• Connecting your Factory to Robotics

  10 September, 2017 at 12 AM-15 September, 2017 at 12 AM

  Examples of how companies are connecting robots to ERP, the cloud, their production systems and even robot-to-robot communications.

• IMTS 2018

  10 September, 2018-15 September, 2018, Chicago

  Visit JR Automation In Booth #236275 at IMTS 2018 in Chicago.

• Vision Guided Robotics

  10 September, 2018 at 12 AM-15 September, 2018 at 12 AM

  Vision and robots is an exciting marriage of two technologies that are both constantly evolving, especially with the advent of 3D vision and powerful software algorithms.

• Motek 2018

  8 October, 2018-11 October, 2018, Stuttgart

  JR Automation will be at MOTEK, the world’s leading trade fair dedicated to the fields of production and assembly automation, feed technology and material flow, streamlining through handling technology, and industrial handling.

• Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC 2018

  16 October, 2018-18 October, 2018

  JR Automation will be showcasing at Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC, a show specifically curated for the region as it ushers in the fourth Industrial Revolution.

• FABTECH 2018

  6 November, 2018-8 November, 2018, Atlanta

  Visit us in Booth #C11675 to see our brand-new, modular Global Welding Platform (GWP) cell.

• Job Fair

  8 November, 2018-10 November, 2018, Holland

  Join us for a job fair & open-house at our Quality Drive facility on Thursday, Nov. 8 from 5-8 PM and on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 8:30 - 11:30 AM.

• ATX West 2019

  5 February, 2019-7 February, 2019, Anaheim

  Visit JR Automation In Booth #4604 at ATX West 2019 in Anaheim.

• Hannover Messe 2019

  1 April, 2019-5 April, 2019, Hannover

  JR Automation team members from the United States and Europe will be hosting visitors within the company’s booth to discuss emerging technologies, industry advancements, and specific customer projects.

• Automate 2019

  8 April, 2019-11 April, 2019, Chicago

  JR Automation is excited to introduce our new RFSS Robotic Sortation System at AUTOMATE 2019.

• AeroDef 2019

  29 April, 2019-2 May, 2019, Long Beach

  Visit JR Automation in booth #1711 to see the RFSS Robotic Sortation System and Lean Assembly Station.

• Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC 2019

  22 October, 2019-24 October, 2019

  JR Automation will be showcasing at Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC, a show specifically curated for the region as it ushers in the fourth Industrial Revolution.

• FABTECH 2019

  11 November, 2019-14 November, 2019, Chicago

  Meet the JR Automation team of experts at FABTECH 2019 from Nov. 11-14 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.

• ATX West 2020

  11 February, 2020-13 February, 2020, Anaheim

  Visit JR Automation In Booth #4504 at ATX West 2020 in Anaheim.

• MODEX 2020

  9 March, 2020-12 March, 2020, Atlanta

  Visit JR Automation in booth #6766 at MODEX.

• RIA Robotics Week Virtual Conference 2020

  8 September, 2020-11 September, 2020

  Join JR Automation at RIA Robotics Week Virtual Conference

• ATX West 2021

  10 August, 2021-12 August, 2021, Anaheim

  Visit JR Automation In Booth #4228 at ATX West 2021 in Anaheim, CA.

• FABTECH 2021

  13 September, 2021-16 September, 2021, Chicago

  JR Automation will be showcasing at Fabtech 2021, North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event.

• The Battery Show 2021

  14 September, 2021-16 September, 2021, Novi

  JR Automation will be showcasing at The Battery Show, the #1 Advanced Battery and Electric Vehicle Event in North America

• AeroDef 2021

  16 November, 2021-18 November, 2021, Long Beach

  JR Automation will be showcasing at AeroDef 2021, Visit our team of experts in booth #723

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Hitachi Announces Establishment of Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, Inc. to Strengthen the Industry Business in North America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

In response to market changes and diversifying needs, Hitachi seeks to build an operation base to provide total seamless solutions that establish a connection between workplaces and management through digital technologies.

Tokyo and Chicago, April 1, 2020 –Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) today announced that it  established Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, Inc. (Chairman: Masakazu Aoki ; “Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas”)⁽¹⁾ on April 1, 2020, to strengthen its industry business in North America. With two U.S. headquartered companies, Sullair, LLC (“Sullair”), which engages in the air compressor business, and JR Technologies Group, LLC (“JR Technology Group”) mainly operated by JR Automation Technologies, LLC (“JR Automation”), which conducts the robotic SI business placed under its umbrella⁽²⁾, Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas will operate under Hitachi’s Industry sector and undertake integrated business operations in North America.

