Omron Automation Company Profile: History, Structure, Financials, Robotics and Stock
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Omron is a Japanese automation and healthcare company founded in 1933, with 26,050 employees and its largest business in industrial automation: controllers, sensors, safety components and robots for factories. In the first nine months of its latest fiscal year the Industrial Automation Business generated JPY 289.9 billion of sales and most of the group's operating income. This profile sets out Omron's history, structure, results by segment, reform program, robotics activities, leadership and share data.
Omron at a Glance
Fact | Detail |
Company | OMRON Corporation |
Established | May 10, 1933, as Tateisi Electric Manufacturing; incorporated May 19, 1948 |
Founder | Kazuma Tateishi |
Headquarters | Shiokoji Horikawa, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
Capital | JPY 64 billion |
Employees | 26,050 at March 31, 2026: 11,430 in Japan and 14,620 overseas |
Net sales | JPY 767.4 billion for fiscal 2025, according to the company outline |
Segments | Industrial Automation, Healthcare, Social Systems, Data Solution |
Stock listing | Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6645 |
Market capitalization | About USD 7.9 billion in October 2026 |
President and CEO | Junta Tsujinaga |
Company History
Kazuma Tateishi founded the company in 1933 as Tateisi Electric Manufacturing, and it was incorporated in 1948. The name Omron comes from Omuro, the district of Kyoto where the company was based. Over the decades it applied control and sensing technology to very different fields: it developed an automatic cash dispenser in 1969, its electronic ticket gate was later recognized as an IEEE Milestone, and it built a healthcare business alongside its factory automation products.
Robotics was added by acquisition. In October 2015 Omron completed the purchase of Adept Technology, a California robot maker that had begun in 1983 as the West Coast division of Unimation. Adept brought SCARA robots descended from the AdeptOne of 1984 and the Cobra series, the four-arm Quattro parallel robot of 2006, Viper six-axis robots, and autonomous mobile robots that Adept had gained by buying MobileRobots Inc. in 2010. Those mobile robots became the Omron LD series. In 2018 Omron formed a strategic alliance with Taiwan's Techman Robot, whose collaborative robots are sold through the Omron network.
Key milestones
1933: Tateisi Electric Manufacturing established.
1948: Company incorporated.
1969: Automatic cash dispenser developed.
2015: Acquisition of Adept Technology completed in October.
2018: Strategic alliance with Techman Robot for collaborative robots.
2024: Structural Reform Program NEXT 2025 begins in April.
2025: OMRON DIGITAL established in October; a spin-off of the Device and Module Solutions business is put under consideration.
Corporate Structure
Omron's current outline lists four businesses:
Industrial Automation Business: control equipment, sensors, safety components and robotics for manufacturing. This is the largest business.
Healthcare Business: medical devices for home and professional use.
Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business: systems for public infrastructure such as railways.
Data Solution Business: data services, with a target of net sales above JPY 100 billion and an operating margin above 12% by fiscal 2027.
In September 2025 Omron announced that it was considering a spin-off of its Device and Module Solutions business, with a target date of April 1, 2026. OMRON DIGITAL Co., Ltd. was created on October 1, 2025 by reorganizing OMRON SOFTWARE.
Financial Performance
For the first nine months of the fiscal year to March 2026, Omron reported net sales of JPY 614.3 billion, up 6.0%, and operating income of JPY 33.9 billion, down 5.7%. Net income attributable to shareholders roughly doubled to JPY 14.3 billion.
Segment, nine months to December 2025 | Sales | Change | Operating income |
Industrial Automation | JPY 289.9 billion | +9.0% | JPY 28.5 billion |
Healthcare | JPY 108.1 billion | -2.8% | JPY 11.2 billion |
Social Systems, Solutions and Service | JPY 90.3 billion | -1.2% | JPY 5.8 billion |
Devices and Module Solutions | JPY 86.9 billion | +11.2% | JPY 2.1 billion |
Data Solution | JPY 36.7 billion | +20.7% | JPY 2.7 billion |
Industrial Automation produced nearly half of group sales and most of the operating income. Omron attributed its growth to solid demand related to generative AI, while investment related to electric vehicles remained stagnant; profit in the segment was flat because of up-front growth investment and higher component and logistics costs. In February 2026 the company raised its full-year net sales forecast to JPY 855.0 billion and kept its operating income forecast at JPY 60.0 billion. For the previous fiscal year, to March 2025, net sales were JPY 801.8 billion.
