Hirata Corporation

Hirata Corporation manufactures and sells various manufacturing line systems, industrial robots, and logistic equipment in Japan and internationally. The company offers automotive related production equipment, such as engine assembly, cylinder head assembly, and piston assembly lines; transmission related equipment comprising CVT assembly, automatic transmission assembly, and DCT assembly lines; and engine and component related equipment. It also provides semiconductor related equipment, including equipment front end modules/sorters, wafer transfer robots, aligners, load ports, and SMIF openers; and panel manufacturing systems, such as coater systems, glass cutting systems, coating and lamination systems, and auto-loader systems. In addition, the company offers industrial robot equipment, including cartesian, SCARA-type, articulated, and wafer transfer robots, as well as 3D vision systems, robot controllers, teach pendants, and robot sumulators; electronics and electrical appliance production equipment comprising home electronics related automated assembly lines, and electronic components and others; and power modules consisting of mounters, vacuum reflow ovens, and ultrasonic welders. Further, it provides sorting/stocking systems, stacker cranes, and traceability systems for production management; and medical/chemistry and physics devices, such as pathological tissue specimen preparation devices, cell observation devices, cell destructive equipment, and membrane damage detection systems. Hirata Corporation was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in Kumamoto, Japan.