History

HEADS ROBOTECHS Co.,LTD

June 2013	HEADS ROBOTECHS COMPANY LIMITED was registered as a juristic person under Thai law

HEADS Co.,LTD

January 1975	Established Honda Kogyo Co., Ltd. Started factory-wide maintenance operations, mainly focusing on cleaning at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Kyushu Plant.
February 1983	Established Honda Machinery Co., Ltd. in Yokohama. Started operations in drawing translation at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Technical Center.
January 1986	Opened the Tokyo Sales Office. Started operations involving shipment of promotional materials and editing of service manuals for Nissan Koei Co., Ltd.
June 1987	Mr. Keiichi Honda appointed as President and Representative Director. Following the passing of the founder, President Tomeo Honda, Keiichi Honda assumed the position of President.
October 1987	Changed the company name to Homac Co., Ltd. As part of the business restructuring of Honda Machinery Co., Ltd., the company name was changed to Homac Co., Ltd.
September 1988	Opened the Shimbashi Sales Office. Took over the management and operations of Plus One Kikaku Co., Ltd. and established the Shimbashi Sales Office.
November 1988	Changed the company name to Heads Co., Ltd. Merged Honda Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Homac Co., Ltd., and established the Kyushu Division and Tokyo Division.
June 1991	Established a manufacturing department within the Kyushu Division.
April 1992	Opened the Information Systems Kitakyushu Sales Office and launched a computer software development business.
October 1992	Relocated the Yokohama Design Office to the headquarters and integrated the design and manufacturing departments. Established a System Design Section within the Kyushu Division.
April 1993	Relocated the Information Systems Section from the Kitakyushu Sales Office to the headquarters.
May 1994	Closed the Shimbashi Sales Office and relocated the Tokyo Division to the Hamura Sales Office.
April 1995	Started a motor control product development business.
June 1996	Integrated the Information Systems Section into the System Design Section. Expanded operations from computer software development to software development for motor control products, enhancing labor-saving equipment and motor control products.
January 1998	Established a Product Development Preparation Office within the Kyushu Division to strengthen the development of motor control products and new products.
April 1998	Started a welfare equipment development business.
October 1999	Began the development of high-efficiency, lightweight, compact arc welding machines.
April 2000	Relocated the Tokyo Division to Musashimurayama City. The development of wheelchair travel safety devices was approved for NEDO Welfare Equipment Development Subsidy.
August 2000	The wheelchair travel safety device under development received the Excellence Award at the Japan Rehabilitation Engineering Association Welfare Equipment Contest.
January 2001	Integrated the System Design Section and the Product Development Preparation Office to establish the HiX Business Division, strengthening the expansion of original in-house products.
March 2001	Succeeded in developing the wheelchair travel safety device with support from the NEDO Welfare Equipment Development Subsidy and began efforts toward commercialization.
June 2001	Successfully developed a high-efficiency, lightweight, compact arc welding machine and began sales.
January 2003	Launched the Nano Arc 5500, a compact battery-powered welding machine.
January 2006	Launched the Nano Arc 6000, the successor to the Nano Arc 5500.
July 2006	Strengthened the sales, technical, and production departments through increasing staff in the HiX Business Division.
October 2006	Began production of multi-functional models through improvements in AGV control technology.
February 2007	Promoted the Maintenance Section to a Business Division to strengthen operations.
August 2007	Due to business expansion, established Sales & Technical Sections 1–3 and an AGV Development Project within the HICS Business Division. Aimed to strengthen and streamline the design system for AGVs and automotive equipment.
August 2007	Began production of high-efficiency chargers through improvements in the conductivity of non-contact automatic chargers.
July 2008	Recognized under the Fukuoka Prefecture Robot Development Technology Enhancement Project and received development subsidies.
April 2009	Succeeded in achieving high-efficiency charging for non-contact automatic chargers and began sales for AGV use. Group company Five A Japan Co., Ltd. started a staffing business.
July 2010	Selected by the Kitakyushu Industrial Academic Promotion Organization Foundation for a mini demonstration project of low-carbon technology base formation and began development of a driving charging system.
April 2011	Established a Quality Inspection Department.
October 2011	Started a terrestrial digital TV reception business.
June 2012	Started a smart grid-related business, enhancing automatic charging devices for AGVs and beginning sales of AGV driving charging systems.
October 2013	Commercialized products through the advancement of omnidirectional sensor technology and vehicle control technology for AGVs, and constructed a Smart AGV System.
March 2014	Relocated the headquarters, began manufacturing Smart AGVs, and fully launched the material handling and transport systems business.
December 2014	The project “Development and Demonstration of Transport and Production Systems Utilizing Robot Technology” was selected as a demonstration project by the Fukuoka Prefecture Robot Industry Promotion Council.
April 2015	Started manufacturing and sales of transport AGV systems.
October 2015	Developed a compact battery unit for AGV drive and began work on new transport technology development.
March 2016	Started offering a system that adapts AGV driving charging systems to the smart grid.
May 2017	Developed a production system that integrates AGVs and collaborative robots.
April 2018	Succeeded in IoT-enabling AGVs and began offering a remote monitoring system.
September 2019	Developed a new product utilizing AI technology aimed at improving logistics system efficiency.
November 2020	Built a contactless delivery system to respond to the pandemic.
June 2021	Introduced blockchain technology to strengthen the supply chain.
September 2022	Announced a new AGV product line for the global market.