Japan's optical maker Nikon celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2017, but the main cause of camera and semiconductor equipment underperformance, even if the promotion of organizational transformation, the outside world still do not know Nikon's growth strategy for the next 100 years.Nekkei Nikkei, The site reported that one of the plant's precision equipment, the angle sensor (Encorder), due to start independent sales, may be able to grow with the robotics industry, become the future of Nikon one of the main. Angle sensor is the measurement of object movement angle, and can be associated with the calculation of moving direction A precision electronic device with distance and motor and deceleration device are all important parts for precise operation of the robot control arm. Therefore, there are related products from Japanese industrial robot manufacturers such as Fanuc, Yaskawa Electric, etc. Nikon Angle sensor technology used in a variety of civil and military applications before the Second World War. The 1960s were used in the robotics and machine tools business of the plant. However, with the growth of other businesses such as cameras, the importance of the angle sensor business to Nikon Sex is getting lower, regardless of revenue or profit, accounting for less than 10% of Nikon's performance, however, Nikon The characteristics of the sensor business, that is, open to foreign sales, compared to other robot manufacturers for self-production and marketing, manufacturers do not have the angle sensor capacity to develop the robot business, Nikon's product is a good choice; With the robot industry rise, industrial robot The Nikon angle sensor market began to increase in importance, and advanced countries due to the Industry 4.0 (4.0) automation production trend, so that the robot market to accelerate the expansion of demand, the Nikkei Nikon angle sensor MUMBAI Morgan Stanley Securities (MUFJ Morgan Stanley Securities), a division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, said that while trading volume increased continuously in 2017, Nikon's organizational transformation and layoffs have increased, Analyst, Komiya Ohmi said Nikon's sensor marketing channels easy to secure, and can open up areas such as digital cameras and other main business market, is the advantages of the plant angle sensor business. Nikon president Niu Tiichi, the face of the outside world In July 2017 put forward Nikon's next 100 years of operation When questioned, they said they will no longer stick to the existing main business, such as cameras and exposure equipment, but will expand all possible optical products and precision equipment market.A robot-related angle sensor business, as well as GPS and other precision measurement related fields, It will be worth highlighting.
