Keyence

  • Takemitsu Takizaki (Founder and Chairman )
  • Akinori Yamamoto (President)

The Keyence Corporation (JapaneseキーエンスKīensu ) is a global supplier of components for automation technology.

History

Founded in 1974 by Keyence Takemitsu Takizaki in Osaka. The company's name is a portmanteau Keyence ( portmanteau word ), formed from the slogan Key Of Science. Within 30 years, Keyence developed, starting from Japan, one of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial sensor and automation technology.

The building of the Keyence head office with laboratory received the 2000 " Outstanding Structure Award" of the IABSE.

Business Model

A characteristic feature of the business model from Keyence is the exclusive selling its products directly to OEMs and end users. The focus of activities is on the development and marketing of the products. The production is outsourced to subcontractors for the most part. Approx. 30 % of sales are generated by new developments.

Currently employed Keyence world claims to approximately 3,800 employees. These are distributed to the parent company in Japan, and at fifteen subsidiaries worldwide in all major industrial nations.

After a steady sales growth since its founding in 2007, more than 200 billion yen were (then about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars ) first implemented. Operating income was doing in the years 2003 - 2007 each at over 50 %, in 2007 at 102 billion yen ( about U.S. $ 910 million).

Products

In Germany, the product range is divided into five product areas:

  • Product range sensors optical sensors ( fiber optic, photoelectric, and laser sensors)
  • Color sensors
  • Pressure sensors
  • Safety light curtains
  • Inductive sensors
  • Barcode Readers
  • 3D profile sensors ( light-section method )
  • CCD micrometer, 1D and 2D
  • Mehrwellenängeninterferometer
  • Profile projectors and measuring microscopes
  • Product range image processing Image processing systems including lens, lighting, integration
  • Line scan cameras
  • Matrix cameras
  • High speed BV
  • Mini cameras
  • Laser marking
  • Application sensors Laser triangulation in the low- cost sector
  • Light band micrometer
  • Probe
  • Electrostatic discharge
  • Inductive Sensors
  • Camera sensors
  • Product Microscopy Digital Microscopes
  • Laser scanning microscopes ( confocal microscope )
  • Fluorescence microscopes
  • High - Speed ​​Digital Microscopes
  • Macroscopes ( strip light scanning)

Be sold exclusively in Japan:

  • Marking ( inkjet printer )
  • 3D printer
  • Programmable logic controllers
  • Servo drives
  • RFID technologies
  • Scanning electron and atomic force microscopes
  • High -tech products for the hobby area

Offices in Germany

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