History

Year	Item
1984	Yamaha Motor Robotics founded in Japan.
1987	YM4600S and YM6000T, Yamaha's 1st Mounter series.
1987	YM10000 Yamaha 1st Dispenser.
1988	Cooperation with Philips EMT selling Yamaha OEM machines in Europe and USA.
1989	Yamaha's 1st Vision Camera, start core-competence vision department.
1993	"Vision on the fly" for Mounter System developed.
1997	5,000 Yamaha SMT machines manufactured.
2000	Yamaha Motor Robotics purchased Tenryu Technics and newly set up i-PULSE Co., Ltd.
2001	Start development of Yamaha Screen Printer.
2001	Introduction of Graphical User Interface based on Windows NT Operating System.
2001	10,000 Yamaha SMT machines manufactured.
2003	Hybrid Mounter Die-Bounder developed.
2006	Development of Hybrid X-Ray and Optical Inspection Systems.
2006	20,000 Yamaha SMT machines manufactured.
2007	Introduction of YSi-12 Inspection System based on Yamaha's Software Platform.
2007	Introduction of Compact Electrical Intelligent Feeding System.
2011	Yamaha Motor Robotics Europe & America founded.
2011	Creation of the 3rd generation Hybird Mounter Flip Chip Bounder.
2011	30,000 Yamaha SMT machines manufactured.
2012	High-Speed Dual Lane YSM series developed, 7th generation Mounter system.
2013	Yamaha Motor Robotics Suzhou, China founded.
2013	Yamaha Motor Robotics merged i-PULSE Co., Ltd.
2014	New modular YSM20 mounter, YSi-V 3D inspection and YCP10 printer launched.
2015	Yamaha Motor Robotics takes over Hitachi High-Technologies SMT business unit.
2016	Sigma F8S High-Speed Mounter launched.
2016	YSM20W Largest Dual Lane Width Mounter launched.
2016	YSi-V version 1 High-Speed AOI launched.
2016	YSi-V version 1 High-Speed AOI launched.
2016	Z:TA-R YSM40R High-Speed Mounter launched.
2017	YSM10 Compact High-Speed Mounter launched.
2017	YSi-V version 2 High-Speed AOI launched.
2017	New Yamaha Robotic facility in Hamamatsu, Japan completed, approximately 60,000 m2.
2017	40,000 Yamaha SMT machines manufactured.
2018	ALF Auto Loading Feeder launched.
2018	YST15 Intelligent SMD Storage System launched.
2018	YSi-SP High-Speed 3D Solder Paste Inspection Machine Launched.
2018	Z:LEX YSM20R High-End High-Efficiency Modular Mounter Launched.
2018	SIGMA G5SII High-Speed Mounter launched.
2019	YSP10 Solder Paste Printer Released, the first completely changeover printer in the industry.
2019	Yamaha Motor Robotics Holdings established as a turnkey provider of Semiconductor Equipment.
2020	YRM20 High Speed Multifunction Mounter is released, boasting 115,000 components / hour
2020	Cumulative shipments reach 50,000 units
2021	YRi-V 3D hybrid AOI system launched
2023	YRM20 DL Dual Lane Mounter is released
2023	YRP10 DL Dual Lane Printer is released.
2024	YRM-D High Speed Dispenser is released.
2024	YRM10 Low Cost, High Speed Mounter is released.