#author("2020-04-05T17:56:06+01:00","default:admin","admin") #author("2020-04-18T13:06:36+01:00","default:admin","admin") *Company history [#keed8f6a] •1914 - Microscope production begins with [[MK]] model •1917 - Company name changes to Matsumoto Seizousho ["Matsumoto Manufacturing Company"] •1934 - The limited partnership Matsumoto Seizousho was renamed Tiyoda Seizousho ["Tiyoda Manufacturing Company"] •1942 - Company name changes to "Chiyoda Optical Industry Co., Ltd." •1944 Dec 7 - [[Logo]] first used •1957 - Company names changes to "Tiyoda Manufacturing Co., Ltd." •1973 Aug 13 - Logo trademark applied for in US, serial no. 72465545 •1976 - Factory closes *Production history [#b530bd88] •1914 - [[MK]] Production begins •1934 - [[MKA]], [[MKQ]], [[MKO]], [[MKM]], [[MKR]] production begins •1946 - [[A]] (ACM), [[B]] BSB, [[BSE]], [[BSG]] production begins •1947 - L-type [[LCM]], [[LTD]], [[LTG]], [[LTG-mo]] production begins •1949 - First production of phase contrast microscopes in Japan begins by Tiyoda •1950 - [[Pocket Microscope V]] begins •1954 - Fluorescence microscope apparatus [[H-200]], [[H-250]] •1959 - [[R]] (R, R1) •1965 - Nuclear emulsion microscope AI, AII, AIII, CI, CII •1966 - (B2mo, B2bi) B2 •1966 - remote control device •1967 - [[FM 200B]], [[FM-200FTA]] •1970 - [[R21]] type Chiyoda microscope (R21bi R21tr) •1974 - (MT-A, Chiyoda new microscope type MT MT-B ) Sources; <a href="http://www.sakura-finetek.com" target="_blank">Sakura Finetek</a>, <a href="http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~nw-shiraishi/index.html" target="_blank">Employee Shiraishi Kazuharu's site</a> **Sources [#bfa58cf1] -http://www.sakura-finetek.com -http://www.tiyodaoptical.com/biglobe