| Global Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
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| Founded | May 1974 |
| Capital | 289,033,000 USD |
| 2017 Global Sales | 4,970,256,000 USD |
| Worldwide Employees | 6,602 |
| Note | Dollar amounts are translated from Japanese yen, for convenience only, at ¥106 = 1 USD, the approximate exchange rate on March 20, 2018. |
| 1974 | Incorporated as Lead Electric Co., Ltd. |
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| 1975 | Invented high-accuracy proximity sensor |
| 1983 | Developed optical fiber photoelectric sensor |
| 1986 | Designed the first photoelectric sensor to utilize a laser diode as the light source Renamed KEYENCE CORPORATION, from "KEY of sciENCE" |
| 1989 | Invented ultra-compact barcode reader |
| 1990 | Developed microscope with built-in monitor |
| 1995 | Released world's smallest machine vision system |
| 1999 | Produced world's first auto-focus color laser microscope |
| 2000 | Invented world's first digital focus on a microscope |
| 2002 | Invented high-speed/high-accuracy machine vision system |
| 2004 | Created industry's fastest application PLC |
| 2005 | Developed the next generation's 3D real-surface digital microscope |
| 2006 | Released world's first 3D laser marker |
| 2007 | Industrialized world's first CMOS laser sensor Developed 54 Megapixel digital microscope with world's fastest real-time depth composition and 3D analysis |
| 2008 | Produced industry's first microscope with high-speed magnified video capture capabilities |
| 2009 | Designed high-power fiber laser marker with the world's smallest head size Created world's first ø2 mm (ø0.08") micro-head spectral-interference laser displacement meter Released new, high-speed, accurate image dimension measurement system |
| 2010 | Developed ultra high-speed, high-capacity multi camera image processing system |
| 2011 | Invented rapid set-up vision sensor |
| 2012 | Developed auto-teaching machine vision system |
| 2013 | Developed world's fastest 2D/3D laser scanner with 64,000 profiles/sec sampling |
| 2014 | Created a revolutionary all-in-one intuitive machine vision system that fuses high-speed cameras, intelligent lighting, and a powerful algorithm (LumiTrax™) |
| 2015 | Developed industry's first clamp-on liquid flow sensor which monitors flow from outside of a pipe |
| 2016 | Released a new generation of the Image Dimension Measurement System that measures all part dimensions at the push of button |
| 2017 | Developed a new generation of 3D Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope, measuring across 50 mm with nanometer resolution |