Through such operations, Hitachi will promptly respond to the dynamic market changes and the diversification in demand that are taking place in the industry and distribution areas in North America, while establishing a business base in collaboration with Hitachi group companies in North America to provide total seamless solutions in which total optimization is achieved through digital technology-based connection between workplaces and management. By doing so, it will contribute to not only improving its customers’ management but enhancing the value of their businesses overall.

As set in the 2021 Mid-term Management Plan, Hitachi aims to transform from a global enterprise into a global leader by accelerating the Social Innovation Business that offers innovative solutions to issues faced by society and customers through digital technologies. Hitachi’s Industry sector, which is one of the five growth business domains and a priority investment area, seeks to globally promote total seamless solutions to the issue of “boundaries”, which exists between workplaces and management or in a supply chain, through digital technologies, and will create new business values according to its basic policy established in the 2021 Mid-term Management Plan.

In order to enter North America, a market in which high growth is expected in the manufacturing and distribution areas and progress is being made in the adoption of advanced technologies, Hitachi is in the process of accelerating business development through a range of initiatives, such as the acquisition of Sullair in July 2017⁽³⁾, which was followed by the acquisition in December 2019 of JR Automation⁽⁴⁾ that engages in the robotic SI business, a business that not only responds to growing demand for automation, but gathers a large amount of data, which is critical on the manufacturing workplaces from an IoT perspective.

Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas has been established under such background. With its operations based in Chicago, the center of the Midwest where many US-based manufacturers are concentrated, the company will draft strategies and play the role of a control tower not only for Sullair and JR Automation, but also for the overall industry business in North America, including the industrial product businesses, which handles products such as marking and drive systems. Furthermore, with cooperation with Hitachi Vantara LLC which provides Lumada⁽⁵⁾ Solutions, Hitachi will expand the digital solution business for the industry and distribution areas. Under this scheme, Hitachi seeks to provide total seamless solutions combining digital solution and products through mutual use of the robust customer bases and the abundant resources of Sullair and JR Automaton in North America. It aims to increase the total global revenues of its North American group companies in the Industry sector from approximately 73.0 billion yen in fiscal 2018, to 200 billion yen in fiscal 2021.

 

1. Established on April 1, 2020, after changing the company name of Sullair US Purchaser Inc., a holding company of Sullair.
2. Sullair is wholly owned subsidiaries of Hitachi Industrial Holding Americas from April 1, 2020 and JR Technology Group will be in June 2020 (planned).
3. Hitachi, Ltd. news release titled “Notice of Determination of Transfer Execution Date Associated with Acquisition of U.S.-based Air Compressor Manufacturer” announced on July 6, 2017.

   http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2017/07/170706a.html

4. Hitachi, Ltd. news release titled “Hitachi Completes Acquisition of JR Automation” announced on December 27, 2019.

   http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2019/12/191227.html

5. Lumada：A collective name for the solutions, services, and technologies that Hitachi has developed utilizing its advanced digital technologies, with a view toward creating value from customers’ data and accelerating digital innovation.

 

Comment from Masakazu Aoki, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.

With the foundation of Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, following the acquisition of Sullair and JR Automation, I am confident that we have built a base to develop the industry business in North America. Going forward, by combining its products, operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) and cutting-edge digital technologies, Hitachi will realize the creation of “leading-edge industry” for customers in North America, in which analysis of the cyber world and the results thereof are instantly reflected in real workplaces. We will aim to contribute to raising social, environmental and economic values.

Overview of Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, Inc.

Name	Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, Inc
Head Office	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Description of business	Strategy planning of Hitachi’s Industry sector business in North America
Representative	Chairman: Masakazu Aoki

 

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is focusing on Social Innovation Business combining its operational technology, information technology and products. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2018 (ended March 31, 2019) totaled 9,480.6 billion yen ($85.4 billion), and the company has approximately 296,000 employees worldwide. Hitachi delivers digital solutions utilizing Lumada in five sectors including Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy and IT, to increase our customer’s social, environmental and economic value. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at https://www.hitachi.com.