On November 4, 2025, OM Digital Solutions opened Japan’s first optical lens manufacturing facility, the OM Optical Precision Okaya Plant, in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture.
The Okaya Plant is a base that not only has the production capabilities to flexibly handle small-lot, high-mix lens manufacturing, but also functions as a pilot plant for verifying the manufacturing process for next-generation lenses. OM Digital Solutions says that this will enable the company the ability to promote the development of production technologies for next-generation functions and performance, and to strengthen its overall optical technology.
OM Digital Solutions Okaya Plant Overview
| Base Name | OM Digital Solutions Co., Ltd. OM Optical Precision Okaya Plant |
| location | 2-4-15 Daieicho, Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture |
| Base area | 853 ㎡ |
“We are extremely honored to have opened a new manufacturing base in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture,” Masakazu Katada, General Manager of OM Optical Precision Business Unit, commented.
“The imaging business of Olympus, the predecessor of our company, has a history of producing imaging products in Nagano for approximately 80 years, ever since the opening of the Olympus Suwa Factory. We will inherit the optical technology and manufacturing traditions cultivated there, and as a base rooted in the local community, we will contribute to the development of the next generation and the development of local industry, while establishing a lens production system of the world’s highest standards and delivering new value from Nagano to the world. With the addition of the Okaya Plant, we will further expand the scope of its challenges and contribute to its mission of “realizing enriched lives for people around the world.”
