- Business
- IDEC Corporation (6652.T) manufactures and sells control equipment and automation products primarily for industrial applications. The company offers human-machine interfaces including programmable displays, touch-screen operator interfaces, and teaching pendants; industrial relays and components such as terminal blocks, circuit protectors, switching power supplies, and LED illumination units; automation and sensing products comprising programmable logic controllers, sensors, industrial Ethernet devices, remote I/O modules, and automatic identification devices like barcode readers; safety and explosion protection solutions including safety laser scanners, interlock switches, safety controllers and relays, 3-position enabling switches, emergency-stop pushbutton switches, explosion protection barriers, and flameproof LEDs; as well as collaborative safety robot systems, connection devices, software solutions, fine bubble technology, ultrafine bubble generators, agricultural solutions, and renewable energy systems. IDEC operates through four geographic segments encompassing Japan, America, EMEA, Asia Pacific, India, and China, serving industries such as automotive, food and packaging, machine tools, oil and gas, semiconductor, material handling, special vehicles, and robotics. Founded in 1945 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company--formerly known as Izumi Denki Corporation--recently entered an agreement in November 2024 for Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions to acquire its wholly-owned subsidiary IDEC Systems & Controls, a provider of solar power plant design, construction, and maintenance services with over 100,000 kW in nationwide projects, with the transaction scheduled for completion by March 31, 2025.