Omron

Omron Corporation is a Japanese technology and electronics company headquartered in Kyoto. It was founded by Kazuma Tateishi in 1933 as the Tateisi Electric Manufacturing Company and was incorporated as a company in 1948. The business developed from electrical and control equipment into a diversified technology group serving factories, transportation systems, buildings, healthcare providers, and consumers. The Omron name was derived from Omuro, an area of Kyoto associated with the company’s origins. The corporation was previously known as Omron Tateisi Electronics and adopted the Omron name in 1990. Its long-standing identity has been closely associated with applying sensing, control, and information-processing technologies to tasks that traditionally required human intervention. During the 1980s and early 1990s, the company expressed this philosophy through the motto “To the machine the work of machines, to man the thrill of further creation.” Omron’s principal business is industrial automation. Its portfolio includes programmable logic controllers, sensors, switches, relays, industrial cameras, safety components, control equipment, power supplies, electric-power monitoring equipment, and industrial robots. These products are used as individual components and as parts of integrated production and factory-control systems. Omron also supplies automation and control technologies for specialized sectors, including oilfield and marine applications through drive and custom-control systems. The company’s electronic-components activities include relays, switches, connectors, micro-sensing devices, MEMS sensors, and image-sensing technologies. These components support equipment manufacturers across industrial, commercial, and consumer applications. In social systems, Omron supplies access-control equipment, road-management systems, traffic-signal controllers, security and surveillance cameras, automated ticket gates, ticket vending machines, and fare-adjustment equipment. The company developed an early electronic ticket gate, an achievement later recognized as an IEEE Milestone in 2007, and was also among the early manufacturers of automated teller machines using magnetic-stripe card readers. Healthcare is another major area of the brand. Omron develops products for home use and professional settings, including electronic blood-pressure monitors, digital thermometers, body-composition monitors, pedometers, nebulizers, portable electrocardiographs, vascular monitors, and patient-monitoring equipment. Its healthcare activities also include health-management software and health-improvement services. The company states that more than 200 million of its blood-pressure monitors have been sold worldwide, supporting its position as a prominent global brand in electronic blood-pressure monitoring. Omron’s broader corporate activities include environmental sensing, energy-saving and resource-efficiency programs, community volunteering, and collaborative initiatives intended to support health and education in developing countries. The company has also received a platinum EcoVadis sustainability rating, described as placing it in the top one percent under that assessment. In 2013, it was included in Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Innovators list. The brand is positioned around dependable, technically sophisticated solutions rather than a single consumer category. Its public identity combines factory automation expertise with practical healthcare products and infrastructure systems. Omron remains an active, publicly listed Japanese company whose portfolio spans business-to-business components and systems as well as branded medical and wellness devices.

Omron traces its origins to 1933, when Kazuma Tateishi established the Tateisi Electric Manufacturing Company in Kyoto. The company’s early identity was rooted in electrical manufacturing and control technology. Its later corporate name, Omron, was taken from Omuro, a Kyoto area connected with the company’s beginnings. The enterprise was formally incorporated in 1948. Over time, the company moved beyond basic electrical manufacturing into automation, sensing, control, and electronic systems. This expansion placed Omron in a range of industrial and public-infrastructure applications. Its automation activities came to encompass sensors, switches, relays, programmable logic controllers, industrial cameras, safety devices, power supplies, monitoring equipment, and robots. Rather than treating these products only as standalone components, Omron developed systems intended to coordinate machines, production processes, and information flows. The company also became involved in transportation and public-access systems. Its work included automated ticket gates, ticket vending equipment, fare-adjustment machines, access-control systems, road-management equipment, traffic-signal controllers, and security systems. Omron’s electronic ticket-gate technology was later recognized as an IEEE Milestone in 2007. The company was also among the early producers of automated teller machines equipped with magnetic-stripe card readers, reflecting its broader interest in automating routine transactions. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Omron used the motto “To the machine the work of machines, to man the thrill of further creation,” expressing a philosophy that automation should take over repetitive work while enabling people to focus on higher-value activity. In 1990, the corporation changed from the name Omron Tateisi Electronics to Omron, giving the shorter name a central role in its global identity. Healthcare became an important consumer and professional application area. Omron developed electronic blood-pressure monitors, thermometers, nebulizers, body-composition monitors, pedometers, portable ECG equipment, vascular-monitoring devices, and patient monitors. It also expanded into health-management software and health-improvement services. The blood-pressure-monitoring business became especially prominent, with the company stating that its products had exceeded 200 million units sold worldwide. Omron’s portfolio additionally includes electronic components such as relays, switches, connectors, micro-sensing devices, MEMS sensors, and image-sensing technologies. Specialized activities have included AC and DC drive systems and custom control systems for oilfield and marine customers, as well as environmental sensors and control technologies for other specialized environments. The company’s public profile increasingly includes innovation and sustainability. It was listed among Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Innovators in 2013. Omron has described programs involving energy conservation, greenhouse-gas reduction, materials recycling and reuse, community volunteering, and cooperation with nongovernmental organizations on health and education initiatives. It has also received a platinum EcoVadis rating for sustainability performance. Today, Omron remains a diversified Japanese technology group combining industrial automation, electronic components, social systems, and healthcare businesses.

1. 2013Named among Top 100 Global Innovators

   Omron was included in Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Innovators list.

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2. 2007Electronic ticket gate technology recognized as an IEEE Milestone

   Omron’s electronic ticket-gate development received IEEE Milestone recognition.

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3. 1990Adoption of the Omron corporate name

   The corporation changed from Omron Tateisi Electronics to Omron.

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4. 1948Corporate incorporation

   The company was incorporated as a Japanese corporation.

