is a direct sales organization that develops and manufactures automation sensors, vision systems, barcode readers, laser markers, measuring instruments, and digital microscopes. Keyence is fablessalthough it is a manufacturer; it specializes solely in product planning and development and does not manufacture the final products. Keyence products are manufactured at qualified contract manufacturing companies.

Operations

Keyence Corporation is a global company with a network of 16 international organizations that specializes in factory

automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...

. Keyence Corporation earns over in yearly sales and employs more than 8,300 employees worldwide. As a

direct sales Direct selling consists of single-level marketing (in which a direct seller makes money by buying products from a parent organization and selling them directly to customers) and multi-level marketing (in which the direct seller may earn money ...

company, Keyence salespeople visit customers on site with demonstration cases to show products live. Keyence's range of products are part of the

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...

and research processes in a variety of industries, including the

electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

semiconductor A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way ...

, automotive, food and packaging,

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

, and

pharmaceutical A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and ...

industries.

Products

Keyence is a

fabless manufacturing Fabless manufacturing is the design and sale of hardware devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing their fabrication (or ''fab'') to a specialized manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry. These foundries are typically, but not exclu ...

company that sells a broad range of products, from the

photoelectric sensor A photoelectric sensor is a device used to determine the distance, absence, or presence of an object by using a light transmitter, often infrared, and a photoelectric receiver. They are largely used in industrial manufacturing. There are three ...

and

proximity sensors A proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. A proximity sensor often emits an electromagnetic field or a beam of electromagnetic radiation (infrared, for instance), and looks for ...

to measuring instruments for inspection lines to high precision microscopes used in research institutes. These products are used by more than 300,000 customers globally. Products are shipped from Keyence's warehouses in Japan, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea, or from 148 agents in 31 countries.

Automation sensors

* Fiber optic sensors (FS Series) * Photoelectric & laser sensors (LR/PR/PZ/PX/LV Series) * Laser Distance sensors (GV & IL) * Colour & Eye-Mark Sensors (LR-W Series)

Industrial safety

* Safety light curtains (GL Series) * Safety laser scanners (SZ Series)

Machine vision systems and vision sensors

* Flexible machine vision systems (XG-X Series) * Smart machine vision systems (CV-X Series) * Vision sensors (IV Series) * With Machine Learning (IV2/IV3) * Barcode readers (SR Series)

Industrial Laser Markers

* UV Laser Markers (MD-U Series) * Hybrid Laser Markers (YVO4 + Fiber) (MD-X Series) * Fiber Laser Markers (MD-F Series) * CO2 Laser Markers (ML-Z Series) * Green/SHG Laser Markers (MD-T Series)

Industrial Inkjet Printer

*Standard black inkjet *Small character inkjet *Yellow inkjet *White inkjet *MEK-free inkjet

Measurement systems and sensors

* Handheld Shop Floor Coordinate-Measurement Machine (XM Series) * Image measurement systems (IM Series)-

Optical comparator An optical comparator (often called just a comparator in context) or profile projector is a device that applies the principles of optics to the inspection of manufactured parts. In a comparator, the magnified silhouette of a part is projected up ...

* 1D laser displacement sensors (LK Series) * 2D laser displacement sensors (LJ Series) * Optical laser scan micrometers (LS Series) * 2D Optical Micrometers (TM Series) * Contact distance LVDT sensors (GT Series) * Scanning laser confocal sensors (LT Series) * Spectral-interference displacement meters (SI Series)

Advanced microscopes

* Digital microscope (VHX Series) * Laser scanning microscope (VK Series) * High-speed microscope (VW Series) * Fluorescence microscope (BZ Series)

Static eliminators

* Bar-type static eliminators (SJ-H Series) * Blower-type static eliminators (SJ-F Series) * Spot-type static eliminators (SJ-M Series)

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

* Compact type (KV-Nano Series) * Modular type (KV-8000 Series)

Company culture and reputation

Keyence Japan is consistently listed in the

Nihon Keizai Shimbun ''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tok ...

's yearly ranking of the "Top Ten Most Excellent Companies in Japan." The company maintains a strong ROE (12.32%) and a conservative equity ratio (95.54%), and it is also known as one of the top companies in Japan in terms of salaries; the average annual salary for full-time employees (average age: 35.8 years old) in FY2021 being (). A 350-million-year-old ammonite fossil is displayed at the entrance of the Japanese headquarters; other fossils of long-dead creatures line the corridors and meeting rooms. Relics are supposed to convey a tacit message to employees: keep aiming high or you'll become a fossil.

Outstanding Structure Award2000

In 2000 the headquarters building was awarded the

Outstanding Structure Award The Outstanding Structure Award is an award presented by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering to the Engineer, Architect, Contractor, and the Owner in recognition of ''the most remarkable, innovative, creative or othe ...

by the

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) is a non-profit organisation with mission to promote the exchange of knowledge and to advance the practice of structural engineering worldwide in the service of the profess ...

in recognition of the most remarkable, innovative, creative or otherwise stimulating structure.

References

External links

Keyence Global Home

Keyence Corporation

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