Olympus to sell microscope business to U.S. fund Bain for $3 bil

Olympus Corp said Monday it will sell its microscope unit to U.S. investment fund Bain Capital for 427.67 billion yen ($3.1 billion),

Mitt Romney and private equity capital spreading the love worldwide.

Michael Woodford’s book about the Olympus scandal is well worth a read. He only avoided the same fate as Ghosn by contacting the Financial Times, and getting his story out there before the Japanese authorities could arrest him on spurious charges.

In a way it feels like Olympus lost its essence. The fluorescence microscopes they produce were exceptional and terribly easy to use, but the same as their camera business their microscopes have been losing ground to other companies very quickly, it was inevitable that they would sell this division as well.

I still have my film IM10 - best camera I've ever owned. (Hard to find film, though.)

Laguna

I still have my film IM10 - best camera I've ever owned. (Hard to find film, though.)

Is that 35mm? If so, Fujifilm still manufactures 35mm film. A bit pricey compared to the old days. But, still easy to find in both Japan and the US. (And, I assume, other major markets.)

https://www.fujifilm.com/jp/ja/consumer/films/negative-and-reversal

https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/consumer/film-quicksnap/film

The Olympus Microscope Division was separate from the camera division. The microscopes were their first production business. They make excellent microscopes which I used in labs back in the 1970s.

Don't do it Olympus!

The hollowing out of Japan keeps getting worse.

It not everyday that a person,need a microscope, unless they getting a biopsy

Yrral

It not everyday that a person,need a microscope, unless they getting a biopsy

But, it is every day that a hospital, university, doctor's office, research facility, veterinarian, school science class, etc need microscopes.

I had one, as a kid, as well.