In 2005, ISUZU GLASS will celebrate over 100 years of business. Light travels around the earth 7.5 times in only one second. Light acts as an important core for further accelerating the advanced information society. Lens ......In 2005, ISUZU GLASS will celebrate over 100 years of business. Light travels around the earth 7.5 times in only one second. Light acts as an important core for further accelerating the advanced information society. Lens filters for manipulating light at will are important for the efficient utilization of light in various applications. ISUZU GLASS develops and manufactures creativehigh-function lens filters with 100 years of accumulated technologies. ISUZU GLASS will continue to produce optical glass products that will reflect the future while manipulating light at will. History of Company 1905 Established Tarumi Glass Manufacturing Works. 1917 Began manufacturing of glass buttons. 1943 By order of the government, Nippon Glass Button Co.,Ltd. was formed. 1948 Began production of the glass GO stones using patented automatic machine developed by us. 1951 Began production of the lens blanks using vacuum forming equipment. 1954 Company name changed to Isuzu Glass Co.,Ltd. 1961 Began production of the heat absorbing glass. 1969 Began production of the aspheric lens using pressing method. 1981 Received investment from a Public Investment Corporation in Osaka. 1982 Began production of the cyan color filters. 1985 Began production of the toroidal and cylindrical lenses. 1989 Isuzu Glass, Inc. was established in California, USA 1993 Began production of the integrated lens arrays. 1999 Sakai factory was completed in Sakai-City, Osaka. 2001 ISO9002 acquisition. ISUZU GLASS(HK) COMPANY LIMITED. was established in Hong Kong. 2002 ISO14001 acquisition. 2003 Isuzu Optics Corp. was established in Taiwan. ISO9001:2000 renewal