Omron is a Japanese company founded in 1933 by Kazuma Tateishi and headquartered in Kyoto; the company name derives from Omuro, a Kyoto district. The group is active in industrial automation, medical technology and other fields. According to Wikipedia, in its automation division Omron manufactures industrial robots, sensors, switches, industrial cameras, safety components, relays, control components and programmable logic controllers.
Component and function
In a supplier context, the focus is on sensing and control: sensors, safety components and controllers give plants perception and sequence control. Omron combines these components into integrated automation solutions and also offers its own industrial robots, which is why the company is also placed in robotics. Its portfolio includes the TM-series collaborative robots, with payloads of 4 to 20 kilograms, reach of 700 to 1,300 millimeters and, depending on the model, repeatability of ±0.05 to ±0.1 millimeters; they are programmed via TMflow software and can be combined with mobile robots from the LD, OL, MD and HD series.
Role in the value chain
Omron is both a component supplier and a system provider: sensing and control technology form the foundation on which automated, partly robot-assisted manufacturing is built.
Key figures
For fiscal year 2023 Wikipedia cites revenue of roughly ¥818.8 billion and about 28,034 employees (as of March 31, 2023). For fiscal year 2025 (ended March 31, 2026), Omron reports revenue of ¥767.4 billion (up 7.3 percent), operating income of ¥59.9 billion (up 12.1 percent) and net income of ¥28.5 billion (up 75.1 percent); the Industrial Automation Business alone generated ¥409.5 billion in revenue (up 12.3 percent) and ¥42.8 billion in operating income (up 18.0 percent), driven by generative-AI-related capital investment. The shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the code 6645 and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (OMR).
Sensing, control and robots
In its automation division, Omron combines sensing, control technology and safety components into integrated solutions and also offers its own industrial robots. This combination allows perception, control and motion to be provided from a single source — from the individual component to the coordinated automation cell.
Market position and competition
In Japan's factory-automation market, the top five domestic suppliers — Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, Fanuc, Yokogawa Electric and Keyence — together held a 48 percent market share in 2024; in programmable logic controllers, Mitsubishi Electric and Omron together account for about 60 percent of installations, per one industry analysis. Internationally, Omron also competes with vendors such as Siemens, ABB, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric, which offer comprehensive automation portfolios spanning PLCs, robotics and software.
A broadly positioned group
Beyond automation, Omron is active in further fields such as medical technology and electronic components, which spreads the business across different end markets. As a provider of capital goods in automation, Omron depends on the industrial economy and benefits from long-term trends such as automation, labor shortages and rising quality requirements. As a supplier and at the same time a system provider, Omron occupies an intermediate position that connects component business and solution business.
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