Structural Reform: NEXT 2025
Omron launched the Structural Reform Program NEXT 2025 in April 2024 after a sharp fall in profit. It had four measures: improving fixed cost productivity, optimizing headcount and capacity, optimizing the business portfolio and building a customer-driven management system. The company reported fixed cost reductions of about JPY 26.0 billion in fiscal 2024 against a target of JPY 30.0 billion for fiscal 2025, and said headcount and capacity optimization was complete by the end of fiscal 2024.
Priorities for the Industrial Automation Business
Capture recovering demand, especially semiconductor investment in Greater China and Korea and battery equipment investment by Chinese manufacturers.
Strengthen collaboration with distributors.
Raise research and development spending to a record level.
Launch 42 new products between fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2026, including controllers and sensors.
Advance digital twins with NVIDIA and build data solutions with Cognizant.
Robotics at Omron
Product line | Origin | Use |
SCARA robots | Adept Technology, from the AdeptOne and Cobra series | High-speed assembly and handling |
Parallel robots | Adept Quattro, released 2006 | Fast picking and packing |
Six-axis robots | Adept Viper | Articulated handling and assembly |
Autonomous mobile robots | LD series, from MobileRobots Inc. | Material transport in factories and hospitals |
Collaborative robots | TM series, through the alliance with Techman Robot | Palletizing, tending and assembly; Omron cites TM12 cobots in palletizing |
Omron sells these robots together with its motion, control, safety, sensing and vision technologies, which is its main difference from robot-only suppliers.
Omron product reviews on All Things Cobots
Leadership
Name | Role |
Junta Tsujinaga | President and CEO |
Stock Information
Item | Detail |
Listing | Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6645; also traded in Frankfurt |
Market capitalization | About USD 7.9 billion in October 2026 |
Share price | Equivalent to about USD 40 |
One-year change | Up about 40% |
Note: share prices are indicative figures as of early October 2026 and change daily. This section is general information, not investment advice.
Strengths and Challenges
Strengths
A complete factory automation portfolio: control, sensing, safety, vision and robots.
A profitable Industrial Automation Business that is growing again.
Diversification into healthcare and data services.
Fixed costs reduced by the reform program.
Challenges
A group operating margin of about 5.5%.
Stagnant investment related to electric vehicles.
Tariff costs, which the company estimated at JPY 11.5 billion a year.
A robot business that depends on an alliance partner for collaborative robots.
Outlook
Omron expects full-year net sales of JPY 855.0 billion and operating income of JPY 60.0 billion. Its longer-term vision, SF2030, targets carbon neutrality, a digital society and healthy life expectancy, with automation tied to semiconductor and AI-related investment as the near-term engine.
Current Catalogue Coverage
Catalogue checked on 15 October 2026: 22 associated product records. The links below are representative entries, rather than a claim that every historical model is currently available.
Omron FAQ
Is Omron publicly traded?
Yes. Omron Corporation is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the code 6645.
When was Omron founded?
On May 10, 1933, by Kazuma Tateishi, as Tateisi Electric Manufacturing. It was incorporated in 1948.
Where does the name Omron come from?
From Omuro, the district of Kyoto where the company was located.
Does Omron make robots?
Yes. Omron acquired the robot maker Adept Technology in October 2015, which brought SCARA, parallel, six-axis and mobile robots, and it sells collaborative robots through an alliance with Techman Robot.
What is Omron's largest business?
The Industrial Automation Business, with sales of JPY 289.9 billion in the first nine months of the fiscal year to March 2026.
Who is the CEO of Omron?
Junta Tsujinaga is President and CEO.
Sources
OMRON: corporate outline
OMRON: financial results for the nine months to December 2025
OMRON: Integrated Report 2025, CEO message
Wikipedia: Omron Adept
Wikipedia: Omron
