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Oriental Motor Company History

Head-office Building(1960)
Head-office Building(1960)
 The founder Yasutaro Kuraishi started to manufacture and sell electrical appliances in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. 1885   Single-phase 1/30 horsepower synchronous motor
Single-phase 1/30 horsepower synchronous motor
1909 Success in prototyping 1/8 horsepower single-phase commutator.
  1922 Development of A2 type 1/6 horsepower commutator motors.
  1940 Development of single-phase 1/30 horsepower synchronous motors.
Toyoshiki Plant(1962)
Toyoshiki Plant(1962)
 Establishment of "Toyo-Dendoki Co., Ltd." in Kojima-cho, Taito-ku. 1950    
  1951 Development of synchronous motors with 5W output.
Company name changed to "Oriental Motor Co., Ltd". 1953   K Series
K Series
Toyoshiki Plant (current R&D center : Kashiwa-City, Chiba.) started its operation. 1962  
    1966 Development of "K series", our long-selling compact AC standard motors.
Tsuruoka Plant(1974)
Tsuruoka Plant(1974)
 Headquarters moved to Kashiwa-City in Chiba. 1967    
Takamatsu plant started its operation. 1969    
  1971 Development of brake packages as the first motor controlling circuits. Stepping Motor
Stepping Motor
Tsuruoka plant and Tsuchiura plant started their operation. 1974 Development of speed control motors/speed control circuit.
Tsuchiura Plant(1974)
Tsuchiura Plant(1974)
   1976 Development of stepping motors.
Establishment of an overseas office in U.S.A. 1978  
Establishment of an overseas office in Taiwan. 1981 Development of 5-phase stepping motors/control circuit. UPD Series
UPD Series
Establishment of an overseas office in Germany.
Establishment of overseas production in Singapore. 		1982  
    1983 Development of brushless DC fans.
    1984 Development of AC servo motors/control circuit.
Tsuruoka-Higashi plant started its operation. 1985 Development of UPD series that combines a 5-phase stepping motor and control circuit.
Oriental Motor Co.,Ltd and Oriental Motor Sales Co.,Ltd. merged to establish the integrated system of manufacturing and sales. 1986    
    1987 Release of new K series that made overall improvement on the K series.
Headquarters moved to Ueno in Tokyo. Establishment of R&D center in Kashiwa-City, Chiba and Kashiwa plant started its operation. 1988    
Establishment of an amalgamated company (INA OM) in Korea. 1989    
    1990 Development of anti-dust/water-proof motors.
    1991 Development of motorized cylinders, motorized sliders, and dedicated controllers.
    1992 Release of UPK series that combines a high-torque 5-phase stepping motor and control circuit.
Tsuruoka-Nishi plant started its operation. 1995    
Soma plant started its operation.
Establishment of an overseas office in Singapore.
Establishment of an overseas office in U.K.
Establishment of an overseas office in Italy.
Establishment of an overseas office in Korea. 		1996   αSTEP
αSTEP
Establishment of an overseas office in France. 1997    
    1998 Development of αSTEP, new generation stepping motor units.
Release of WK Series, small AC standard motors compliant with safety standards and compatible with global voltage.
    1999 Development of AXU series products, thin high power DC brushless motors. Release of cooling modules.
Establishment of an overseas office in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur). 2000 Release of RK series, stepping motors with the latest motor drive technologies.
    2001 Release of V series that adopts 'BOS' noise-reducing technology.
Development of EZ limo, new motorized linear slides and cylinders. 		EZ limo
EZ limo
20th company anniversary of Singapore Oriental Motor. 2002 Release of PK series standard P type, stepping motors that achieve higher torque.
Establishment of Hong Kong branch office. 2003 Release of AC motors that have China Compulsory Certification (CCC system).
Establishment of an overseas office in Shanghai. 2004    
Establishment of an overseas office in Thailand.
Establishment of an overseas office in Malaysia (Penang). 		2005 Release of CRK series, 5-phase stepping motor and driver package.
Release of brushless DC motor BLF series.
    2006 Release of EZSⅡ Series, new motorized linear slides.
Release of RoHS complaint products.
    2007 Development of AR Series, new generation stepping motor units.