Sokkia

It started with manufacturing transits in a small workshop in Tokyo in 1920, At first limited to the Japanese market, Sokkisha began to develop precision measuring instruments and quickly became a popular manufacturer in Japan.

In 1984 Sokkisha took over Lietz and becoming the world's largest manufacturer of surveying and measuring instruments.

[2] In the early 1990s, Sokkisha started a corporate identity project to improve and expand the company's global marketing.

[3] The company's major achievements include the development and production of Japan's first automatic levels, theodolite and coaxial total station.

In 1964, Sokkisha developed the company's patented magnetically damped compensator for automatic levels, which quickly became the world standard.