- Business
- HOYA Corporation HOYA Corporation, founded in 1941 and headquartered at 20F Nittochi Nishishinjuku Building in Tokyo, Japan, operates as a global med-tech company specializing in healthcare and information technology products; it manufactures and supplies eyeglass lenses, contact lenses, intraocular lenses, and medical endoscopes including those from its PENTAX brand for minimally invasive treatments, alongside high-precision mask blanks and substrates for semiconductor devices, LCD panels, and hard disk drives (HDDs). The company conducts operations worldwide through over 150 offices and subsidiaries across more than 30 countries, serving eye care professionals, medical institutions, and technology manufacturers with a workforce exceeding 37,000 employees. In recent developments, HOYA Vision Care acquired Centennial Optical, a Canadian distributor of ophthalmic frames, lenses, and accessories, in June 2025 to enhance its North American market presence; it completed the acquisition of remaining shares in PLASMABIOTICS SAS and announced an asset purchase agreement with Merit Medical Systems for C2 CryoBalloon Technology; additionally, the company executed a 2025 absorption-type split to transfer its voice synthetic software business and restructured its endoscope operations in Japan, while forming a U.S. distribution partnership with MAGENTIQ-EYE Ltd. for AI gastroenterology applications and maintaining a long-term technical collaboration with Hitachi in diagnostics and imaging.