Home > Company Profile > History             1977. Oct Company established     1978. Feb Began production at Seongnam complex     ........Aug Production of ASAHI PENTAX K-MOUNT lenses begun                   1981. Nov Awarded the Presidential Export Award     1984. Feb Company name changed from ORION OPTICS Co. to DONGWON OPTICS Co     ........Nov Acquired KS mark for biological microscope (biological microscope for dried lens)     1987. Dec Commented “a promising small to mid-sized firm and central exporting company” by the Korea Exchange Bank     1989. Nov Acquired permit for construction works     ........Dec Q mark received for the ORION microscope     ..... Q marks received for cameras (models: P-50, PC35AFM-SE, PINO35S)       Production of CCTV camera lenses begun                   1991. Feb Acquired permit for 1st-class electric engineering works     ........Mar Company name changed to DONGWON PRECISION Co.     1992. May Acquired permits for 1st and 2nd-class fire fighting facilities construction business     ........Dec Production of telescopes (models: DA-350, DA-1500) begun     ........Dec Acquired permit for civil engineering and construction works     1993. Jun Construction of company headquarters completed     ........Aug Acquired permit for residential construction works     1994. Jul Production of overhead projectors (DOP series) begun     1995. Sep KS mark received on overhead projectors     1996. Mar First biological microscopes (model: DL-600ML) exported to Japan     1997. Jul Production of first domestic-made original picture providers (model: DVP-416) begun       ISO 9001 certification received in construction industry     ........Dec GQ mark received for biological microscope; a first in the field     1998. Aug ISO 9001 certification received in precision industry     ........Dec Commended by the Ministry of Labor for exemplary labor-management relations     1999. Sep Construction of Jincheon complex completed     ........Oct Acquired Samyang Industry     ........Dec Acquired Dong-il Rental                   2000. Oct Received the Industrial Peace Award from the Gyeonggi Province     2001. Jul Received the Industrial Design Award for original picture providers       Designated as a Korea Millennium Product by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry     ........Dec Merged with DONGWON Construction Co. Ltd       Company name changed to DONGWON EnC Co. (Capital: 15.8 billion won)       Launched online camera shopping mall (Camerabiz.co.kr)     2002. Feb Transfer of registration of capital (Capital: 10 billion won, Decrease of Capital: 58 million won)     2003. Apr Commended as a top-ranking company in labor-management relations by the Ministry of Labor