Olympus Corporation · Tokyo Japan ·(Pink Sheets: OCPNY)

With Olympus products, you can take pictures of people or look inside of them. Although best known for its cameras, the company is a world leader in endoscopes and other medical equipment. Its medical systems group also designs and manufactures clinical analyzers and other imaging devices. Olympus is neck-and-neck with Sony as the #1 maker worldwide of digital cameras. Other consumer products include traditional cameras, binoculars, and microcassette tape recorders. Olympus also makes products such as microscopes, measuring equipment, printers, barcode scanners, and magneto-optical disk drives. Started in 1919 as Takachiho Seisakusho, Olympus is about 55%-owned by Japanese financial institutions. To read the full description, subscribe now.