COMPANY INFO
Corporate History
-
1985
-
March
Establishment: Capital of
10 million Japanese Yen -
September
Stepping motor driver RD-122 was released.
-
December
Article of RD-122 was published in magazine “Mechanical Automation”.
-
March
-
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.
-
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.
-
March
-
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.
-
February
-
1988
-
June
Capital was increased to 35,000,000 Japanese Yen.
-
September
Vacuum clean robot RR351 was developed.
-
June
-
1989
-
March
Wafer transfer unit RR6120 was released.
-
April
New head office factory was constructed: Full floor area 682m2
-
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.
-
November
Vacuum clean robot RR351 was released.
-
March
-
1990
-
March
The second phase of the factory construction was completed: Full floor area 2,065m2.
-
June
Vacuum clean robots RR352 and RR452 were released.
-
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.
-
March
-
1991
-
February
Micro-stepping motor drivers RD-023MS and RD-323MS were released.
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.
-
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
-
February
-
1992
-
May
Micro-stepping motor driver RD-053MS was released.
-
November
Dual-arm clean robot RR701 was released.
-
December
Trajectory type self-traveling robot RZ9201 was released.
-
May
-
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.
RC-233
-
May
-
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.
-
November
Large glass substrate handling robots RR404 and RR467 were released.
-
June
-
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.
-
December
High output low vibration type two-phase micro-stepping motor driver RD-026MS was released.
-
December
Loader/Unloader for handling SMIF pod was released.
-
December
300 mm wafer handling system was released.
-
February
-
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.
-
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.
-
February
-
1997
-
April
Affiliate RORZE TECHNOLOGY, INC. became a subsidiary.
-
August
Head office factory extension (3rd phase) was completed: Full floor area 11,870 m2.
-
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.
-
April
-
1998
-
April
New building of RORZE ROBOTECH INC. was completed.
-
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.
-
April
-
1999
-
December
New controller RC-400 Series was released.
-
December
-
2000
-
April
Motion Controllers RC-400, RC-410, and RC-420 were released.
RC-420 -
June
Head office extension was completed: Full floor area 12,185 m2.
-
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.
-
December
Multi-axis interpolating robot RR730 was released.
-
April
-
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.
-
April
-
2002
-
April
Cassette Station for 5th generation glass substrate RRG-80 was released.
-
April
-
2003
-
April
ISO 9001:2000 was acquired.
-
September
7th generation glass substrate handling system was developed.
-
April
-
2004
-
May
Subsidiary RORZE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS (SIP) CO., LTD. was established in Suzhou, China.
-
July
New wafer handling vacuum robot “MUSASHI” was released.
-
October
Head office factory was awarded “Chairman’s Award of Japan Greenery Research and Development Center”.
-
December
Name of Kyushu FA Center was changed to Kyushu Factory.
-
May
-
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.
-
July
Square-configuration chamber was released.
-
November
Name of Kyushu FA Center was changed to Kyushu Factory.
-
June
-
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.
-
April
-
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.
-
January
-
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.
-
November
-
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.
-
November
-
2011
-
June
President Fumio Sakiya was awarded Medal with Yellow Ribbon.
-
June
-
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.
-
November
-
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.
-
November
Scheduling software package “AsuRa” for bio-automation was released.
-
February
-
2014
-
March
Operation of solar power plant (max. output 393 kW) in Kyushu Factory started.
-
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.
-
March
-
2015
-
May
Wafer handling robot RR759 was released.
-
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.
-
May
-
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.
-
November
SCALE48 was released.
-
January
-
2017
-
January
RORZE ROBOTECH received Excellent Corporate Award from Hai Phong.
-
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).
-
January
-
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.
-
April
-
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.
-
April
-
2020
-
March
Chinese subsidiary renamed RORZE CREATECH CO.,LTD.
-
April
Kanagawa FA Center relocated to Yokohama City and renamed Yokohama Office.
-
March
-
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.
-
February
-
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.
-
April
-
2023
-
March
IAS Inc., the company of analytical solutions, became wholly-owned subsidiary.
HP: https://iasinc.jp/english/
-
March