- Business
- Rorze Corporation engages in the development, design, manufacture and sale of automation systems for semiconductor and flat panel display production, as well as life science automation products; its core offerings include wafer handling systems such as atmospheric robots, vacuum wafer robots, aligners, load ports, vacuum platforms, EFEMs/sorters and stockers; mask/reticle handling systems; system integration and package services; control devices including controllers, stepping motors and drivers; FPD-related products like extra-large substrate transfer systems, in-line returnable transfer systems, cell type extra-large packing equipment, display module equipment and laser cutting equipment; and life science products comprising CO2 incubators with medium exchange and cell imaging functions such as CellKeeper II 48Plus, automatic medium exchange systems like CellFarm(L)-360, scheduling software Green Button Go, incubators SCALE48 and mobile robots. The company operates globally with manufacturing facilities in Japan, sales and support in key markets including China, the US, Taiwan, Korea, Europe, Singapore and Vietnam, and subsidiaries such as RORZE AUTOMATION Inc in the US, RORZE ROBOTECH Co Ltd in Vietnam, RORZE SYSTEMS CORPORATION in Korea and RORZE CREATECH CO LTD in China. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima, Japan, Rorze lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 6323. Recent developments include making Nanoverse Technologies Ltd a 33%-owned consolidated subsidiary through a $70 million investment in 2024 to develop advanced packaging semiconductor equipment using its EFEM products; acquiring Genostaff Co Ltd as a subsidiary of RORZE Lifescience Inc in September 2024 for tissue staining, gene analysis and related instruments; and commencing operations of affiliate Preciv Co Ltd in Vietnam in December 2024 for precision machine parts manufacturing.