July 20, 2008 - Aerotech opened Aerotech KK located in Tokyo, Japan. Under the leadership of Managing Director Mr. Tadashi Imai, the new full-service subsidiary will provide application engineering, sales, and customer service for Japan as well as support for customers and sales channel partners in the greater region.
Aerotech KK joins Aerotech’s other full-service subsidiaries in the U.K. and Germany. Aerotech manufactures precision motion control components and systems including gantries; linear and rotary air-bearing stages; linear, rotary, and vertical lift mechanical-bearing stages; gimbals and optical mounts; linear and rotary brush and brushless servomotors and drives; and software-based and stand-alone motion controllers. Custom, vacuum-prepped, and cleanroom components and systems are available.
Aerotech’s products are in widespread use in applications including semiconductor, photovoltaics, flat panel display, photonics, MEMS, nanotechnology, military/aerospace, R&D, imaging, laser processing, medical, assembly, automotive, machine tool, packaging, print, textile, electronic manufacturing, test and inspection, metrology, and disk drives.
