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 | Began manufacturing belt conveyors and slat conveyors. |
1960～
| May. 1964 | Delivered the company’s first television assembly line, entering the in-factory production equipment field. |
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| Jul. 1964 | Established the Ueki Plant in Ueki-machi, Kamoto District, Kumamoto Prefecture (now Kumamoto City; currently the Kumamoto Plant). |
| Aug. 1968 | Established the Kanto Plant in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. |
1970～
| Oct. 1970 | Began manufacturing free-flow conveyors using a newly developed chain. |
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| Aug. 1974 | Hirata Industrial Commerce and Taihei Conveyors merge(d) to form Hirata Corporation. |
| Dec. 1977 | Developed a Cartesian-coordinate robot, the NC-controlled XY table. |
| Jun. 1979 | Received the company’s first order for a transmission assembly line from an automobile manufacturer. |
1980～
| Feb. 1980 | Established HIRATA Corporation of America in Indiana, U.S.A. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
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| Jul. 1980 | Developed a horizontal articulated four-axis robot, Arm Base. |
| Oct. 1980 | Yasunari Hirata and three others established Taihei Kosan Co., Ltd. in Ueki-machi, Kamoto District, Kumamoto Prefecture (now Kumamoto City). |
| Mar. 1981 | Established the Kansai Plant in Yasu-machi, Yasu District, Shiga Prefecture (now Yasu City). |
| Mar. 1981 | Relocated the head office to Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. |
| Apr. 1984 | Established the Robot Plant in Kumamoto City (now the Kusuno Plant). |
| Mar. 1986 | Established Taihei Computer Co., Ltd. in Kumamoto City. |
| Jan. 1988 | The direct-drive robot AR-DD2700 received the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun Award. |
| Nov. 1988 | Established the Kumamoto East Plant in Ueki-machi, Kamoto District, Kumamoto Prefecture (now Kumamoto City). |
1990～
| Jan. 1991 | Established HIRATA FA Engineering (S) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
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| Feb. 1992 | Made Taihei Kosan Co., Ltd. a subsidiary of the Company. |
| Nov. 1993 | Established HIRATA Robotics GmbH in Germany. |
| Apr. 1994 | Developed the AR-K series of cleanroom transport robots. |
| May. 1999 | Established Hirata Koei Co., Ltd. in Ueki-machi, Kamoto District, Kumamoto Prefecture (now Kumamoto City). |
| Aug. 1999 | Established Shanghai Hirata Mechanical Engineering Co., Ltd. in China.subsidiary). |
2000～
| May. 2000 | Established HIRATA FA Engineering (S) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
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| Oct. 2001 | Developed the Head Coater, an FPD photoresist coating system equipped with a slit-type coating unit. |
| Feb. 2003 | Obtained ISO 14001 certification in the Kumamoto and Kanto areas. |
| Apr. 2003 | All business divisions obtained ISO 9001 certification. |
| Aug. 2004 | Established HIRATA Engineering (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. in Thailand (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Oct. 2006 | Established Hirata Kiko Automation Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Dec. 2006 | Established Hirata Kiko Automation Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Dec. 2006 | Listed shares on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange. |
| Feb. 2007 | Changed the trade name of Hirata Koei Co., Ltd. to Hirata Field Engineering Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| May. 2007 | Developed a Generation-10 glass substrate transfer robot. |
| Jan. 2008 | Established the Shichijo Plant in Shichijo-machi, Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. |
| Nov. 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 Machinery 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 | Established HIRATA FA Engineering (M) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Jun. 2016 | Relocated the head office to Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. |
| Jun. 2017 | Transferred listing to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
2020～
| Jun. 2020 | Completed the Headquarters Building at the Kumamoto Plant. |
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| Mar. 2021 | Changed the trade name of Hirata Machinery Equipment Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to Hirata Trading (Shanghai) Industrial Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Apr. 2022 | Following the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s market restructuring, transitioned from the First Section to the Prime Market. |
| 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. |