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<p> is a Japanese manufacturer of optical equipment for <a href="page.php?w=ophthalmology">ophthalmology</a> and <a href="page.php?w=surveying">surveying</a>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p><big> 1930s </big></p>
<p>TOPCON was established in September 1932  based on the <a href="page.php?w=Mergers_and_acquisitions">merger</a> of the surveying instruments division of K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. (now known as <a href="page.php?w=Seiko_Group_Corporation">Seiko Holdinge Corporation</a>) in order to manufacture the optical instruments for the <a href="page.php?w=Imperial_Japanese_Army">Japanese Army</a>.</p><p>
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