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Largan Precision Company Limited or Largan Precision (Chinese language: 大立光電股份有限公司) is a Taiwanese company with its headquarters in Nantun District, Taichung. The company manufactures optical lens modules and Optoelectronics, which are mainly used in Image scanner, Camera, Digital camera, multi function product, , phone lenses, rear projection TVs, Optical mouse.
Largan Precision is the world's biggest supplier of smartphone camera lenses and accounts for 30 percent of the global market share. It is one of the "nation's biggest supplier" for iPhone camera lenses along with Foxconn and Guangyao Technology.
Scott Lin, one of the co-founders, took the suggestion of his friend Jong Huang, Chairman of Premier Technology, to try to shift the production focus to lighter and thinner lenses instead of glass lenses, which are comparatively heavier and thicker, becoming a significant Apple Inc. components supplier.
In 2001, the company was certified as compliant with ISO 9001. It was merged with Largan Optronic Co., Ltd. A year later, Largan Precision went public on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). They developed a projector zoom lens, a VGA lens used in mobile phones, and 3.0 Megapixels 3x zoom digital camera lens. At that time, the company was ranked #2 by profit rate, #92 by net profit after tax, and #141 by revenue growth rate.
As of 2016, Largan Precision is headquartered in Taichung City's Precision Machinery Innovation Technology Park. They have also purchased nearby lands and plan to centralize their production line.
Over the years, Largan had also sued Newmax Technology Co (Chinese: 新鉅科), Samsung Electronics Co, and HP Inc for infringing on four of the company's patents and used it in the production of notebook camera lenses. It is the first time Largan litigated to protect its intellectual property rights for lenses used in notebooks.
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