OMRON Invests In Kirin TechnoSystem, Comprehensive Manufacturer Of Inspection Machines

- Provide safe beverages and accelerate global environmental protection -

KYOTO, Japan , Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyoto -based OMRON Corporation (hereinafter "OMRON"), Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. (hereinafter "Kirin Brewery"), a subsidiary of Kirin Holdings Group Limited (hereinafter "Kirin") headquartered in Tokyo , also in the Japanese capital, announced on October 18 that it was signing a share purchase agreement. Related to OMRON's investment in Kawasaki -based Kirin Techno-System Company, Ltd. hereinafter "KTS") to provide safe beverages. OMRON will have 60% of the capital and Kirin Brewery 40%.

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Kirin logo: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/img/202210208491-O1-8LEM0Ruz

Recently, with increasing consumer interest in food and beverage safety, there has been a growing need for advanced quality control and inspection to ensure the safety of these products at the point of manufacture. On the other hand, with the acceleration of labor shortages in the manufacturing industry, the automation of manual processes has become a management problem. In addition, reducing quality defect waste is also critical from the perspective of global environmental protection to reduce the use of plastic. In addition to further improving productivity, which has long been a concern, there is an urgent need for greater accuracy in inspection, automation and reduction of defective products to ensure the safety of food and beverages and the global environment. by using plastics and to protect the use of production capacity.

By joining OMRON to invest in KTS, the two companies will jointly develop DX (Digital Transformation) manufacturing solutions using inspection data and contribute to the development of the food and beverage industry. Both companies will jointly create new values (solutions) by combining OMRON's advanced control technology with KTS's own inspection technology. Specifically, both companies want to establish production facilities that do not produce process errors by identifying the causes of errors from inspection data and taking corrective action. By expanding solutions co-created by customers in the beverage industry around the world, both companies will drive quality improvement and manufacturing innovation throughout the food and beverage industry and help protect the global environment by reduce the number of defective products.

By investing in KTS, OMRON aims to further increase the value of the company by leveraging the strengths of both companies to jointly develop value, provide safe beverages and contribute to global environmental protection.

Comments from both companies
Board Tsujinaga, CEO, President of Industrial Automation, OMRON
OMRON's automation business is committed to "enriching the future of people, industries and the world through innovative automation" as part of our long-term vision SF2030 released this fiscal year. We conduct our business to create a future society that supports the sustainable development of industries that support "medicine". "Food" and "living environment" at the same time and enrich the future of people and the world. This capital alliance was established to contribute to the sustainable development of the food and beverage industry, which “Kos” supports. Thanks to this investment, OMRON maintains its KTS "control machine", which is gaining more and more importance in the production plants of the food and beverage industry. By dovetailing this with our value creation concept of "Innovative Automation", we will continue to contribute to safe and abundant "food".

Masao Maehara , CEO, responsible for supply chain management and manufacturing technology strategy at Kirin Holdings
"Kirin Techno-System is a "leading in-house company" established on the basis of optical technology developed by the technical department of Kirin Brewery; with the aim of safeguarding the health and safety of consumers, and is trusted by many domestic and international food, beverage and pharmaceutical supply manufacturers Under the Kirin Group Vision 2027, a long-term management vision launched in 2019, the Kirin Group aims to become a "world leader in CSV (*) " and values in our world of food and beverages create pharmaceuticals and Kirin Techno-System plays an important role in the development. This vision will be put into practice. Through this investment, we will continue to develop and expand the value that Kirin Techno provides -System for the health and safety of consumers around the world."
(*) Create shared value. The combined added value for consumers and society in general.

About Kirin Holdings Company Limited:
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About Kirin Techno System:
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About Omron:
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About Innovative Automation:
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