OMRON opens new Automation Centre in Tokyo
Published on : Saturday 25-01-2020
Flagship FA Technology Centre that brings about innovation to production floor through co-creation with customers.

Kyoto, Japan, January 24, 2020 – OMRON Corporation, based in Kyoto, Japan, announced the January 22 opening of Automation Centre Tokyo (ATC-Tokyo) in Shinagawa, Tokyo, where corporate customers join OMRON to find solutions to their manufacturing issues. The 37th ATC facility in the world, ATC-Tokyo is OMRON's flagship factory automation (FA) technology centre, where model production floors are built within the world's largest* ATC facility to allow customers to experience and test state-of-the-art FA that seamlessly integrates AI, IoT, robotics, and other cutting-edge technologies. At ATC-TOKYO, customers can witness manufacturing developments made possible by "innovative-Automation," OMRON's unique manufacturing innovation concept that facilitates solutions to issues facing manufacturers around the world.

At ATC-Tokyo, customers are invited to test for themselves customized solutions to issues that they encounter on production floors, which tap into innovative technologies and applications created through an optimal combination of OMRON's more than 200,000 different types of control devices. In the seminar room, customers can avail themselves of technical training, which they may need to introduce devices of their choice. Adjacent to ATC-Tokyo is Automation Centre Tokyo POC Lab (POC-Tokyo), where customers can conduct demonstration tests in a simulated usage environment to verify processes using various robots, such as collaborative robots and mobile robots, and devices that they have brought in. Also in the vicinity is a development function working on the latest technology, making ATC-Tokyo a one-stop co-creation solution centre where customers can not only "experience" cutting-edge manufacturing technologies but also "demonstrate," "learn skills for," and "develop" devices that they need.