- CEO
- Akira Maruyama
- Full Time Employees
- 1,419
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Address
- Ichigo Omori Building Tokyo TY Japan 140-0013
- IPO Date
- Mar 20, 1998
- Business
- Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. manufactures and sells high-precision speed reducers, rotary actuators, linear actuators, AC servo motors, and other mechatronics products including motors, sensors, drivers, controllers, and system elements; it offers HarmonicDrive strain wave gears for space applications, high-precision planetary speed reducers under the AccuDrive and Harmonic Planetary brands, and high-performance gear heads for servo motors. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company operates globally with production facilities in Japan, subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, and China, and serves industries such as industrial robotics, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, medical devices, machine tools, aerospace, and factory automation. In July 2025, Harmonic Drive Systems entered a strategic joint sales agreement with Servo Dynamics Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of ISDN Holdings Limited, to expand distribution of its strain wave gear reducers, planetary gear units, and mechatronics products across Asia including China, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia, targeting sectors like semiconductor equipment, medical devices, and AI robotics with a goal of over JPY 2 billion in additional sales by fiscal year 2030.