"OMRON Corporation is a $6.6 billion global company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, that creates and produces innovative solutions and advanced technologies. It was founded in May 1933 as a maker of x-ray timer relays by Kazuma Tateisi, an individual devoted to both the art of making things and effective business management. Today, OMRON Corporation upholds its founding spirit by continually expanding and diversifying its core technologies for application to advanced products in diverse business fields."