Company Info
History
～1970
| Dec. 1951 | Hirata Sharyo Industrial Co., Ltd. established in Kumamoto with JPY 1 million in capital to manufacture and market industrial vehicles. |
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| Oct. 1957 | Oe Plant (integrated with the Kumamoto Plant) built in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. |
| Aug. 1958 | Started manufacturing agricultural trailers. |
| Dec. 1959 | Started manufacturing belt conveyors and slot conveyors. |
| May. 1964 | Hirata delivers its first television assembly line. |
| Jul. 1964 | Ueki Plant (now Kumamoto Plant) built in Ueki Town, Kumamoto City Kumamoto Pref. |
| Aug. 1968 | Kanto Plant built in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref. |
| Oct. 1970 | Started making free-flow conveyors with newly invented chains. |
～1980
| Aug. 1974 | Hirata Industrial Commerce and Taihei Conveyors merge to form Hirata Corporation. |
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| Dec. 1977 | Development of Cartesian coordinate robot NC control XY table "Machine Base". |
| Jun. 1979 | First order for a transmission assembly line received from an automotive maker. |
| Feb. 1980 | Hirata Corporation of America founded in IN, U.S.A. as a subsidiary. |
| Jul. 1980 | Development of Arm Base AR-300 horizontal multi-joint 4-axis robot. Commencement of worldwide pre-sales. |
～1990
| Mar. 1981 | Kansai Plant built in Yasu City, Shiga Pref. Headquarters moved to Shinagawa in Tokyo; former HQ renamed Kumamoto Headquarters. |
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| Apr. 1984 | Robot Plant (now Kusuno Plant) built in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. |
| Mar. 1986 | Taihei Computer Co., Ltd. founded in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. (Taihei Computer Co., Ltd. changed its name to Trinity Inc. in May 2011 and is now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Jan. 1988 | Direct drive robot "AR-DD2700" given award by Nihon Keizai Shinbun. |
| Nov. 1988 | Kumamoto East Plant (now Kumamoto Plant) built in Ueki Town, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. |
～2000
| Jan. 1991 | Hirata FA Engineering (S) Pte Ltd founded in Singapore as a subsidiary. |
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| Feb. 1992 | Taiheikosan Co., Ltd. becomes a subsidiary company (Taiheikosan Co., Ltd. changed its name to Taihei Technos Co., Ltd in Apr. 2008 and is now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Nov. 1993 | Hirata Robotics GmbH founded in Germany as a subsidiary (Hirata Robotics GmbH changed its name to Hirata Engineering Europe GmbH in Jul. 2011 and is now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Apr. 1994 | Development of AR-K robot series for use in transport in clean rooms. |
| Apr. 1999 | Hirata introduces business management in the form of an internal management administrative structure. |
| May. 1999 | Hirata Koei Co., Ltd. established in Ueki Town, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref.(Hirata Koei Co., Ltd. changed its name to Hirata Field Engineering Co., Ltd. in Feb. 2007 and is now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Aug. 1999 | Shanghai Hirata Mechanical Engineering Co., Ltd. founded in China as a subsidiary (Hirata TSUSYO (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Ltd. changed its name to Hirata Mechanical Equipment Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Mar. 2021 and is now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| May. 2000 | Hirata Engineering S.A. DE C.V. founded in Mexico as a subsidiary. |
| Jul. 2000 | ISO9001 certification was obtained. |
～2010
| Oct. 2001 | Development of "Head-Coater" resist coating appliance with built-in spinless coating unit for FPD use. |
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| Dec. 2001 | Detroit Office (Hirata Corporation of America) opened in Michigan, USA. |
| Feb. 2003 | ISO14001 certification was obtained. |
| Aug. 2004 | Hirata Engineering (Thailand) Co., Ltd. founded in Thailand as a affiliated company of HSL (now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Oct. 2006 | Hirata Automated Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in China (now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Dec. 2006 | Taiwan Hirata Corporation established (now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Dec. 2006 | Stock listed on JASDAQ（Tokyo Securities Exchange JASDAQ） Securities Exchange. |
| May. 2007 | Development of 10th generation glass substrate transfer robot. |
| Jan. 2008 | Shichijo Plant built in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Pref. to expand production capacity for FPD related production equipments. |
| Nov. 2008 | Entry into the photovoltaic manufacturing equipment market. |
| Nov. 2009 | Development of transfer system EFEM for 450mm wafer. |
～2020
| Sept. 2011 | Development of new FOUP opener and wafer transfer robot. |
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| Mar. 2012 | Development of robots such as new SCARA robots and small Cartesian robots. |
| May. 2012 | Solar Photovoltaic Project, starting off power generation in October. |
| Dec. 2012 | Hirata FA Engineering(M)Sdn. Bhd. established (now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Jun. 2016 | Headquarters moved to Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. |
| Jun. 2017 | Change of our Stock Market Listing to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Jun. 2020 | Headquarters building was completed at Kumamoto factory. |