Nikon
Nikon is a challenger in the Equipment (Front End) segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in CHIYODA KU, JP. Its key customers include Intel, TSMC, Samsung Electronics.
DUV lithography maker; distant second to ASML in scanners.
- Ticker
- TSE: 7731
- Headquarters
- CHIYODA KU, JP
- Founded
- 1917
- Revenue
- $4.2B (FY2026) · -5.3% YoY
- Net income
- $-539M
- Operating margin
- -0.6%
- Market position
- challenger
- Value-chain segment
- Lithography
- Key products
- ArF immersion scanners, i-line steppers
About Nikon
Nikon, headquartered in Japan, operates in the Lithography segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market challenger there. Its key products include ArF immersion scanners, i-line steppers. wafergraph maps 7 tracked customers for Nikon across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 57/100, with 236 companies downstream of it.
Nikon Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of optical and precision equipment headquartered in Nishi-Ōi, Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its businesses include cameras and lenses, semiconductor and flat-panel-display lithography systems, microscopes and ophthalmic imaging systems, industrial measurement and inspection equipment, optical components, and metal additive-manufacturing systems.
Role in the chain
Nikon is a market challenger in Equipment (Front End) (Lithography), headquartered in Japan. DUV lithography maker; distant second to ASML in scanners.
Diligence questions
- The dataset names 7 tracked customers for Nikon. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
- Nikon is headquartered in Japan. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
- Nikon trades as TSE:7731. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
- Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.
Key products
- ArF immersion scanners
- i-line steppers
Customers
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Cite as: wafergraph, “Nikon — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/nikon (data as of 2026-09-05).
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