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Construction Completed on Omron's Keihanna Technology Innovation Center
March 26, 2003 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Tokyo -- As part of its celebration marking 70 years since its establishment, construction of Omron's new Keihanna Technology Innovation Center in Kansai Science City (region in western Japan encompassing parts of Osaka, Kyoto and Nara) was completed on Monday.
This Center, Omron's largest R&D facility, will play a significant role in creating technology that supports Omron Group's core competence Sensing & Control. The Center will begin operations from May 6.
The Keihanna Technology Innovation Center, coexisting in a peaceful atmosphere and resting on a wide ground area of about 72,000 sq m, is comprised of three floors above ground and one floor below, each measuring 200 meters north-south and 75 meters east-west for a total floor space of 30,000 sq m.
In pursuing the consolidation of geographically dispersed research laboratories, Omron has combined research functions from each of four central labs (currently located in Nagaoka, Tsukuba, Kyoto and Kusatsu cities) into the Technology Innovation Center. Along with building the latest research facility, Omron aims to increase the fruits of research and development by strengthening the synergy effect of in-company R&D.
Moreover, Omron will take advantage of conditions intrinsic to Kansai Science City, striving for the "generation of value that astonishes" through collaborative innovation with advanced research organizations and corporate research labs in the surrounding area.
When in the near future sensors can connect to networks, new applications providing safety, peace of mind, and comfort will be born, tremendously transforming our daily lives. Aiming for the realization of this kind of society, Omron is working to improve its technological strengths in software engineering while engaging in R&D in sensingtechnology and control technology. Further, the Technology InnovationCenter contains a 2,400 sq m clean room. For developments that use fine processing technology, such as MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) products and optical related devices, samples can be supplied from R&D to determine whether there is enough justification to bring them to the business level.
Omron positions the Keihanna Technology Innovation Center as a research base for supporting the expansion of Omron in the 21st century while aiming for harmony with local communities and contributing to the development of society.
Measures taken in concern for the environment:
- Solar power generation (50KVA) and cogeneration system (520KVA x 3)
- Air-conditioning that uses rainwater
- Energy reductions through task and ambient lighting
- Advanced combustible garbage disposable recycling system
OMRON Corp. is a global leader in the field of automation. Established in 1933 and headed by President Yoshio Tateisi, Omron has more than 25,000 employees in more than 35 countries working to provide products and services to customers in a variety of fields including industrial automation, electronic components industries and healthcare. For more information, visit www.omron.com.