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Click the Forward Button to Promote Equality in China's Rural Education

Education in China, with a population of 1.4 billion, is undoubtedly a national priority. In 2022, with the comprehensive launch of China's rural revitalization strategy, there was a shift in focus to...

Contributing towards sustainable food production for billions with OMRON IoT based environment sensors

The Indian agriculture sector employing more than 50% of the total workforce contributes about 17% of the country's total GDP. With a population size that is already over 1.3 billion, producing suffic...

A New Era of Devices and Modules As Ushered in by Solutions

OMRON Corporation is accelerating its drive to resolve social issues through its business, with a view toward realizing an ideal society as conceived of in SF2030(Shaping the Future), the Group's new ...

How Global Partnerships for Energy Productivity Can Drive a Net-Zero World

Written by The Wall Street Journal Custom Studios, 2022 Tech innovator OMRON has long believed in the power of co-creation to drive a better future. Now it is taking the vision to a new level as part ...

OMRON Joins EP100, Commits to Doubling Energy Productivity by 2040

OMRON recently announced it is joining the EP100*1 , an international corporate initiative to improve energy productivity. In joining the initiative, OMRON commits to doubling the energy productivity ...

Creating a New Service for Reliable Operation of Solar Power Generation Facilities

The mitigation of global warming is a common challenge for the entire world, and essential in order to make sustainable societies a reality. Over 120 countries and regions, Japan included, are current...

Sustainable Automation: OMRON's Vertical Farming Solution

Automated vertical farming is developing rapidly. The vertical farming market is expected to reach $24.11 Billion by 2030*1. The sustainable farming concept was pioneered in the United Kingdom by Inte...

Creating face shield holders utilizing recyclable material

COVID-19 continues to pose challenges for countries around the world and Malaysia is no different. The country is known for its high density of knowledge-based industries and adoption of cutting-edge ...

Inventing the Sustainable Future

Written by The Wall Street Journal Custom Studios, 2022 Amid rising concerns about climate change and inequality, a global technology leader is forging a new vision of "social design innovation" that ...

Solving Through Automation: Providing Flexibility and Sustainability with Robotics

Robotics are playing an increasingly larger role in factory automation. Companies are embracing the idea of leaving tasks that are physically demanding, dangerous, or repetitive to smart robots so tha...

From a Passion to Reduce Marine Plastic Waste was Born an Innovative Packaging Technology

Marine plastic waste is a universal problem globally. About half of plastics that enter oceans are packaging materials such as containers and wrapping. In a bid to reduce such environmental impact, ma...

Mobile robots contributing towards safe sterilization of medical instruments

Hospitals are a vital part of any health care system and are considered reservoirs of critical resources and knowledge that keep societies safe and thriving. Adequate and reliable infrastructure, tech...

Global Sales of Blood Pressure Monitors Top 300 Million Units

Although today monitoring blood pressure at home is an ordinary scene in everyday life, when OMRON launched its first electronic home-use blood pressure monitor in 1973, home blood pressure monitoring...

Being part of contributions to societal solutions

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them", is the Albert Einstein quote that Sven Kaluza has featured on his LinkedIn-profile. The statement illustrates the pe...

Touchless Technology Enhances Safety and Reliability of the "New Normal"

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the face of the world in many aspects. One such change to our everyday lives is the spread of contactless apparatuses. OMRON supports new-normal lifestyles with indus...

Smart Toilets contributing towards a sustainable and safer living in India

As humans, the hierarchy of our basic needs start from physiological which includes food, water, clothing, shelter, sleep to name a few. These are some of the most basic needs to survive on this plane...

Working with Local Governments to Build Communities Resilient to Disasters

Rain, such as cold rain, the rainy season, or autumn rain, is a sign that the seasons are changing. But rain has become more than just a sign in recent years as flood damages occur in many areas becau...

Inspiring Employees to Unleash Their Passion for Solving Social Issues

Guided by the corporate motto of "To improve lives and contribute to a better society" created by the OMRON founder Kazuma Tateishi , we are working to put into practice the OMRON Principles of solvin...

