Keyence
{{Short description|Japanese electronics manufacturer}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022|cs1-dates=y}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Keyence Corporation
| native_name = 株式会社キーエンス
| native_name_lang = ja
| logo = Keyence.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{tyo|6861}}|TOPIX Large 70 Component|Nikkei 225 component (TYO)}}
| location = Osaka, Japan
| key_people = {{ubl|Takemitsu Takizaki|{{small|(Founder & Honorary Chairman)}}|Yu Nakata|{{small|(President)}}}}
| industry = Electronics
| products = FA sensors, measurement systems, machine vision, barcode readers, laser markers, and digital microscopes
| revenue = {{Currency|4.937 billion|USD|passthrough=yes}} (2021)
| operating_income = {{Currency|2.539 billion|USD|passthrough=yes}} (2021)
| net_income = {{Currency|1.810 billion|USD|passthrough=yes}} (2021){{refn|name="AR"|{{Cite web |title=Annual Report |url=https://www.keyence.com/download/directDownload/?asrc=oM5ZcotWQKA1%2BjJMH1UZPM0CW1Nclngh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmbbtrMz7SDsss7oYmqivD2pyDCBVQ9Qg6FfyJnfPzm4PQ?filename=AS_120407_TG_202373_KJ_GB_2061_1.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-25 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Keyence Corporation |language=en-US}}}}
| num_employees = 8,380 (2020){{refn|name="CP"|{{Cite web |title=Corporate Profile |url=https://www.keyence.com/download/directDownload/?asrc=20JboOuOhqbbGRXDAXQZ9xDNHQwcZhyl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmP3nZP3osWpL7rCEsjDBMMDmjHNDNhAqCg4ZVECmNwooA?filename=AS_112284_TG_611N39_KA_US_2071_2.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-25 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Keyence Corporation |language=en-US}}}}
| homepage = {{Official website}}
| image = KEYENCE Head-Office.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Keyence Headquarters and Lab in Osaka, Japan
| company_slogan =
| foundation = {{start date and age|1974|05|27|df=y}}
}}
{{nihongo|Keyence Corporation|キーエンス|Kīensu}} is a Japan-based direct sales organization that develops and manufactures equipment for factory automation, sensors, measuring instruments, vision systems, barcode readers, laser markers and digital microscopes.
Keyence is fabless{{thinsp|—}}although it is a manufacturer; it specializes solely in product planning and development and does not manufacture the final products. Keyence products are manufactured at qualified contract manufacturing companies.{{refn|name=Forbes2006|{{Cite web |date=2006-01-09 |title=Keeping The Seats Warm |url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0109/022A.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220525065106/https://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0109/022A.html?sh=78bed1846ebf |archive-date=2022-05-25 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Forbes |language=en-US}}}}
Operations
Keyence Corporation is a global company with a network of 16 international organizations that specializes in factory automation. Keyence Corporation earns over {{Currency|4.9 billion|USD|passthrough=yes}} in yearly sales and employs more than 8,300 employees worldwide.{{r|CP}} As a direct sales company, Keyence salespeople visit customers on site with demonstration cases to show products live.{{refn|{{Cite web |last=Umekuni |first=Ten |date=2021-10-29 |title=Evolve or die: How nimble Keyence grew into a $140bn titan |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Evolve-or-die-How-nimble-Keyence-grew-into-a-140bn-titan |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211028224657/https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Evolve-or-die-How-nimble-Keyence-grew-into-a-140bn-titan |archive-date=2021-10-28 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-US}}}}
Keyence's range of products are part of the manufacturing and research processes in a variety of industries, including the electronics, semiconductor, automotive, food and packaging, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Keyence Corp. of America |url=https://www.thomasnet.com/profile/30456688/keyence-corp-of-america.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220525073413/https://www.thomasnet.com/profile/30456688/keyence-corp-of-america.html |archive-date=2022-05-25 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Thomas Register |language=en-US}}}}
Products
Keyence is a fabless manufacturing company that sells a broad range of products, from the photoelectric sensor and proximity sensors to measuring instruments for inspection lines to high precision microscopes used in research institutes. These products are used by more than 300,000 customers globally.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Corporate Overview |url=https://www.keyence.com/about-us/corporate/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220525073836/https://www.keyence.com/about-us/corporate/ |archive-date=2022-05-25 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Keyence Corporation |language=en-US}}}} Products are shipped from Keyence's warehouses in Japan, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea, or from 148 agents in 31 countries.
Company culture and reputation
Keyence Japan is consistently listed in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun's yearly ranking of the "Top Ten Most Excellent Companies in Japan." The company maintains a strong ROE (12.32%) and a conservative equity ratio (95.54%), and it is also known as one of the top companies in Japan in terms of salaries; the average annual salary for full-time employees (average age: 35.8 years old) in FY2022 being {{Currency|21,820,000|JPY}} ({{Currency|{{To USD|21820000|JPN|round=yes}}|USD}}).{{refn|{{Cite web |title=(Kabu) kīensu kigyō jōhō |script-title=ja:(株)キーエンス 企業情報 |trans-title=Keyence Corporation Corporate Information |url=http://stocks.finance.yahoo.co.jp/stocks/profile/?code=6861.T |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220525075529/https://stocks.finance.yahoo.co.jp/stocks/profile/?code=6861.T |archive-date=2022-05-25 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Yahoo! Japan |language=ja}}}} A 350-million-year-old ammonite fossil is displayed at the entrance of the Japanese headquarters; other fossils of long-dead creatures line the corridors and meeting rooms. Relics are supposed to convey the company’s culture: Develop new products regularly, or go out of business.
=Outstanding Structure Award{{thinsp|—}}2000=
In 2000 the headquarters building was awarded the Outstanding Structure Award by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering in recognition of the most remarkable, innovative, creative or otherwise stimulating structure.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Outstanding Structure Award |url=https://iabse.org/About/Awards/Outstanding-Structure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220525074537/https://iabse.org/About/Awards/Outstanding-Structure |archive-date=2022-05-25 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering |language=en-US}}}}
References
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Category:1974 establishments in Japan
Category:Companies listed on the Osaka Exchange
Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Category:Companies in the Nikkei 225
Category:Electronics companies established in 1974