Nikon Corporation Appoints Makoto Shintani as Corporate Vice President

Nikon Corporation specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of photographic and optic equipments. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - precision industrial equipments (39.1%): scanners, LCD steppers, lithography systems, etc.; - imaging equipments (33%): especially cameras and camcorders; - diagnostic instruments, microscopes and retinal imaging devices (13.6%); - optical components (7.6%); - other (6.7%): industrial measuring instruments, ophthalmic lenses, binoculars, telescopes, magnifiers, etc. Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (18.2%), China (28.4%), the United States (24%), Europe (13.4%) and other (16%).