Keyence Corporation (6861.T)

70,450.00 -80.00 (-0.11%) At close: 02:40PM JST

Keyence Corporation

1-3-14 Higashinakajima
Higashiyodogawa-ku
Osaka 533-8555
Japan
81 6 6379 1111
https://www.keyence.com

Sector(s): Technology
Industry: Scientific & Technical Instruments
Full-time employees: 12,286

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Yu Nakata	President & Representative Director	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bob Hosler	Chief Operating Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of , and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in JPY.

Description

Keyence Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells electronic application equipment in Japan, China, the United States, and internationally. The company offers photoelectric, fiber optic, laser, positioning, vision, specific solution, and inductive proximity sensors, as well as network communication units. It also provides measurement sensors, such as laser displacement and profiler, optical/laser micrometer, inductive displacement sensor, 3D interference measurement, spectral interference and inductive displacement, and LVDT/contact displacement sensors; and measurement systems, including image dimension and multi-sensor measurement systems, 3D optical profilometers, 3D scanner and wide area CMMs, and handheld probe coordinate measuring machines. In addition, the company provides safety products comprising safety laser scanners, light curtains, interlock switches, and controllers; and pressure, flow, level, and temperature sensors, as well as flow meters. Further, it offers static eliminators/ionizers, such as multi-sensor ionizers, compact nozzle and fan static eliminators, static elimination guns and blowers, micro static eliminators, and electrostatic sensors; machine vision systems and sensors; controls, including programmable logic controllers, HMI, servo motors and systems, and other controls; and marking and coding solutions comprising laser markers, inkjet printers, and laser coders. Additionally, the company provides microscopes, laser-based elemental analyzers, 3D surface profilers and optical profilometers, and automated colony counters; barcode and handheld scanners; mobile/ handheld computers; multi-input data loggers; and Navigation RPA, a robotic process automation software solution. It serves customers in automotive, semiconductors/LCDs, electronic devices, food/pharmaceutical, medical technology, logistics, metals, plastics, and films/sheets industries. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Corporate governance

Keyence Corporation’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 June 2024 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 8; Shareholder rights: 4; Compensation: 5.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.