Hirata Corporation

Hirata Corporation, founded in Kumamoto, Japan, in 1920, is a global provider specializing in advanced industrial automation. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes a comprehensive range of production line systems, diverse industrial robots, and sophisticated logistics equipment. Its extensive product portfolio serves various industries, including: Automotive sector: Supplying assembly lines for engines (including cylinder heads and pistons) and transmissions (such as CVT, automatic, and DCT). Semiconductor manufacturing: Offering critical equipment like front-end modules, wafer handling robots, aligners, load ports, and SMIF openers. Flat panel display production: Delivering systems for coating, glass cutting, lamination, and automated loading. Robotics: Providing a wide array of industrial robots including Cartesian, SCARA-type, articulated, and wafer transfer robots, along with 3D vision systems, controllers, and simulation tools. Electronics and appliance assembly: Developing automated production lines for consumer electronics and other electrical components. Power module fabrication: Supplying specialized machinery such as mounters, vacuum reflow ovens, and ultrasonic welders. Intralogistics and production management: Offering sorting and stocking systems, stacker cranes, and traceability solutions. Medical and scientific research: Producing specialized devices for pathological tissue preparation, cell observation and destruction, and membrane damage detection.

Industry

Industrial - Machinery

Sector

Industrials

Headquarters

JP

CEO

Shigeru Maeda

Listed since

Dec 14, 2006

Employees

1,984