is a direct sales organization that develops and manufactures automation sensors, vision systems, barcode readers, laser markers, measuring instruments, and digital microscopes. Keyence is fablessalthough it is a manufacturer; it specializes solely in product planning and development and does not manufacture the final products. Keyence products are manufactured at qualified contract manufacturing companies. Operations Keyence Corporation is a global company with a network of 16 international organizations that specializes in factory automation. Keyence Corporation earns over in yearly sales and employs more than 8,300 employees worldwide. As a direct sales company, Keyence salespeople visit customers on site with demonstration cases to show products live. Keyence's range of products are part of the manufacturing and research processes in a variety of industries, including the electronics, semiconductor, automotive, food and packaging, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries. Products Keyence is a fabless manufacturing company that sells a broad range of products, from the photoelectric sensor and proximity sensors to measuring instruments for inspection lines to high precision microscopes used in research institutes. These products are used by more than 300,000 customers globally. Products are shipped from Keyence's warehouses in Japan, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea, or from 148 agents in 31 countries. Automation sensors Fiber optic sensors (FS Series) Photoelectric & laser sensors (LR/PR/PZ/PX/LV Series) Laser Distance sensors (GV & IL) Colour & Eye-Mark Sensors (LR-W Series) Industrial safety Safety light curtains (GL Series) Safety laser scanners (SZ Series) Machine vision systems and vision sensors Flexible machine vision systems (XG-X Series) Smart machine vision systems (CV-X Series) Vision sensors (IV Series) With Machine Learning (IV2/IV3) Barcode readers (SR Series) Industrial Laser Markers UV Laser Markers (MD-U Series) Hybrid Laser Markers (YVO4 + Fiber) (MD-X Series) Fiber Laser Markers (MD-F Series) CO2 Laser Markers (ML-Z Series) Green/SHG Laser Markers (MD-T Series) Industrial Inkjet Printer Standard black inkjet Small character inkjet Yellow inkjet White inkjet MEK-free inkjet Measurement systems and sensors Handheld Shop Floor Coordinate-Measurement Machine (XM Series) Image measurement systems (IM Series)-Optical comparator 1D laser displacement sensors (LK Series) 2D laser displacement sensors (LJ Series) Optical laser scan micrometers (LS Series) 2D Optical Micrometers (TM Series) Contact distance LVDT sensors (GT Series) Scanning laser confocal sensors (LT Series) Spectral-interference displacement meters (SI Series) Advanced microscopes Digital microscope (VHX Series) Laser scanning microscope (VK Series) High-speed microscope (VW Series) Fluorescence microscope (BZ Series) Static eliminators Bar-type static