Nikon and its competitors, including Sony, Canon and Fujifilm, have in recent years focused their time and money on the development and production of mirrorless technology, which allows high resolution sensors to be placed inside lighter, smaller cameras. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page. Nikon concretely promotes activities to enhance all aspects of productivity including procurement, manufacturing and quality assurance. Improving manufacturing technology for optical components on a group-wide basis as well as establishing a manufacturing system with enhanced efficiency, Nikon continuously strives to strengthen its overall manufacturing system.
By promoting more efficient manufacturing, Nikon is enhancing group-wide productivity. Nikon hopes that by consolidating its domestic lens production to a single factory and moving additional production to Thailand, it can reduce its overhead. It certainly stands to reason. Given the market conditions, ongoing pandemic, and a myriad of other factors, a company must be more fluid and flexible than ever if it's to ensure long-term success.
Nikon has been around for more than years, and it seems to be making the difficult decisions required for the company to be around for many more years to come. Expect fewer new products to be 'Made in Japan,' but don't expect the quality to betray what the Nikon brand has meant to photographers for generations. Via Nikon Rumors. Previous Story Elevate your bird photography with these 8 tips and techniques.
Nikon to close a pair of lens factories in Japan among ongoing consolidation, what does it mean? The fact remains there is a statistical difference. One wonders how much an impact the corruption in different countries plays a role.
If you are in the industry I am sure you are aware of the bribes that often must be paid for companies to operate - that all comes out of the operating budget and means less money for other things, and remember that these factories are there to reduce costs to begin with. I'd be interested to see your statistics. We get a quarterly report from Philips on all unscheduled maintenance and downtime related to our imaging equipment across our hospitals in Indonesia as part of our service agreement.
These are benchmarked against global trends. The lack of interest in proper maintenance across a range of industries here definetly affects the overall downtime, far more than the provence of the equipment. Local wages rise when foreign companies invest, that happened in China, where wages in Shanghai are now comparable to those in developed countries one of reasons companies now are leaving China.
Absolutely Stonjack. The race to the bottom will continue until consumers start voting with their wallets. Sadly I think the appeal of "cheap" is too strong. Made in Japan text doesn't save my Canon lenses from being annihilated by the sharpness of my Nikon mm 1.
You would think that they would have all done their homework before commenting, realizing that Nikon has been manufacturing most of its cameras in Thailand for the past 30 years. The beloved and best in class D, D, D have all been manufactured in Thailand, the only recent camera being made in Japan was the D6.
But why let facts get in the way of a good Nikon bashing and trolling! One can argue that the article it self is poorly written as it says "planning to move" in the title. Spoiler: there has been Nikon factory in Thailand since and it produces most of the Nikon cameras. Sigma has much less vignetting, but it is also much bigger and heavier lens ca. The Nikkor wins in mobility hands down. Decades ago people say "Made in Germany" is important and don't buy "Made in Japan".
Some years later Germany is out because the products are too expansive or only partly made in Germany. Now they ctry: "Made in apan" is important. Don't buy products from Thailand or China. Are the workers more bad than in other counties? I don't think so. It is more a profit "problem" for the industry like Apple and many more. What comes next or lets guess which country comes next? I d'ont know. I hope it is not Melmac - they build good flying saucers but they had a little problem with their planet :.
Since , Nikon built structure for alliances with partners, launched optical processing machines into the market,supplied non-contact 3D metrology systems to machine tool manufactures and began shipments of lidar sensors. Nikon has launched intelligent actuator unit for robotic joint units for collaborative robots and began sales of embedded cameras. It also started mass production of high precision optical components for semiconductor related equipment and contract cell manufacturing.
Concluded contract with Heartseed Inc. Nikon also began preparing to start diagnosis support with AI for retinal disease in Europe. These machines can achieve high accuracy processing over an extremely wide area by leveraging the precision measurement, calibration, and compensation technologies, Nikon gained through years of experience with semiconductor lithography systems.
Nikon released Lasermeister A optical processing machine in April with a compact design and low price that was unparalleled and defied preconceptions of 3D metal printers. Lasermeister A was released in May by expanding the conventional 3-axis control mechanism to newly developed 5-axis control mechanism. This is an unprecedented research developed in Japan. And in photography, Nikon released widest mount Z, with great lenses and bodies.
It will take time, but already the pros value the mount so much. I don't think anyone here cares about cardiomycytes. This is a website for photographers, remember? Why not. Sony makes playstations, Canon printers and calculators. Panasonic is a global conglomerate. Raw materials are sourced from just about everywhere in the world - copper and aluminium from Peru, silicon from China, Chile, Norway, Brazil. Etc, etc. It's wisest just to look at reviews of the overall product, and not to be misguided into believing that a "Made in" stamp on a camera or lens has any real impact on design, workmanship, performance or quality control.
Where did the raw materials come from? Where was the sensor made? Where was the processor made? Where was the shutter made? Where are the lenses made? Where is the IBIS made? Where are the body castigs made? Where was the camera designed? Were different parts of the camera designed in different countries?
