Advantech officially merges OMRON Nohgata to expand the Japanese market

  Advantech announced on the 1st that the 80% equity transaction for OMRON Nohgata, a subsidiary of Japan's OMRON Corporation, has been officially completed, and will be integrated with the company's Embedded-IoT business group (EIoT SBG) for product development and business layout.

Advantech said that OMRON Nohgata will also be renamed Advantech Technologies Japan (ATJ), which is headquartered in Hirakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its customers are located in Kyushu and Kansai, specializing in robotics, factory automation, machine tools and medical related applications. .

Zhang Jiahao, general manager of Advantech's Embedded-IoT (EIoT), said that Japan is the strategic market for Advantech's development of IoT, while the mature and advanced manufacturing industry in the region creates stable embedded systems and board requirements every year, and the development opportunities related to the Internet of Things are also Quite huge.

Advantech said that ATJ has a DMS (Customized Design and Manufacturing) service that focuses on medical equipment, robotics, and tooling equipment. It will combine the design energy and product breadth of Advantech's EIOT embedded systems and boards. Imported WISE-PaaS IoT software platform service model, and cooperated with Advantech's Tokyo office to promote the promotion and sales of Advantech standard products to ATJ customers, and jointly purchase and cooperate with Advantech's parts, which can greatly enhance the competitiveness of ATJ and expand Advantech's local service opportunities and market coverage in Kyushu and other Kansai regions.