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5. 1933Tateisi Electric Manufacturing Company established

   Kazuma Tateishi founded the business in Kyoto, establishing the organization that later became Omron.

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Technology-led, reliable, mid-to-premium automation, infrastructure, and healthcare solutions.

• Industrial automation systemsIndustrial automation

  Omron’s industrial automation portfolio includes programmable logic controllers, sensors, switches, relays, industrial cameras, safety components, control components, power supplies, electric-power monitoring equipment, and industrial robots. These products are used to detect conditions, control machinery, improve production processes, and support integrated factory systems.

• Electronic componentsElectronic components

  Omron supplies relays, switches, connectors, micro-sensing devices, MEMS sensors, and image-sensing technologies. These components are sold for incorporation into industrial, commercial, and consumer equipment and form a foundational part of the company’s business-to-business portfolio.

• Social systems equipmentSocial infrastructure

  This range covers building access-control systems, road-management systems, traffic-signal controllers, security and surveillance cameras, automated ticket gates, ticket vending machines, and fare-adjustment machines. The products automate access, transportation transactions, and public-space management.

• Blood-pressure monitorsHealthcare

  Omron’s home and professional blood-pressure monitors are among its best-known healthcare products. The company states that more than 200 million of its blood-pressure monitors have been sold worldwide, making this a central global product category for the brand.

• Home healthcare devicesHealthcare

  The home healthcare range includes digital thermometers, body-composition monitors, pedometers, and nebulizers. These products are designed for routine personal health measurement and home treatment support.

• Professional healthcare equipmentHealthcare

  For clinical and professional users, Omron offers portable electrocardiographs, non-invasive vascular monitors, blood-pressure equipment, and patient monitors. The healthcare business also includes health-management software and health-improvement services.

• Oilfield and marine control systemsSpecialized controls

  Omron Oilfield & Marine provides AC and DC drive systems and customized control systems for oil-and-gas, marine, and related industrial applications.

• Community health and education initiatives

  Developing countries

  Omron has participated in collaborative programs with nongovernmental organizations, including initiatives associated with UNICEF, to support children’s health and education in developing countries.

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• Environmental and community volunteering

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  The company has described energy-saving measures, greenhouse-gas reduction, recycling and reuse programs, blood-donation activities, beach cleanups, and tree planting as part of its community and environmental engagement.

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• 2007Electronic ticket-gate technology recognized by IEEEOther

  Omron had developed electronic ticket-gate technology for transportation systems.

  What changed. The technology received IEEE Milestone recognition.

  Aftermath. The recognition documented the historical significance of Omron’s contribution to automated fare collection and access control.

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• 1990Adopted Omron as the corporate nameStrategy

  The company had previously operated under the name Omron Tateisi Electronics and had developed a broader international technology portfolio.

  What changed. The corporation changed its name to Omron.

  Aftermath. The shorter Omron identity became the group’s principal global corporate and product brand.

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• 2026Omron announces transfer of electronic-components business to Carlyle-backed structure

  Omron announced plans to transfer its device-and-module solutions business to a Carlyle-backed entity, with Omron expected to retain a 5% interest after completion.

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• 2025Omron acquires iCARE

  Omron announced the planned acquisition of all shares of iCARE to strengthen corporate-health and occupational-health data solutions.

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• 2024Omron Healthcare acquires Luscii healthtech

  Omron Healthcare acquired Dutch remote-care provider Luscii healthtech to expand healthcare services for medical institutions in Europe.

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• 2023Omron reports 2023 sales and net-income growth

  Omron reported sales of 876,082 million yen for 2023 and net income of 73,861 million yen, according to the company information summarized in the cited reference.

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• 2023Omron moves to make JMDC a subsidiary

  Omron launched a tender offer for medical-data company JMDC as part of a strategy to build data-based healthcare and related services.

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• 2023Omron promoted its industrial automation, healthcare, and component technologies at the China International Import Expo

  For its sixth participation in the China International Import Expo, Omron presented technologies and solutions connected with industrial digital transformation, healthcare, electronic components, low-carbon development, and its Shaping the Future 2030 direction.

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• 2022Omron completes global digital-marketing renewal for electronic-components business

  Omron’s electronic-components business worked with Dentsu Digital and Acquia on a global website renewal involving regional sites, personalization, and marketing automation.

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• 2019Nidec agrees to acquire Omron Automotive Electronics

  Nidec agreed to acquire Omron’s automotive-electronics subsidiary, including technologies for vehicle control and electrification, in a transaction reported at approximately ¥100 billion.

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• 2015Omron announces acquisition of Adept Technology

  Omron announced a tender-offer acquisition of U.S. industrial-robotics company Adept Technology to add general-purpose and autonomous mobile robots to its factory-automation portfolio.

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• Omron launched an ASEAN digital and social brand-awareness program

  A regional program developed with Construct Digital used multilingual websites, Facebook activity, the How Can We? theme, Omron Stories, #LiveBetter, and #WeAutomate to improve awareness of Omron’s business-to-business technology in Southeast Asia.

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1. Omron
2. Omron corporate website
3. Omron announces transfer of electronic-components business to Carlyle-backed structure
4. Omron acquires iCARE
5. Omron Healthcare acquires Luscii healthtech
6. Omron moves to make JMDC a subsidiary
7. Omron promoted its industrial automation, healthcare, and component technologies at the China International Import Expo
8. Omron completes global digital-marketing renewal for electronic-components business
9. Nidec agrees to acquire Omron Automotive Electronics
10. Omron announces acquisition of Adept Technology
11. Omron launched an ASEAN digital and social brand-awareness program