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35
Case 6: Providing a wide range of products for use in the home to medical institutions
In June 2005, Omron Healthcare (HCB) acquired Colin
Medical Technology Corporation (fiscal 2004 net sales: ¥8.6 bil-
lion), a leading medical device manufacturer. This acquisition
expanded HCB’s product line and created a framework which
enables us to provide health care products for both home and
institutional use in every area of lifestyle-related disease pre-
vention. In addition to health and medical care devices for home
use such as blood pressure monitors, body composition ana-
lyzers, and thermometers, HCB’s business domain now includes
a range of instruments for measuring biological information
including inpatient vital sign monitors and screening devices to
detect vascular hardening for medical institution use.
As societies, particularly in advanced countries, continue
aging, the number of persons with lifestyle-related illnesses,
such as hypertension and diabetes, is on the rise and coun-
tries are beginning to promote preventive medicine as a nation-
al policy measure. With its recent acquisition, HCB will strength-
en its business for medical institutions with a view to growing
its business for preventive medical care, an area which is
expected to grow into a vibrant market in the future.
Using proprietary optical control technology that utilizes
microlens array* (MLA) technology, ECB developed and com-
mercialized small LCD backlight units for mobile phones that
provide illumination from a single light source (LED). At the
same time, with our sights set on making backlights a future
core business, our aim is to ensure the soundness of growth
potential in the LCD backlight business by broadening the busi-
ness domain. To do this, in May 2004 we acquired the large-size
LCD backlight business from Tama Electric Co., Ltd., which is
a wholly-owned subsidiary of KOA Corp., and we made it a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Omron under the name of Tama
Fine Opto Co., Ltd.
This acquisition was followed by the acquisition of Pioneer
Precision Machinery Corporation, which deals with small and
medium multi-light source LCD backlights with multiple placed
LEDs, in August 2006 as a wholly-owned subsidiary and
renamed it Omron Precision Technology Co., Ltd. Through the
acquisition of these two companies, Omron is able to meet
the diverse needs of customers from low-end to high-end users
in the area of point-source and multi-light source systems, and
offers products meeting backlight needs in all areas including
medium and large backlights, making Omron one of the world’s
leading companies in LCD backlights**
*MLA technology: Omron’s proprietary technology which maximizes the
efficiency of light use by reflecting light that normally diverges in all direc-
tions in a single direction using a microlens array (MLA), aggregating mil-
lions of microlenses on a single board.
**According to Omron estimates, we have the world’s top share of slight-
ly more than 20% in the area of small LCD backlights in terms of the
number of units.
Case 5: Rising to the world’s top position in LCD backlight production
Building a Full Line of Small, Medium and Large Backlights
LED point light source
backlights
(low-power consumption
/low-cost)
LED multi-light source
backlights
(high brightness
/high-definition)
TAMA Fine Opto Co., Ltd.
Omron Precision
Technology Co., Ltd.
Omron
Screen Size
Function
Application
Liquid Crystal
Televisions
Car Navigation Systems
Game Consoles
PDAs
Digital Cameras
Mobile Phones
Large
Medium
Small
Low-End High-End
Health and Medical Care Devices for Home Use Products for Medical Institutions
Strengthening the operational base for the medical institution
business through the acquisition of Colin Medical Technology
Operating room
Examination
Hospital ward
Thermometers Electrocardiograph Nebulizers
Exhaled gas
monitors
Inpatient blood
pressure monitoring
devices
Central monitors
Vascular
screening
devices
Full automatic
blood pressure
monitors
Digital blood pressure
monitors
Body composition
analyzers