Creating the Future of Diversity & Inclusion

OMRON Taiyo and OMRON Kyoto Taiyo are production sites where people with disabilities constitute the core workforce. OMRON Taiyo has been employing people with disabilities for close to half a century...

Class Program Given by Doctors for Enhancing Women's Health Literacy of Adolescents

In line with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 5, "Gender equality," the formation of a gender-equal society, in which everyone can fully display their individuality and ability in any field regar...

Aiming for Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

In order to combat global warming and stabilize energy supply and demand, reduction of our energy consumption is necessary. According to the FY2018 Energy Supply and Demand Results (confirmed data rep...

"New Normal" Railway Station Services by realizing "Station Automation"

The outbreak of COVID-19 early this year has left lingering effects in every facet of our society. To prevent the spread of the virus, creating crowds around passenger support desks at train stations ...

A Little Communication Goes a Long Way to Unearth the Hidden Potential of Diverse People

In Japan, the number of persons with disabilities on the payroll of private enterprises has been growing year by year, hitting a record-high 530,000 persons in 2019*1. Yet, out of an estimated 2.06 mi...

"I'm going out for tea with my friends" using meemo, a community-based MaaS

Changes in the environment of Japan's regional cities because of a declining birthrate, aging population, stagnant local economies, and weakened local communities, have led to a movement to make local...

Protecting the Safety and Security of the Roads

Many sections of the expressways, the nation's main artery and critical infrastructure, are more than 50 years old, and their road surfaces and structures are deteriorating. Its maintenance is importa...

One-Stop Service for Diabetic Patients in China

In China, as living standards improve, the number of diabetic patients has risen steeply to reach more than 110 million. Diabetes is a serious disease that can lead to various complications, such as l...

Our Ever-evolving Commitment to Meeting the Needs of Society: The Case of the Hotel Industry's Solution to the Challenges It Faces

The "new normal", an era of "new way of life and common sense," created by the COVID-19 pandemic has brought us a new lifestyle. One of the most familiar examples is the growing interest in "contactle...

Now is the Time to Aim for a Symbiotic Society Where Everyone Can Smile

After an unprecedentedly short summer vacation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new term has started in Japan's schools. Among the various restrictions on school life, some schools have prohibited c...

Protecting Health and Safety by Automating Disinfection Services with UV-Equipped Mobile Robots

In the fight against COVID-19, the demand for sanitization and disinfection services is growing not only in hospitals but also places like airports, hotels, offices, and schools worldwide. However, th...

OMRON China Takes Up the Challenge: Supporting BYD, which has become one of the World's Largest Mask Manufacturers

Series list Members of OMRON in Spain contribute to an open ventilator development project Even Under COVID-19, "Keep Providing Medical Suction Equipment". Efforts by OMRON Employees in Italy OMRON C...

Promoting the Independence of the Elderly through the Spread of Long-term Care Prevention Service that Support the Health of the Elderly in the 100-year Life Era

Healthy life expectancy is an important indicator when considering QoL (Quality of Life) in the 100-year life era. This healthy life expectancy is the period of time during which people are able to li...

Japan's Largest Carport Photovoltaic System by Murata Manufacturing and OMRON

In recent years, the effects of climate change, such as rising temperature and increasing torrential rains, have been observed in many places. Since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, the world ...

Recycling Food for the Ultimate in Local Production, Local Consumption.

"Food loss" refers to the discarding of food products that are still fit for consumption. In Japan, total food loss amounts to 6.12 million tons*1 annually, or 132 grams (equivalent to one bowl of ric...

Engaging with Diversity, Helping One's Workmates: One "Busybody" Employee Transforms the Workplace

The term "diversity and inclusion" has been garnering attention in a wide variety of contexts in recent times. This term expresses the idea of organizations bringing together people of diverse backgro...

Even Under COVID-19, "Keep Providing Medical Suction Equipment". Efforts by OMRON Employees in Italy

Series list Members of OMRON in Spain contribute to an open ventilator development project Even Under COVID-19, "Keep Providing Medical Suction Equipment". Efforts by OMRON Employees in Italy OMRON C...

