Company:Swans (eyewear)

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Swans
Swans brand logo.svg
Swans brand logo
Product typeEyewear
OwnerYamamoto Kogaku, Co., Ltd.
CountryJapan
Introduced(1971; 53 years ago (1971))
MarketsWorldwide
TaglineProtecting for You
Yamamoto Kogaku, Co., Ltd.
Native name
山本光学株式会社
TypePrivate KK
IndustryApparel
Founded(1911; 113 years ago (1911))
FounderHaruji Yamamoto
Headquarters
Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture, 577-0056
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Tamenobu Yamamoto
(Chairman and CEO)
Naoyuki Yamamoto
(President and COO)
Products
  • Sporting and protective eyewear
  • Sunglasses
  • Optical devices
  • Motorcycle helmets
Footnotes / references
[1]

Swans (スワンズ, Suwanzu) is the brandname of the Japanese eyewear manufacturer Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd. (山本光学株式会社, Yamamoto Kōgaku Kabushiki-gaisha) located in Osaka , Japan.

Founded in 1911, the company produces and sells optical lenses, sunglasses, goggles, as well as safety glasses. The sports eyewear brand Swans includes sunglasses, ski and snowboard goggles, swimming goggles, as well as helmets.[1]

The company was founded by Haruji Yamamoto, as Yamamoto Optical Lens Factory, in Osaka . The factory moved to Higashiōsaka in 1935, where the company's current headquarters are. In that same year started the production of lenses and eyewear for protection against dust. Twenty years later the company name changed to Yamamoto Bojin Megane and started the production of eyewear frames by plastic molding, a first in Japan.[2] In 1977 the company became as an official ski equipment supplier to the United States Ski Team[2][3] and in 1980 the company's took its current name.

In October 2014, the Toshiba Glass, a pair of optical head-mounted display-like glasses, which was jointly created by Yamamoto Kogaku and Toshiba, was unveiled at CEATEC 2014.[4]

Swans was the official supplier of the World Para Swimming Championships from 2017 to 2019.[5]

In 2021, the table tennis player Jun Mizutani wore indoor competition glasses during the Olympics, a first in this competition, with glasses that were custom-designed by Swans for the table tennis player.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Company Profile". Yamamoto Kogaku. http://www.yamamoto-kogaku.co.jp/english/#company. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About Swans - Company Milestones". Yamamoto Kogaku. http://www.swans-overseas.com/about-swans/. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  3. ↑ Behind the Winners: A Network of Individual Contributors. Bonnier Corporation. October 1985. p. 48. https://books.google.com/books?id=M8x3UNqePokC&pg=PA48. 
  4. ↑ Nagata, Kazuaki (October 9, 2014). "Toshiba Glass sets sights on less obtrusive wearable tech". The Japan times. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/09/business/tech/toshiba-glass-sets-sights-slightly-subtle-wearable-tech/#.VvV2I3onyER. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  5. ↑ "World Para Swimming announces SWANS as Official Supplier" (in en). 1 September 2017. https://www.paralympic.org/news/world-para-swimming-announces-swans-official-supplier. 
  6. ↑ "What's the tech behind table tennis gold-medal winner Mizutani's indoor eyewear?" (in en). Mainichi Daily News. 2021-07-27. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210727/p2a/00m/0sp/016000c. 

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