Micro-Technica Co., Ltd.

Micro-Technica Co., Ltd. (マイクロ・テクニカ) is a Japanese technology company headquartered in Toshima, Tokyo, that specializes in image-processing and machine-vision solutions. Its business centers on inspection systems, image-processing boards, industrial cameras and 3D vision products, marketed under the banner of "image inspection solutions." The company draws on long-accumulated know-how in image processing to address inspection, monitoring and vision tasks across a wide range of industries. The company's product and service portfolio includes image inspection systems for printing, pharmaceutical and food manufacturing; track-and-trace systems that generate codes compliant with export-destination regulations and centralize packaging-unit association data; Robot Vision for depalletizing and logistics automation, combining 3D recognition, 2D image processing and deep-learning algorithms; Multiple AI Vision, which connects existing surveillance cameras to image devices to perform industrial-grade inspection; in-house developed image-processing boards, smart cameras and compact unit products; and image-processing devices such as industrial cameras, 3D cameras and the Aurora Vision software development tool. Micro-Technica serves a broad set of industries, including printing, pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, medical devices, automotive, resin and container, logistics and factory automation. Its inspection applications cover character inspection, barcode inspection, robot vision, AI vision, and appearance inspection for dirt, foreign matter, scratches, dimensions and measurement. The company positions itself as a leading company in image inspection solutions, contributing to quality improvement and stable production across industries. Organizationally, Micro-Technica operates from a head office in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, with additional offices in Tsurugashima and Sakado (Saitama), Osaka, Nagano (Komagane) and Mishima (Shizuoka). It also operates overseas subsidiaries in Shanghai, China and Taipei, Taiwan. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification at several of its sites. Its representative director and president is Makoto Shibasaki. In 2026 the company announced ToyoUkeVision, an AI image inspection machine for bento and prepared-food production, extending its pharmaceutical and manufacturing inspection technology into the food industry.

Micro-Technica Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company based in Toshima, Tokyo, that has built its business around image-processing technology. Public information about its earliest years is limited, but its corporate identity is clearly that of a machine-vision and image-inspection specialist serving manufacturing industries. The company developed its position by combining in-house hardware development with image-processing know-how. It produces its own image-processing boards, smart cameras and compact unit products, and pairs them with applications and software tools. This hardware-plus-software approach allowed it to offer complete inspection systems rather than isolated components. Over time it extended its reach into printing, pharmaceutical and food manufacturing, where inspection of printed characters, barcodes, appearance, contamination, scratches and dimensions is critical to quality and stable production. A significant part of Micro-Technica's offering is its image inspection systems, which provide integrated inspection across many manufacturing processes. For the printing industry in particular, the company uses proprietary image-processing algorithms to inspect printed characters at quality levels demanded by stringent industries. It also developed track-and-trace systems that generate codes compliant with export-destination regulations and centralize the association data of packaging units, responding to global demands for anti-counterfeiting and distribution management. More recently, Micro-Technica has expanded into robotics and AI-driven vision. Its Robot Vision product combines conventional 3D image recognition and 2D image processing with deep-learning algorithms, substantially improving recognition rates for irregular and randomly oriented workpieces even without prior part registration. This supports depalletizing and logistics automation. Its Multiple AI Vision product addresses a common factory limitation: rather than requiring new industrial-camera inspection equipment, it connects existing surveillance cameras to image devices so that inspection normally performed with industrial cameras can be carried out with network cameras. The company also acts as a supplier of image-processing devices, offering the Aurora Vision software development tool, industrial cameras including USB and GigE models, and 3D cameras. Aurora Vision is positioned as a platform that does not require programming-language skills, shortening evaluation and development time. Organizationally, Micro-Technica has grown from its Tokyo base to a network of domestic offices. Its head office is in Ikebukuro, Toshima, with a head-office annex nearby; it also operates the Tsurugashima Plant and a Sakado Office in Saitama, an Osaka Office, a Nagano Office in Komagane, and a Mishima Office in Shizuoka. Several of these sites hold ISO 9001:2015 certification. Internationally, it operates subsidiaries in Shanghai, China and Taipei, Taiwan, extending sales and support into those markets. Leadership of the company is represented by Representative Director and President Makoto Shibasaki, whose message is featured on the corporate website. In 2026 the company continued to broaden its application base, announcing ToyoUkeVision, an AI image inspection machine for bento and prepared-food production, explicitly framed as bringing image-processing technology cultivated in pharmaceutical and other manufacturing sites into the food industry. The company also maintains public notices about product maintenance and end-of-maintenance policies, reflecting the long-term supply commitments it makes to customers building system products around its hardware.

• Announced the launch of ToyoUkeVision, an AI image inspection machine for bento and prepared-food production.

• Posted a notice regarding the end of maintenance for certain products.

• Published policy guidance on maintenance and support for products whose maintenance has ended.

• The building housing the head-office annex changed its name (formerly Hoshino Ikebukuro Building).

A leading company in image inspection solutions, contributing to quality improvement and stable production across industries through image-processing technology.

• Image inspection systems

  Integrated inspection systems for printing, pharmaceutical and food manufacturing processes, using proprietary image-processing algorithms for printed-character quality inspection.

• Track & trace systems

  Systems that generate codes compliant with export-destination regulations and centralize packaging-unit association data for anti-counterfeiting and distribution management.

• Robot Vision

  Depalletizing system for logistics automation combining 3D recognition, 2D image processing and deep-learning algorithms to improve recognition of irregular and random workpieces.

• Multiple AI Vision

  System that connects existing surveillance cameras to image devices to perform industrial-grade inspection with network cameras.

• Smart cameras and image-processing boards

  In-house developed image-processing boards, smart cameras and compact unit products with various applications and long-term supply.

• Aurora Vision

  Image-processing software development tool that does not require programming-language skills, shortening evaluation and development time.

• Industrial and 3D cameras

  USB and GigE industrial cameras and 3D cameras for inspection and measurement applications.

• ToyoUkeVision

  AI image inspection machine for bento and prepared-food production, launched September 14, 2026.

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