Where was the camera assembled? Which country is the company registered in? Are the employees all indigenous? Which country oversees the quality control? The answers to the above questions almost certainly include or more different sub-contractors, and involve at least 40 countries across the world.
You are correct. They beautify the cam and lens division for sale. Either a Thai or Chinese buyer. Stone Jack throws corporote chaff. I see that coming for years and lost interest in the brand. An unending chain of mediocre and faulty products made it an easy decision. What a load of BS Sigh, it is probably too much.
Interesting how certain brands attract most brainless individuals. I have a 1. If I remember it correctly one is made in China and one in Japan.
Both are superb. So no worries about moving production to Thailand in terms of quality. And since the market is shrinking dramatically it seems a justified decision. The new targets are set to give it similar status in corporate debt. Some folks need to understand the difference between negativity and reality. Nikon has already stated they could exit the Camera Business but that hardly means they won' t diversify into other things.
My point, that folks say a person is being negative when they point out the distress in the Global economy and or anything else. Facts are just that, facts. There were massive problems in the Global Economy long before the Pandemic and it's has only gotten worse. Nikon's issues are just a reflection of far Bigger Issues in the Global Economy.
Nikon is part of the Japanese Economy so what their Gov't does there is hugely important. Again, Nature is just throwing a dozen scatterbrained thoughts out there with virtually no ties to the article. Mikael SB It's not my problem that somethings are beyond your ability to grasp. The Gov't of Japan is actively involved in the Welfare of it's Companies.
That was long before the Pandemic and Nikon issues are just the tip of the Iceberg. You will figure it out, after the fact. BackToNature: I'm sorry, but I've no idea what you're trying to say. Facts are facts, but the way you explain them is extremely confusing.
Nature, "It's not my problem that somethings are beyond your ability to grasp. What's your point? Nikon moving a bit more of its photo equipment manufacturing to Thailand makes for only a minor dent to their overall operation - and something that will barely be noticable in Japan.
You seem to take this minor, or miniscule, move to be an opening for your completely incomprehensible shotgun approach at a economy-for-dummies monologue.
Collect your thoughts and present it in a organized, clear fashion. But preferably somewhere else. Nobody knows exactly when but there will a massive exodus out of the consumer camera market. It is inevitable. Too many camera producers in a shrinking market does not add up. To name any one company may be unfair but Nikon does stand out because Canon and Sony look as solid as a rock.
Nikon makes excellent cameras and lenses but the consumer has decided to look further afield. Even Olympus may pull up in time because they offer something different and special. Fujifilm despite recent success may just go for medium format and give up on their X range if it falters.
In this economy anything can happen. Has not there already been an massive exodus? Seems more and more folks are more than happy to use their Cell Phones for everything as opposed to buying into an interchangeable lens camera system where cost can quickly spiral out of control if one isn't careful. All camera manufacturers do this. Sony, Canon, Leica, etc. Nikon is just joining the ranks to be as competitive. No need for alarm. But Nikon's fate was written on the wall for more than a decade ago worth of preposterously bad management and product release decisions, one after the next.
Nikon is a dead-end, and weather folks keep thinking it's not, there is no way out no matter how many cost-saving measures they take at this point. It is just a matter of time, and other smaller brands will equally follow suit.
This is a business boutique brands like Leica aside that within a consumer viewpoint in a couple years will be predominantly dominated by Sony, Canon and possibly, hopefully Panasonic. Everybody else floating around has no chance, done and period. What a very negative attitude. It's people like you that unnecessarily contribute to the decline of manufacturers. People with your attitude were making exactly the same negative comments about Canon 3 or 4 years ago "Canon is doomed", "Canon is run by old men and has no future" etc etc etc.
But Canon were secretly developing a super-weapon. And look at them now - undoubtedly the leading manufacturer once more. I would strongly urge anyone reading your comments to ignore them and go ahead with purchasing and supporting Nikon.
Their products, overall, are as good as anyone else's, and if I wasn't already heavily tied to a Canon system, I'd give Nikon absolutely equal consideration alongside Canon, Sony and Panasonic products.
An informed comment from someone that doesn't understand the meaning of the word "weather". Botifarro - You can also predict the future, winning lottery numbers and are in high demand by large corporations for your opinions Sony may have something down their invention-sleeves…. Not my scene. The point of my post was to indicate that companies condemned by doomsayers can sometimes bounce back to become leading brands.
That is a realistic appraisal when taking all factors into consideration - including units sold, revenue, product specifications and performance. I sure hope Nikon has plans for when Thailand floods again. Seeing that Nikon has already been producing equipment for decades in Thailand, I'm sure they're well aware of the climate challenges there.
China would love to buy controlling interest in Nikon. Imagine the pride involved in that acquisition. In truth it would not necessarily be a bad thing. China would treasure it and they would probably flourish. China will take advantage of Japanese technology and I wouldn't be surprised if in 5 years time they are designing and manufacturing products every bit as good as those from Japan - and a lot more cheaply.
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