Opticon is a worldwide family of companies consisting of OPTO Electronics (Japan), Opticon Inc. (North America) located in Renton, Washington, and Opticon Sensors Europe BV (Netherlands). Founded in 1976, the company has a proud tradition of developing and manufacturing world-class 1D laser and 2D imager scan engines. These engines are used in turn to power fixed mount scanners, cabled and wireless scanners, data collectors, companion scanners and smartphones.