Omron Corporation is a Japanese electronics company based in Kyoto. It was established in 1933 by Kazuma Tateishi as the Tateishi Electric Manufacturing Company and incorporated in 1948. The name “Omron” derives from the Omuro area of Kyoto.
Its primary business is the manufacture and sale of automation components, equipment and systems. In the consumer and medical markets it is known for medical equipment: digital thermometers, blood pressure monitors and nebulizers. Omron also developed the world’s first automatic turnstile.
- Upper arm and wrist blood pressure monitors
- Digital thermometers
- Nebulizers
- TENS devices and health monitoring