- Headquarters
- Suwa, Nagano, Japan · East Asia
- Value chain
- Hardware & devices(Products); also Components & subsystems
- What that means
- Makes physical products under its own name: computers, robots, vehicles, aircraft, drones, satellites, batteries, solar modules, reactors and medical devices.
- Founded
- 1942
- Staff
- 74,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- TSE:6724 on Google Finance
- Website
- corporate.epson
- Relevance
- High at its strongest, in Advanced Robotics
Suwa, Nagano, JapanIn 5 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Manufacture · listed #7 of 50
World market leader in SCARA robots for electronics assembly and a top-five international robotics patent applicant.
Relevance: Global SCARA leader for electronics assembly
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #12 of 50
One of the world's largest makers of crystal oscillators and timing devices (TCXO/OCXO) and a top patent applicant in this field.
Relevance: One of the world's largest crystal oscillator and timing device makers
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #10 of 50
Uses quartz-crystal sensing in high-stability IMUs (M-G370/M-G570 series) for drones, machinery and navigation; the second-largest international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: Quartz-based high-stability IMUs for industrial markets
- Quantum Sensing & MetrologyModerate
Quantum Technologies · Design · listed #11 of 50
Epson is the largest international patent applicant in this capability, with filings on atomic oscillators, quantum interference devices and magnetometers built on its timing-device business.
Relevance: Top patent applicant in atomic oscillators
- Human-Machine InterfacesModerate
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Manufacture · listed #25 of 50
It makes the Moverio smart glasses and is a major supplier of micro-OLED and HTPS microdisplays for head-worn displays.
Relevance: Moverio glasses and micro-OLED supply