Chronology
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| May 1933 | Tateisi Electric Manufacturing Co. established in Osaka. |
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| Production of X-ray timers begins. | |
| June 1945 | Production moved to Kyoto after main factory in Osaka is destroyed by fire during WWII. |
| May 1948 | Company name changed to Tateisi Electronics Co.; Kazuma Tateisi assumes role of president. |
| January 1959 | Company motto and "OMRON" trademark established. |
| February 1960 | World's first non-contact (solid state) switch developed. |
| October 1960 | Central R&D Laboratory completed in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto. |
| April 1964 | World's first automated traffic signal developed. |
| March 1967 | World's first unmanned train station developed. |
| November 1968 | OMRON Tateisi Electronics Co. established as company's official English name. |
| June 1971 | World's first online automated cash dispenser developed. |
| February 1972 | OMRON Taiyo Electronics Co., Japan's first factory for workers with disabilities, jointly established with Japan Sun Industries. |
| 1983 | Sales of Ken-on-kun thermometer begin. |
| April 1986 | Ayabe Factory established in Ayabe, Kyoto. |
| North American regional management center established in the United States (OMRON Management Center of America, Inc.) | |
| September 1988 | European regional management center established in The Netherlands (OMRON Europe B.V.) |
| October 1988 | Asia Pacific regional management center established in Singapore (OMRON Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.) |
| January 1990 | Company name changed to OMRON Corporation. |
| May 1994 | Greater China regional management center established in Beijing, China (OMRON (China) Co., Ltd.) |
| Achieved complete phase out of CFCs (freon). | |
| 1995 | Distance warning system for motor vehicles developed. |
| 1998 | Machine capable of identifying counterfeit notes in various currencies developed. |
| April 1999 | Internal company system established to separate management oversight and business operations. Mishima Factory achieves zero emissions. |
| May 2003 | Global R&D hub " Keihanna Innovation Center " established in Soraku-gun, Kyoto. |
| June 2003 | Yoshio Tateisi becomes Chairman, Hisao Sakuta named President & CEO. |
| May 2004 | Face recognition technology for mobile phones developed. |
| May 2006 | OMRON Principles established. |
| May 2006 | Global design/production center for control devices begins operations in Shanghai, China. |
| March 2007 | OMRON ramps up development of safety business (machine safeguarding). |
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