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Olympus Sets Up Shop in Costa Rica
Olympus, the Japan-based company that
manufactures optics and imaging products, is
setting up shop in Costa Rica to serve the
Central American and South American markets.
Olympus, named after Mount Olympus, the home
of the 12 supreme gods and goddesses in
Greek mythology, has a long history in
camera and lens design.
In 1936, Olympus introduced its first
camera. Today, the company is a leading
manufacturer of digital cameras, with a
large range of compact digital cameras.
Olympus is the designer of the Four-Thirds
System standard for digital single-lens
reflex camera design and development, which
uses the same frame size as the PEN cameras.
Olympus also manufactures and provides
client support for its fully automated
random access automated analysers for
clinical chemistry, immuno chemistry, and
blood grouping.
These analyzers are used in medical
laboratories by medical technologists. Other
Olympus products used in the clinical
laboratory are microscopes utilized by the
microbiology and hematology departments.
Many Olympus imaging products are used in
hospital endoscopy departments. The whole
diagnostic business was sold to Beckman
Coulter in August 2009.
From Costa Rica, the company will providing
marketing and distribution services for
Central America and Colombia, Ecuador and
Venezuela.
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