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Opened the Hu-tech Environmental Laboratory.
This building is a test case for completely new
zero-energy building* and energy concepts
*Reduce a building’s annual primary energy usage to zero through energy
conservation and efficiency.
November 2014
2014 2015
April
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Manage-
ment and
Business
Products
and
Services
Signed a letter of intent with Cyberdyne Inc.
for a robotics business partnership
December 2014
September 2014
Omron selected for the fifth
consecutive year as a compo-
nent of the DJSI Asia Pacific
Index
Established Omron Ventures Co.,
Ltd. on July 1, 2014 as a corporate
venture capital subsidiary
http://www.omron.com/media/
press/2014/07/c0701.html
July 2014
First share buyback in six years (2.82 million
shares; ¥15.0 billion) and share retirement
http://www.omron.com/ir/news/2014/20141028_3.html
http://www.omron.com/ir/news/2014/20141126.html
October– December 2014
Omron’s absolute
pressure sensor awarded
Semiconductor of the Year 2014
in the semiconductor devices
category
June 2014
Omron introduced the Accumil
V7000 Series, a patient monitor
offering high operability and diverse
functionality to support
safe and efficient
nursing care
July 2014 Omron’s Table Tennis Robot awarded
the U.S. Media Panel Innovation
Award at CEATEC 2014*
*Award given by U.S. IT/electronics journalists to the most
innovative technologies, products, and services exhibited at
CEATEC JAPAN deemed to have a significant impact on the
future U.S. market.
http://www.omron.com/media/press/2014/10/c1010.html
Modified current Japanese
passive entry and engine
start systems to meet needs in
emerging economies; began
marketing systems in India
See P. 8 for more.
Developed a first-of-its-kind*
spatial projection technolo-
gy to project static 3D images using
LED lights and a transparent plate
* September 2014 internal survey
October 2014
Acquired NS Industria de Aparelhos Medicos
Ltda., the No.1 nebulizer manufacturing and
sales company in the Brazilian market
http://www.omron.com/media/press/2014/09/h0909.html
October 2014
Launched a joint project with JIN Co., Ltd. for the
development of a new healthcare product; new product
scheduled to be introduced to the market in spring 2016
Omron named the Grand Prix winner of the Tokyo Stock
Exchange Corporate Value Improvement Award
See P. 28 for more.
http://www.omron.com/
media/press/2015/01/
c0107.html
January 2015
Released HEM-
7280C upper arm
blood pressure monitor with
communications feature and
backlight
February 2015
Released vision sensing
component, Hu-man Vision
Components-Consumer Model (recognizes the
status of a person and sends information to a
smartphone)
http://www.omron.com/media/press/2014/10/e1014_2.html
Cumulative production of KP Series PV
inverters for solar power systems surpasses
1 million units
December 2014
January 2015
Omron’s uninterruptible power supply
(UPS) won the BCN AWARD 2015 for
the most outstanding
product in the UPS division
Introduced the world’s
lightest, most
compact solar power
generation hybrid storage
battery system (KP48S)
April 2015
Introduced the world’s fastest
machine automation controller
for the FA industry (NX701); with the
addition of the basic NJ101 model.
Omron offers control solutions for
everything from advanced production
systems to general-use equipment
*March 2015 internal survey
http://www.omron.com/media/
press/2015/04/i0401.html
Fiscal 2014 was a full and eventful year at Omron. We took strategic steps forward in creating a self-driven growth
structure. We created a venture investment subsidiary to find and fund opportunities for future growth. We acquired
a Brazilian company and partnered with others. In addition, our innovative management by ROIC program was
recognized and awarded the Corporate Value Improvement Award by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Year in Review
Industrial Automation Business (IAB)
Electronic and Mechanical
　　 Components Business (EMC)
Automotive Electronic
　　 Components Business (AEC)
Social Systems, Solutions and
　　 Service Business (SSB) Healthcare Business (HCB) Other Businesses
Integrated Report 2015 11
10 OMRON Corporation
About Omron Where We’re Headed Corporate Value Initiatives Corporate Value Foundation Financial Section