Olympus Soft Imaging Solutions has been steadily growing since its foundation in 1987. Here are the most important company milestones:

1987 Founded as SOFT IMAGING SOFTWARE GMBH (SIS), Münster
1989 Awarded with the Innovation Prize of City of Münster
1992 Opened branch office est. in Denver, USA
1993 Launch of first Windows version of analySIS
1997 Re-named company to SOFT IMAGING SYSTEM
1998 Launch of first TEM camera
2000 Launch of first LM camera
2000 Achieved the EN ISO 9001 Certification
2001 Founding of OLYMPUS BIOSYSTEMS GmbH (OBS) in Munich
2002 Open new headquarters in Münster, Germany
2003 Launch of first CELL^R system
2003 Awarded TOP 100 GREAT PLACES TO WORK IN EUROPE
2004 Awarded TOP 100 GREAT PLACES TO WORK IN EUROPE
2004 Acquisition of software IP assets from aquinto AG
2004 Launch of first photo-plate-sized TEM camera
2004 Acquisition of SIS by OLYMPUS
2005 ALTRA20 product of the year (Scientific Computing magazine)
2006 Merger of SIS & OBS to OLYMPUS SOFT IMAGING SOLUTIONS GmbH (OSIS)
2007 Launch of TEM camera Cantega G2
2008 Launch of new LM camera series
2008 Launch of new TEM G2 camera series
2009 Launch of TEM camera Quemesa