HIWIN is the name of two publicly traded companies in Taiwan, both with products for the motion control industry, as well as subsidiaries elsewhere in the world. This page is about HIWIN Technologies, Inc.

HIWIN
Native name
上銀科技股份有限公司
Company typePublic company
TWSE: 2049
Founded11 October 1989; 35 years ago (1989-10-11)
FounderYung-Tsai Chuo
HeadquartersNo. 7, JingKe Road, Nantun District, Taichung City, 408, ,
Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
Productslinear motion guides, ball spline, ball screws
RevenueUS$470.16million (2018)[1]
Number of employees
5,016 (2018)
Websitewww.hiwin.tw

HIWIN (Chinese: 上銀科技; pinyin: Shàngyín Kējì) is a major Taiwanese company which manufactures machinery components.[2] It was founded in 1989 and is based in Taichung, Taiwan.

HIWIN is a combination of HIgh-tech WINner.[3]

Overseas Subsidiaries include: Germany, Japan, United States, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Singapore, South Korea, China Suzhou

R&D Centers are located in: Tokyo (Japan), Offenburg (Germany)[4]

The company is known for linear motion guides, ball splines, and ball screws.,[5] The company also manufacturers and sells additional mechanical motion control components as well as multi-axis custom developed systems, torque motor rotary tables[6] and robots and related accessories.[7]

The company Chairman[8] is Wen Hen Chuo.

As of March 2023, there were 6,438 employees.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Hiwin posts record profit, expects more Japan sales - Taipei Times". 7 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Global Ball Screw Market 2018- NSK, THK, HIWIN, SKF, Bosch Rexroth, TBI Motion, Schaeffler, Kuroda, Danaher Motion, KSS - New Mexico Courier Express". newmexicocourierexpress.com.
  3. ^ "HIWIN Corporation Company Profile - Global Worldwide". www.hiwin.com.
  4. ^ Corp, HIWIN Technologies. "COMPANY PROFILE". HIWIN Technologies Corp. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  5. ^ "Hiwin Q1 profit jumps fourfold to NT$1.22bn - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 11 May 2018.
  6. ^ Corp, HIWIN Technologies. "Torque Motor Rotary Table Product List". HIWIN Technologies Corp. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  7. ^ Corp, HIWIN Technologies. "Multi-Axis Robot Products List". HIWIN Technologies Corp. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  8. ^ Corp, HIWIN Technologies. "COMPANY PROFILE". HIWIN Technologies Corp. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  9. ^ Corp, HIWIN Technologies. "COMPANY PROFILE". HIWIN Technologies Corp. Retrieved 2023-08-29.