equipment, imaging products, and instruments. Within the precision equipment segment, the company manufactures IC/LCD steppers and scanners. These are essential products for manufacturing crystal display panels, and panels for smartphones and computers.

Their second segment imaging provides products and services such as DSLR cameras, compact cameras, lenses, film cameras, and other photographic accessories. Lastly, the third instruments segment mainly focuses on manufacturing industrial and biological microscopes, measuring and survey instruments plus semiconductors.

Formerly known as Nippon Kogaku K.K., in 1988 the company changed its name to Nikon Corporation. Founded in 1917, this leading brand has its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.