Following a resolution at a meeting of its Board of Directors held today, Omron Corporation (Headquarters: Kyoto, Japan; President & CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) announced its entry into a stock purchase agreement to acquire a 100% stake in Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc. of California (hereinafter referred to as “DT”), which will result in DT becoming a member of the Omron Group. The acquisition is subject to customary conditions to closing. Omron expects the acquisition to close in early September, 2015.
With headquarters in Chatsworth, California, DT is a control device company in the United States. This acquisition is part of our strategy to promote its development of factory automation technology and strengthen its sales capability in the control device business. Through the acquisition of DT, we aim to reinforce its technology development and engineering capabilities in the field of motion control (*1) designed to drive manufacturing equipment. Merging products and technologies of both companies will also enable delivery of optimized motion control solutions globally through combined distribution networks.
As a leader in industrial automation, Omron has extensive lines of control components and equipment, ranging from image-processing sensors and other input devices through various controllers to output devices such as servo drives and servo motors, along with a range of safety devices and in-panel controllers. Combining these products, we continue to offer a wide range of advanced automation solutions to manufacturers worldwide.
In recent years, the manufacturing industry has experienced radical environmental changes, such as the globalization of markets and shortened product cycles. In the midst of these changes, production sites face rising challenges: improving productivity through increasing machine throughput speed and accuracy, labor-saving through the use of robots, and quality enhancement. To help manufacturers meet these challenges, we have released the NJ/NX series of machine automation controllers that integrate logic, motion, vision, safety, and networking functions into a single unit. Connecting various input and output devices such as vision sensors and servo drives to the NJ/NX controller in a seamless manner enables high-performance motion control that was difficult through conventional PLCs. Centering on the NJ/NX series, we provide manufacturers in the automobile, digital device, food and beverage packaging, and other industries with solutions and engineering support.'
DT, as a specialist manufacturer of motion controllers, boasts renowned and powerful development and systems integration capabilities that enabled the company to develop, manufacture, and market what is widely recognized as the world’s highest level motion controller, dubbed “PMAC.” This product is now used mainly by US and Korean producers of semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment, machine tools, packaging machines, among others.
This acquisition will allow us to combine DT’s PMAC motion controller with its wide range of products and offer new solutions to its customers globally. By leveraging DT’s sales network, equipped with highly skilled engineering capability, we will provide DT’s customers with high-performance solutions comprising our control devices and DT’s PMAC. Omron will also aim to expand applications of its solutions by adopting the high-performance motion control technology that DT has accumulated over many years.
Through the acquisition of DT, we will further advance its leading automation technology. In addition, by promoting manufacturing innovation together with its customers, we will steadily reinforce its industrial automation business, one of the pivotal strategies of Omron Group’s long-term management strategy, called “Value Generation 2020（*2),” as it works to drive further growth for the future.
*1 A motion controller is a controller designed to control the motion of a servo or stepping motor by executing the program that specifies its motion by means of time and position. The motion controller is available in various configurations, including PLC-embedded type, PLC unit type, and PC board type. “The world’s highest level” refers to the motion control performance of 50 microseconds/8 axes (OMRON survey as of April 2015).
*2 “Value Generation 2020 (VG2020)” is the Omron Group’s long-term management strategy targeting the decade from 2011 to 2020. To achieve VG2020 goals, Omron is committed to accelerating business growth, and providing new value to many customers across the world.
About Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc.
Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc. of California is a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of innovative, high-performance motion controllers. With more than 30 years of experience and 1,000,000 axes of motion, Delta Tau is committed to providing solutions for the simplest to most complex applications. Its products are used by several thousand companies worldwide, including in industries such as semiconductor manufacturing, medical, packaging equipment, scientific research, and more. Delta Tau produces all its products in the USA and is dedicated to continuously developing next-generation technology, in order to benefit customers by keeping them ahead of the competition.
About Omron Automation
Omron Automation is an industrial automation partner that creates, sells and services fully integrated automation solutions that include sensing, control, safety, vision, motion, robotics and more. Established in 1933, Omron's 30,000 employees help businesses solve problems with creativity in more than 110 countries. Learn more at http://automation.omron.com/.