History of Omron Sensors

Omron Corporation is a world-renowned manufacturer of automation control and electronic equipment, mastering the world's leading sensing and control of the core technology. Since its establishment in 1933 to date, more than seventy years, through the continuous creation of new social needs, the company's global business in 35 countries and regions, with more than 25,000 employees; hundreds of thousands of product varieties, involving industrial automation control systems, electronic components, social public **** system and health care equipment and a wide range of fields, and in the industry to establish a loud brand, occupying an irreplaceable position. The company has built up a strong brand in the industry and occupies an irreplaceable position.

In 1933, Mr. Kazuma Tateishi established a small factory called Tateishi Electric Works in Osaka with only two employees. In its infancy, the company specialized for a time in the production of protective relays in addition to timers. The manufacture of these two products became the starting point for OMRON CORPORATION. In order to keep up with the times, the company name was unified with the brand name "OMRON CORPORATION" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the company.

Omron was the first in the world to develop and manufacture a wide range of products and equipment systems, including contactless proximity switches, electronic auto-sensing signaling machines, vending machines, station ticketing systems, and automatic cancer diagnostic systems. We contribute to the progress of society and the improvement of human living standards. OMRON's corporate goal is to create social needs and build a society that is "safe", "secure", "environmentally friendly" and "healthy".

In the 75 years since its founding on May 10, 1933, the OMRON Group has developed into a globally renowned manufacturer of automation control and electronic equipment, with world-leading core technologies for sensing and control, through the creation of new social needs. As of fiscal 2007, the OMRON Group had 35,811 employees (April 20, 2008) and a global turnover of nearly 763 billion yen. We have hundreds of thousands of products in a wide range of fields, including industrial automation control systems, electronic components, automotive electronics, social systems, and healthcare equipment.