- CEO
- Akira Maruyama
- Full Time Employees
- 1,419
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- Address
- Ichigo Omori Building Tokyo TY Japan 140-0013
- IPO Date
- Jun 9, 2023
- Business
- Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. manufactures and sells high-precision speed reducers, rotary actuators, linear actuators, AC servo motors and other mechatronics products worldwide. The company offers its flagship HarmonicDrive strain wave gears for space and industrial applications; high-precision planetary speed reducers under the AccuDrive and Harmonic Planetary brands; gear heads for servo motors; sensors, drivers and controllers; and precision servo actuators including the SHA Series AC Servo Actuator and HA-900A Series AC Servo Driver. Products serve industrial robots, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, medical devices, AI robotics, aerospace and factory automation across Japan, the United States, Germany, Asia and other global regions. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company operates subsidiaries including Harmonic Drive LLC in the United States and maintains manufacturing facilities in Japan, the US and Germany. 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 strain wave gear reducers, planetary gear units and mechatronics products throughout Asia including China, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand, targeting over JPY 2 billion in additional sales by fiscal year 2030 with focus on semiconductor equipment, medical devices and AI robotics. The company recently introduced the Flat Hollow AC Servo Motor MMA Series compatible with Mitsubishi AC Servo System MELSERVO J5 and continues to report revenue growth, reaching JPY 56.14 billion over the last twelve months ended September 2025.