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Company History
Business History
1976
- Begins developing a high-performance Empty Bottle Inspection Machine for all plants of Kirin Brewery to cut the labor costs of visual inspection employees.
Begins developing a high-performance Empty Bottle Inspection Machine
1979
- Completes the development of high-performance CCDcamera based Bottom Inspection Machine and deploys within Kirin Brewery.
Completes the development of high-performance CCDcamera based Bottom Inspection Machine
1981
- Completes the development of the Entire Empty Bottle Inspection Machine and initiates deployment within Kirin Brewery.
Completes the development of the Entire Empty Bottle Inspection Machine
1984
- Commences full scale sales of inspection machines to bottle manufacturers, bottling companies, and related industries.
Commences full scale sales of inspection machines to bottle manufacturers, bottling companies, and related industries
1985
- Develops a high-speed Empty Bottle Inspection Machine capable of inspecting all bottle exteriors.
- Initiates a business alliance with a West German food equipment manufacturer to export the detection devices for the bottling industry.
Develops a high-speed Empty Bottle Inspection Machine
1986
- The Empty Bottle Inspection Machine’s sales penetrates the United States bottle manufacturing market.
- Expands sales of the Empty Bottle Inspection Machines featuring the inspection of multiple bottle types to the bottle manufacturing industry.
Expands sales of the Empty Bottle Inspection Machines featuring the inspection of multiple bottle types to the bottle manufacturing industry
1987
- Develops and sells inspection machines for the pharmaceutical industry.
- Conducts a business alliance with an American inspection machine manufacturer and begins exporting detecting devices for the bottle manufacturing industry.
Develops and sells inspection machines for the pharmaceutical industry
1988
- Starts selling Lot Number Reader of metal parts for automotive industry.
- Exports High-Speed Empty Bottle Inspection Machine to Southeast Asia.
1989
- Opens the Kyoto Division.
Opens the Kyoto Division
1990
- Becomes independent from Kirin Brewery as Kirin Techno-System Company, Limited.
1992
- Starts selling the Kirin Vision Systems, general-purpose image processing devices.
- Exports Pharmaceutical Inspection Machines to Europe.
Exports Pharmaceutical Inspection Machines to Europe
1993
- Establishes Kirin Machinery Co. as a subsidiary specialized in providing after-sale services.
Techno-Watcher is developed
1998
- Concludes a business alliance agreement with a French inspection machine manufacturer and starts importing and exporting detection systems for the bottle manufacturing industry.
1999
- Acquires ISO 9001 certification, an international standard for quality management systems.
- Delivers the 1500th inspection machine.
Kirin Group Management Fighting Spirit Award
2000
- Merged Kirin Machinery Co. and organized After-Sale Service Division.
Kirin Group Management Award
2001
- Acquires ISO 14001certification, an international standard for environmental management systems.
2002
- Delivers the 2000th inspection machine.
Delivers the 2000th inspection machine
2004
- Establishes KTS Optics Co. as a subsidiary.
- Opens Yokohama Division.
Establishes KTS Optics Co. as a subsidiary
2005
- Opens Korea Branch.
Opens Korea Branch
2007
- Changes company name to Kirin Techno-System Company, Limited.
Changes company name to Kirin Techno-System Company, Limited.
2009
- Merges with Kirin Optics Co.
- Moves the Head Office to Kawasaki City, and renames Yokohama Division to Kawasaki Division.
Moves the Head Office to Kawasaki City
2011
- Merges Kyoto Division with Kawasaki Division.
- Delivers the 3000th inspection machine.
Merges Kyoto Division with Kawasaki Division
2017
- Delivers the 3500th inspection machine.
2021
- Moves the Korea Branch to Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do.
2023
- Changes company name to OMRON KIRIN TECHNO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
2024
- Transfers business related to sales and after-sale services for the Republic of Korea to OMRON Electronics Korea Co., Ltd.
- The company’s roots begin between 1976 and 1989 when it emerged from the Engineering Department and Techno-Machinery Division, a division specialized in developing inspection systems of Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
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