COMPANY INFO

Corporate History

1985

March

Establishment: Capital of
10 million Japanese Yen

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September

Stepping motor driver RD-122 was released.

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December

Article of RD-122 was published in magazine “Mechanical Automation”.

1986

March

Stepping motor drivers RD-123, RD-023, RD-153, and RD-053 were released.

April

Science and Technology Agency: Noteworthy Invention Award

May

Ultra-compact controller RC-201 was released.

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August

Stepping motor drivers RD-126, RD-026, RD-155, and RD-055 were released.

September

Controller RC-202 for the unmanned system was released.

December

Clean robot RR302 was released.

1987

February

Micro-stepping motor driver was released.

March

Article of RORZE unmanned system method was published in magazine “Processor”.

August

Article of semiconductor clean handling system was published in magazine “Mechanical Automation”.

December

Clean robot RR304 was released.

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1988

June

Capital was increased to 35,000,000 Japanese Yen.

September

Vacuum clean robot RR351 was developed.

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1989

March

Wafer transfer unit RR6120 was released.

April

New head office factory was constructed: Full floor area 682m2

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July

Capital was increased to 49,000,000 Japanese Yen (free capital increase).

July

“Group Zero” was established.

August

Capital was increased to 114,000,000 Japanese Yen.

August

Employee shareholding association started.

September

Super clean robot RR307 was released.

October

I/O master controller RC-207 was released.

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November

Vacuum clean robot RR351 was released.

1990

March

The second phase of the factory construction was completed: Full floor area 2,065m2.

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June

Vacuum clean robots RR352 and RR452 were released.

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August

RORZE Research Institute was opened. (Hamamatsu)

August

Capital was increased to 400,625,000 Japanese Yen.

November

Symmetry finger robots RR304L120TF51 and RR304L150TF51 were released.

1991

February

Micro-stepping motor drivers RD-023MS and RD-323MS were released.

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RD-023MS

February

Encoder input type oscillator built-in controllers RC-231 and RC-231HA were released.

March

Expansion of head office building was completed: Full floor area 2,752 m2.

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July

Cassette handling robots were released (RR501 and RR601).

August

Site for new head office was acquired: 83,907 m2.

October

New Business Award: Excellence Award

1992

May

Micro-stepping motor driver RD-053MS was released.

November

Dual-arm clean robot RR701 was released.

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December

Trajectory type self-traveling robot RZ9201 was released.

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1993

May

New Frontier Award: Grand Prize and Excellent Product Award

August

Two-phase micro-stepping driver RD-021M8 was released.

December

Large glass substrate handling robot was released.

December

100 V AC input five-phase stepping motor driver RD-A051 was released.

December

Controller with S-curve acceleration/deceleration function RC-233 was released.

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RC-233

1994

June

Underfloor trajectory type self-traveling robot was released.

June

ID number automatic reading system was released.

July

Capital was increased to 490,625,000 Japanese Yen.

July

Large glass substrate handling dual-arm robot RR405 was released.

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November

Large glass substrate handling robots RR404 and RR467 were released.

1995

February

Capital was increased to 546,875,000 Japanese Yen.

April

Mass production of large glass substrate handling dual-arm robot RR405 started.

October

Construction of the factory for manufacturing glass substrate handling robot and system was completed: Site area 40,523 m2, Full floor area 3,056 m2.

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December

High output low vibration type two-phase micro-stepping motor driver RD-026MS was released.

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December

Loader/Unloader for handling SMIF pod was released.

December

300 mm wafer handling system was released.

1996

February

Subsidiary RORZE INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD. was established in Singapore.

March

Affiliate RORZE TECHNOLOGY, INC. was established in Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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April

Kyushu FA Center was opened in Kumamoto.

June

Organization change to FA Centers in domestic offices was announced.

July

Tokyo Sales Office was moved in Ebina, Kanagawa to be Kanagawa FA Center.

August

Capital was increased to 771,875,000 Japanese Yen.

September

Michinoue Factory extension (2nd phase) was completed: Full floor area 7,015 m2. Head office was moved and integrated, and old head office became Chujo Factory.

September

Training building was constructed: Full floor area 458 m2.

October

CE marking compliant Sensor Mate RS-112 was developed.

October

Subsidiary RORZE ROBOTECH INC. was established in Haiphong-City, Vietnam.

November

Subsidiary RORZE AUTOMATION, INC was established in Milpitas, CA, U.S.A.

1997

April

Affiliate RORZE TECHNOLOGY, INC. became a subsidiary.

August

Head office factory extension (3rd phase) was completed: Full floor area 11,870 m2.

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August

Chujo factory was integrated into Head office.

November

Subsidiary RORZE SYSTEMS CORPORATION was established in Suwon-City, Kyunggi-Do, Korea.

December

Company stock was registered as over-the-counter share.

December

Capital was increased to 982,775,000 Japanese Yen.

December

Standard platform Courier 6000 Series for 300 mm wafers was released.

December

VOUP was proposed as mini-environment system.

1998

April

New building of RORZE ROBOTECH INC. was completed.

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August

Site was acquired in Koshi-machi, Kumamoto: 18,515 m2.

December

SEMI Standards compliant FOUP opener YZLOAD was released.

