| ABOUT US 
Janome Industrial Equipment is a division of the Janome Sewing Machine Company, LTD. Janome produces over 1 million units of sewing machines annually making it one of the top three sewing machine manufactures in the world. Janome is also the largest producer of servo presses in the world. Janome has been in business and providing state of the art advancements in all of their product offerings since 1921. With annual sales revenues of over $500,000,000.00 dollars, Janome is able to provide for extensive research and development budgets. The research and development performed by Janome's engineers will undoubtedly create efficiencies and increase quality in the world's manufacturing facilities. 1979 - Janome introduces the first commercially available CNC Servo Press appropriately called the Electro Press 1989 - Janome introduces the second generation of Electro Press 1993 - Janome introduces the JR500 Desktop Robot 1994 - Janome introduces the JR750 Desktop Robot 1996 - Janome introduces the third generation of Electro presses in three different configurations. Stand alone type, Head Type and Unit Type 1998 - Janome redesigns the JR500 and JR750 to create the JR2000 series desktop robots 1998 - Janome introduces the JSR4400 SCARA Robot 1999 - Janome introduces a class 10 clean room version of the third generation servo press. Janome celebrates the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Electro Press Janome 2002 - Janome develops JR2000 Dual-shuttle Desktop Robot and Gantry System Janome Sewing Machine CO., LTD.
Company Profile Founded:
October 16, 1921 Paid-in Capital:
JPY 7,623 million Annual Sales:
JPY 39,542 million (Fiscal year ended March '01) Major Business:
Manufacture and sale of:
Sewing machines and related products
Embroidery software
Purifying, sterilizing, 24-hour bath recirculation systems
Water purifiers
Electronic press machines
Robots
Prototype making machines
Motors
Die-cast products
Plastic precision kits
Subsidiaries/Affiliates in Japan:
7 Number of outlets in Japan:
153 Overseas Plants:
2 (Taiwan and Thailand) Overseas sales subsidiaries:
8 (2 in USA, Canada, UK, The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and Chile) Number of employees:
3,192 (Janome Group)
806 (Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.)
* Excluding contract sales associates | 
