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Oriental Motor Corporate Overview I-12 Corporate Overview Oriental Motor Corporate Overview Company ORIENTAL MOTOR CO., LTD. Founded 1885 Established 1950 Representative President Shigeyuki Nomura Capital 4 billion yen Sales Consolidated 42.0 billion yen (At the end of March 2014) Number of Consolidated 2,826 (At the end of March 2014) Employees Company Development, manufacture and sale of small Activity precision motors and electronic circuits for motion control Correspondent The Chiba Bank, Ltd. Banks Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. The Hyakujushi Bank, Ltd. The Joyo Bank, Ltd. The Shonai Bank, Ltd. Mizuho Bank, Ltd. The Toho Bank, Ltd. The Akita Bank, Ltd. Head Office Higashi-Ueno 4-8-1, Taito-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Branch Offices Tokyo Branch Office Kyoto Branch Office Nagoya Branch Office Kyushu Branch Office Osaka Branch Office Branch Stores Sendai Branch Store Yokohama Branch Store Northern Kanto Branch Store Hachioji Branch Store Sales Offices Kitakami Kumagaya Hikone Niigata Kawasaki Shiga Koriyama Hiratsuka Minami-Osaka Katsuta Kofu Hyogo Tsukuba Toyota Okayama Utsunomiya Shizuoka Hiroshima Tokyo Hamamatsu Matsuyama Ueda Kanazawa Oita Suwa Mie Kumamoto R&D Center Tsuruoka-Chuo Plant Factories Tsuruoka-Nishi Plant Tsuruoka-Higashi Plant Soma Plant Tsukuba Plant Tsuchiura Plant Kashiwa Plant Toyoshiki Plant Kofu Plant Takamatsu-Kozai Plant Takamatsu-Kokubunji Plant Manufacturing Technology R&D Center (Joso, Ibaraki) Associated ORIM VEXTA CO., LTD. and others Company ORIENTAL MOTOR GENERAL CATALOG I-12 2015/2016 General Information I-13 Manufacturing Base ■Japan Global Regulations Tsuruoka-Chuo Plant Tsuruoka-Nishi Plant & Standards Development and Manufacturing of standard manufacturing of standard AC motors, brushless ISO 9001, AC motors and brushless motors and gearheads. ISO 14001 motor and driver packages. Development and Corporate Overview manufacturing of cooling fans. Global Sales Tsuruoka-Higashi Plant Soma Plant Network Manufacturing of motor Development and How to components. manufacturing of stepper Use Web motors and control Sizing Tool circuits. Conversion Charts Product Line Tsukuba Plant Tsuchiura Plant Updates Development and Development and manufacturing of stepper manufacturing of Product motors, servo motors and gearheads and motorized Index controllers. actuators. Kashiwa Plant Toyoshiki Plant Research and Evaluating, analyzing, development on the ideal and measuring various accessories and peripheral products. equipment for every product. Kofu Plant Takamatsu-Kozai Plant Development and Development and manufacturing of control manufacturing of stepper circuits, and development motors. of manufacturing technology. Takamatsu-Kokubunji Plant Manufacturing of stepper motors. CAD Data www.orientalmotor.com Technical TEL: (800) 468-3982 I-13 Manuals Support E-mail: [email protected].
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