December

Standard cassette station for 300 mm wafers RACS300 was released.

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1999

December

New controller RC-400 Series was released.

2000

April

Motion Controllers RC-400, RC-410, and RC-420 were released.

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RC-420
June

Head office extension was completed: Full floor area 12,185 m2.

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July

Carrier stock for 300 mm wafers RICSS300 was released.

November

New building of Kyushu FA Center was completed: Full floor area 6,692 m2.

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December

Multi-axis interpolating robot RR730 was released.

2001

April

Large glass substrate handling dual-arm robot for 5th generation glass substrate RR421 was released.

December

Dual-blade multi-axis interpolating robot RR732 was released.

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2002

April

Cassette Station for 5th generation glass substrate RRG-80 was released.

2003

April

ISO 9001:2000 was acquired.

September

7th generation glass substrate handling system was developed.

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2004

May

Subsidiary RORZE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS (SIP) CO., LTD. was established in Suzhou, China.

July

New wafer handling vacuum robot “MUSASHI” was released.

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October

Head office factory was awarded “Chairman’s Award of Japan Greenery Research and Development Center”.

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December

Name of Kyushu FA Center was changed to Kyushu Factory.

2005

June

Shares of IS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, INC. were acquired, and business development for the bio-related business started.

July

RORZE SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Korea) completed a new factory in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, and moved there.

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July

Square-configuration chamber was released.

November

Name of Kyushu FA Center was changed to Kyushu Factory.

2007

April

Selected to one of the 300 strongest small and medium enterprises.

June

ISO14001:2004 (Environmental Management System) was acquired.

December

New EFEM RSC141 was released.

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2008

January

Name of RORZE ROBOTECH INC. was changed to RORZE ROBOTECH CO., LTD.

June

Subsidiary RORZE TECHNOLOGY TRADING CO., LTD. was established in Shanghai, China.

2009

November

We signed a sales agent contract in Japan with Cimetrix Inc.

December

Vacuum platform was released.

December

Single-axis robot GHR Series was released.

December

Vacuum platform for 450 mm wafers was released.

2010

November

Incubator (Cell culture equipment) “Scale120” was commercialized by the joint development with IS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. INC.

December

New EFEM ROSSO-E131 was released.

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2011

June

President Fumio Sakiya was awarded Medal with Yellow Ribbon.

2012

November

Stepping servo control system “New Controller Driver RMD Series” and the robot, load port, aligner, and wafer handling system using it were released.

December

N2 purge wafer stocker was developed.

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2013

February

Subsidiary JIKA JIKA CO., LTD. was established in Haiphong City, Vietnam.

July

Shares were listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (standard) according to integration of cash market of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.

July

Operation of solar power plant (max. output 954 kW) in Head office started.

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November

Scheduling software package “AsuRa” for bio-automation was released.

2014

March

Operation of solar power plant (max. output 393 kW) in Kyushu Factory started.

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October

Affiliate of NINGBO YUNYU MAGNETIC-TECH ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CO., LTD. was established in Zhejiang, China.

November

Multi-axis interpolating robot RR73B was released.

2015

May

Wafer handling robot RR759 was released.

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May

N2 bottom purge load port RV201-F07-N Series was released.

October

Cell culture equipment with the automated exchange function of culture medium “CellKeeper(R)” was released.

December

New image sensor-mounted aligner RA320 L Series and RA420 L Series were released.

2016

January

RORZE listing of shares was changed from JASDAQ to the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

August

RORZE was listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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November

SCALE48 was released.

2017

January

RORZE ROBOTECH received Excellent Corporate Award from Hai Phong.

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March

Acquired 100% ownership of IS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. INC. and renamed to RORZE Lifescience Inc.

August

RORZE ROBOTECH, the production base in Vietnam, started operation at its new plant(the 4th plant).

2018

April

Fumio Sakiya, Advisor to the Board of Directors, was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.

September

Established Shanghai Rorze Remed Biotechnology Co., Ltd in Shanghai, China, a joint venture for the development, manufacture and sale of life science related equipment.

2019

April

Established European subsidiary RORZE ENGINEERING GmbH in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.

April

Received the Best Supplier Award from CANON ANELVA CORPORATION.
RORZE ROBOTECH won the award as a supplier that made a significant contribution to delivery, quality and cost.

August

RORZE ROBOTECH’s new factories (No. 5 to No. 7) in Vietnam completed.

2020

March

Chinese subsidiary renamed RORZE CREATECH CO.,LTD.

April

Kanagawa FA Center relocated to Yokohama City and renamed Yokohama Office.

2021

February

RORZE SYSTEMS CORPORATION,a subsidiary in Korea, completed a new factory and office in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do,and relocation completed.

December

RORZE CREATECH SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. established in Shanghai, China.

2022

April

Transitioned to the Prime Market from the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

May

RORZE Lifescience Inc. invested in facilities and relocated in Tsukuba-shi.

September

RORZE ROBOTECH’s new fctory (No. 8) in Vietnam completed.

September

RORZE CREATECH’s new factory completed in Shanghai, China.

2023

March

IAS Inc., the company of analytical solutions, became wholly-owned subsidiary.
HP: https://iasinc.jp/english/

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