Company Info
History
1950～
| 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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| Dec. 1959 | Started manufacturing belt conveyors and slat conveyors. |
1960～
| May. 1964 | Hirata delivers its first television assembly line, entering the in-factory production equipment field. |
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| 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. |
1970～
| Oct. 1970 | Started making free-flow conveyors with newly invented chains. |
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| Aug. 1974 | Hirata Industrial Commerce and Taihei Conveyors merge to form Hirata Corporation. |
| 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. |
1980～
| Feb. 1980 | Hirata Corporation of America founded in IN, U.S.A. as a subsidiary. |
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| Jul. 1980 | Development of Arm Base horizontal multi-joint 4-axis robot. |
| Oct. 1980 | Yasunari Hirata and three others established Taihei Kosan Co., Ltd. in Ueki Town, Kamoto District, Kumamoto Pref. (now Kumamoto City). |
| Mar. 1981 | Kansai Plant built in Yasu City, Shiga Pref. |
| Mar. 1981 | Headquarters moved to Shinagawa in Tokyo. |
| 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 built in Ueki Town, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. |
1990～
| 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. |
| 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 (Shanghai Hirata Mechanical Engineering Co., Ltd. changed its name to Hirata Mechanical Equipment Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Mar. 2009 and is now a consolidated subsidiary). |
2000～
| May. 2000 | Hirata Engineering S.A. DE C.V. founded in Mexico as a subsidiary. |
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| Oct. 2001 | Development of "Head-Coater" resist coating appliance with built-in spinless coating unit for FPD use. |
| Feb. 2003 | Obtained ISO 14001 certification in the Kumamoto and Kanto areas. |
| Apr. 2003 | All business divisions obtained ISO 9001 certification. |
| Aug. 2004 | Hirata Engineering (Thailand) Co., Ltd. founded in Thailand as a 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. |
| Feb. 2007 | Changed the trade name of Hirata Koei Co., Ltd. to Hirata Field Engineering Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Jan. 2008 | Shichijo Plant built in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Pref. |
| Apr. 2008 | Changed the trade name of Taihei Kosan Co., Ltd. to Taihei Technos Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Dec. 2009 | Changed the trade name of Shanghai Hirata Mechanical Engineering Co., Ltd. to Hirata Mechanical Equipment Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. |
2010～
| May. 2011 | Changed the trade name of Taihei Computer Co., Ltd. to Trinity, Inc. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
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| Jul. 2011 | Changed the trade name of HIRATA Robotics GmbH to HIRATA Engineering Europe GmbH (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Dec. 2012 | Hirata FA Engineering(M)Sdn. Bhd. established (now a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Oct. 2014 | The Fully Automatic Continuous Slicer Tissue-Tek Smart Section, which Hirata designs and manufactures under contract for Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd., received the Chairman’s Award of the Japan Machinery Federation at the 6th Robot Award, jointly with Sakura Finetek Japan. |
| 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. |
2020～
| Jun. 2020 | Headquarters building was completed at Kumamoto factory. |
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| Mar. 2021 | Changed the trade name of Hirata Mechanical Equipment Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to Hirata TSUSHO (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Apr. 2022 | Transitioned from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market following the market segment reorganization. |
| Apr. 2025 | Implemented a three-for-one split of common shares, with Mar. 31, 2025 as the record date and Apr. 1, 2025 as the effective date. |