Foundation by Yasutarô Kuraishi in Tokyo |
1885 |
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1909 |
Successful attempts with 1-phase commutator motors (1/8 PS) |
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1922 |
Development of commutator motors (1/6 PS) |
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1940 |
Development of 1-phase synchronous motors (1/30 PS) |
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Registered as "TÔYÔ DENDÔKI Co., Ltd." |
1950 |
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1951 |
Development of 5-Watt synchronous motors |
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Company name changed to "ORIENTAL MOTOR Co., Ltd." * |
1953 |
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1954 |
Standardised product range |
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Production start at Kashiwa plant (Chiba prefecture) |
1962 |
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Production start at Takamatsu plant (Kagawa prefecture) |
1969 |
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1971 |
Development of motors with control circuit |
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Production start at Kôfu plant (Yamanashi prefecture) |
1973 |
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Production start at Tsuruoka plant (Yamagata prefecture) Production start at Tsuchiura plant (Ibaragi prefecture) |
1974 |
Development of speed control motor |
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1976 |
Development of stepping motors |
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Established "ORIENTAL MOTOR U.S.A. CORPORATION" in Los Angeles |
1978 |
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Established a representative office in Düsseldorf/Germany |
1979 |
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1981 |
Sales start of 5-phase drives |
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Established "ORIENTAL MOTOR (EUROPA) GmbH" in Düsseldorf/Germany |
1982 |
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1983 |
Development of brushless DC-fans |
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Production start at Tsuruoka-East plant (Yamagata prefecture) |
1985 |
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1990 |
Development of motors with protection class IP65 |
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Opening of Munich sales office (Germany) |
1993 |
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Production start at Tsuruoka-West plant (Yamagata prefecture) |
1995 |
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Established "ORIENTAL MOTOR (UK) Ltd." in Farnborough/United Kingdom Established "ORIENTAL MOTOR ITALIA s.r.l." in Milan/Italy Opening of Hamburg sales office Production start at Soma plant (Fukushima prefecture) |
1996 |
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Established "ORIENTAL MOTOR (FRANCE) SARL" in Nanterre/France |
1997 |
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1999 |
Sales start of the Alpha-Step-Series, a stepping motor drive with step control |
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Opening of Bologna sales office (Italy) |
2000 |
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Opening of Lyon sales office (France) Move "ORIENTAL MOTOR (EUROPA) GmbH" to Düsseldorf |
2001 |
Sales start of the RK-Series (5-phase stepping motor drive with microstep) and of 2-phase stepping motors with terminal box (IP65) |
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2003 |
Sales start of the linear motion drive DRL and of new 2-phase stepping motor types |
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Opening of sales offices in Shanghai and Thailand |
2004 |
Sales start of the rotary actuator (DG-Series) |
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120 th company anniversary of the Headquarters in Japan Opening of Jena sales office (Germany) |
2005 |
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2006 |
Implementation of the EZS II, Motorized Linear Slides and RoHS-directive |
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25 th company anniversary of the european Headquarters in Düsseldorf/Germany |
2007 |
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Opening of Verona sales office (Italy) |
2008 |
Implementation of the AR-Series, a further development of the Alpha
Step-Series with a higher efficiency |
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