| 1979-05-25 |
Founded on 25th May 1979, the idea and principles of the company were first agreed in a coffee house in Kyoto, Japan, between Toru Kobayashi, an electronics engineer and three of his colleagues. They had a vision for a new business, a business that had sensing technology at its heart, precision technology that could detect the 'status' and 'changes' of people and things. |
| 1980 |
OPTEX developed and launched the OP-01, the world's first sensor for automatic doors based on far infrared rays. It was the take off for years of developing and innovating. |
| 1983 |
OPTEX developed one of the first, wireless outdoor security sensors – a significant innovation in its time. |
| 1987 |
The OA-10 was OPTEX's first sensor based on Active Infrared and it was the beginning of many successors based on this reliable detection method. |
| 1990 |
OPTEX research and development has allowed for the innovation of the world's leading detection solutions. With the development of sensing algorithms and putting the detectors through their paces with 150 different tests, OPTEX delivers the gold standard. |
| 1991 |
OPTEX opens EMEA Headquarters in the U.K. |
| 1998 |
OPTEX introduced the Wonder Track digital event recording system in the digital CCTV system market. |
| 2003 |
The first generation, Stereovision, was developed and became a phenomenon because of the anti tailgating and anti piggybacking solution. Nowadays it results in the advanced successor based on Time of Flight technology. |
| 2008 |
OPTEX established the Entrance Division HQ in the Netherlands to serve the expanding EMEA market, covering residential, commercial, industrial sensors, and vehicle detection. |
| 2009 |
OPTEX developed laser technology for security applications and brought the innovative LiDARs REDSCAN RLS-3060 to the market. |
| 2010 |
OPTEX expands its product portfolio into fibre optics perimeter solutions, with global installations of over six-million meters of fiber and more than fifteen-thousand alarm processor units (APUs). |
| 2012 |
This technology significantly improves the safety of automatic doors by detecting the presence of a person or object in the threshold and preventing the door from closing until the detection zone is cleared. |
| 2013 |
OPTEX developed the VX Infinity PIR, the world's best selling detection sensor. |
| 2018 |
The OVS sensors are launched, offering a practical and reliable above ground solution for vehicle detection as a substitute for ground loop systems. |
| 2024 |
OPTEX celebrates its 45th anniversary. |
