Every discovery starts with uncovering the unknown. For over a century as Olympus, we advanced optical excellence, empowering the world’s leading scientists, physicians, and engineers to see more, know more, and achieve more.
We have helped illuminate Nobel Prize-winning research, enable lifesaving medical advances, and ensure the integrity and safety of products and technologies that improve everyday life. We have supported groundbreaking research, advanced clinical insights, and driven precise industrial applications.
Today, as Evident, we’re building on a century of optical superiority to create next-generation micro-imaging solutions—combining renowned optics with cutting-edge digital innovation to power scientific breakthroughs and help you move confidently from observation to insight.
Our life science portfolio supports research, clinical diagnostics, and education, offering a comprehensive range of imaging methods, from essential brightfield and darkfield microscopy to advanced fluorescence, 4D analysis, and digital pathology. In industrial microscopy, we deliver precision and flexibility through laser scanning, digital, and semiconductor microscopes designed for tasks ranging from routine inspection to intricate quality control and sophisticated manufacturing analysis.
Evident is headquartered in Tokyo and supported by R&D and manufacturing centers in Japan, the United States, Germany, and China, with operations and dedicated sales and service centers located around the world.
At Evident, we are paving a new path forward in microscopy. We are helping our customers advance into a new era of discovery. We are pushing the boundaries of optical technology to fuel discovery and bring the unseen into focus.