OMRON acquires US-based motion control company

With headquarters in Chatsworth, California, DT is a control device company. This acquisition is part of OMRON’s strategy to promote its development of factory automation technology and strengthen its sales capability in the control device business. Through the acquisition of DT, OMRON aims to reinforce its technology development and engineering capabilities in the field of motion control designed to drive manufacturing equipment.    OMRON has extensive lines of control components and equipment, ranging from image-processing sensors and other input devices through various controllers to output devices such as servo drives and servo motors, along with a range of safety devices and in-panel controllers. In recent years, the manufacturing industry has experienced radical changes, such as the globalization of markets and shortened product cycles. In the midst of these changes, production sites face rising challenges: improving productivity through increasing machine throughput speed and accuracy, labor-saving through the use of robots, and quality enhancement. To help manufacturers meet these challenges, OMRON has released the NJ/NX series of machine automation controllers that integrate logic, motion, vision, safety, and networking functions into a single unit. DT is a specialist manufacturer of motion controllers, and markets what is considered by some as the world’s highest level motion controller, dubbed “PMAC.” This product is now used mainly by US and Korean producers of semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment, machine tools, packaging machines, among others.This acquisition will allow OMRON to combine DT’s PMAC motion controller with its range of products and offer new solutions to its customers globally. OMRON will also aim to expand applications of its solutions by adopting the high-performance motion control technology that DT has accumulated over many years.