Members of OMRON in Spain contribute to an open ventilator development project

As of June 15, 2020, more than 7.8 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed globally, and over 430,000 people have lost their lives to the infection. Many people have asked themselves what they c...

Supporting the Continuity of Hypertension Treatment through Telemedicine

There are reportedly around 43 million hypertension patients in Japan. This means that around one-third of Japan's population suffers from hypertension. If left untreated, hypertension can increase th...

Creating a Sustainable Society by Putting the OMRON Principles into Practice

The Sustainability of Society - An Urgent Issue The attention being paid to sustainability is increasing rapidly. According to a report issued in 2018 by the environmental preservation NGO World Wide ...

Signposts of the VUCA Era, Co-Creating Future Scenarios

We are living in the VUCA era. A time of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. These FACTORS make Predicting the future is extremely difficult. OMRON, however, has used the SINIC theory ...

Combating counterfeit products to realize a better society in Russia

Illegal traffic of counterfeit products remains one of the major problems in Russia. According to the Russian Ministry of Health, about 58,000 people died of alcohol poisoning in the country in 2016, ...

Can OMRON change a community!? Regional Revitalization Project toward 2030

OMRON recently concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement with Maizuru City in Kyoto Prefecture, a municipality with a population of about 80,000. The agreement was to initiate a project to revit...

From the Crossroads of East and West: Innovating the World's Manufacturing Industry

The Republic of Turkey is unique in that it spans two continents, Asia and Europe. In 2018, its population exceeded 80 million people. The economic growth of this nation, located at the crossroads of...

Designing a station that is safe for users of all ages

Trains are indispensable for our life. They are used for commute, shopping and travel during holidays, forming an essential part of people's everyday activities. As foreign tourists visiting Japan in...

Tackling the Food Crisis with a Borderless Collaboration

Soaring prices of vegetables has become a problem in today's world at a societal scale. Causes range from extreme weather, decline in labor force in the agricultural sector, the high prices of fuel ne...

Helping Kyoto Pave Its Future with Photovoltaic Power Generation

In recent years, the importance of renewable energy as a countermeasure against global warming as well as transition from conventional forms of energy to alternative options are increasingly attractin...

Joint risk management between management and staff brings fairness and transparency to a truly global company

All businesses are constantly "at risk", such as data leakage and product recalls. The source of the problem often stems from inadequate internal policies rather than human errors. So why is this happ...

Saving people around the globe from lifestyle disease

Collaborating with the Philippine government to promote local health programs "Did you know the fact that the leading cause of death in the Philippines, is heart disease?" asked Janis Ian, OMRON Healt...

Safety first in manufacturing

Korea has grown into an economic giant since the 1970's from manufacturing high-quality fabrics, steel, vessels, semi-conductors, automobile, electronics, and mobile devices. OMRON Korea decided to ta...

Open Innovation sheds new light on agriculture

Society changes, and a variety of needs and social issues inevitably arise around the world. This is a story of how OMRON utilizes open innovation to turn ideas into reality to fulfill necessities and...

Protecting humanity from 'counterfeit' medicine

A young German man who suffered an acute heart attack was taken to the hospital and died two days after taking blood pressure medicine purchased on the Internet. It turns out that the medicine contain...

China's Evolution in Manufacturing Innovation

China used to be called "the world's factory" hosting a great number of labor intensive industries. Today, China is evolving into an innovation epicenter, creating new technologies including devices s...

Preventing Major Cardiovascular Illnesses with Self-monitoring

According to the WHO, more people die annually from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than from any other cause. One of the primary cause of CVD is high blood pressure - when left untreated, the damage th...

Listening to the voice of the customers, OMRON production site Engineers

How to master a robot? OMRON are consulted daily about problems at production sites, for example "Can we reduce the labor involved in packing products from a conveyor belt?" Many of these customers al...

The ethereal power system. Minimizing power transmission loss by cutting the cord

Picture yourself sitting on a hot summer day in a nice cool air-conditioned room with your chilled beer or juice just taken from your fridge. You are eating your favorite snack which has been heated i...