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8
TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
The Omron Group responded flexibly to changing market conditions in fiscal 2006 and, in addition to reporting
that we were able to steadily increase our corporate value, I want to thank all of our stakeholders who
supported that growth. I would like to explain how the Omron Group will achieve sustainable growth in the
future, the vision we must aim for, our mission to respond to the changing times, and the grounding force
required for global management.
A Corporation Contributing to the 21st
Century Earth that Incorporates the
Dynamism of Asian Growth
In June 2007, we opened our first R&D center over-
seas, the Omron R&D Collaborative Innovation Center, in
Shanghai, China. The center will be the second R&D
base for our global operations together with the Keihanna
Technology Innovation Center in Japan, and its purpose
is to enhance the development of our core sensing and
control technologies.
The Omron Group has positioned China as its most
important area of focus in our 10 year long-term corporate
vision, “Grand Design 2010” (GD2010), launched in fiscal
2001. In particular, in the 2nd Stage of GD2010, which
began in fiscal 2004, we concentrated capital investment
in China, which culminated in fiscal 2007 with the open-
ing of the R&D center in Shanghai. The center estab-
lishes a functional coherence for our operations from
R&D through manufacturing, sales and after-sales service
in the Chinese market, which is currently a driver for the
world economy.
Over the next two decades, we plan to incorporate
the dynamism of the Asian market into our current U.S.
and European operations. Ultimately, we aim to be rec-
ognized as a truly 21st century company that contributes
to the healthy development of society on a global basis.