<![CDATA[<body link="blue" vlink="purple" bgcolor="white" text="black" alink="red"><div align="left"><img src="Plaque6.gif" width="505" height="122" lowsrc="Plaque6ls.gif" autolowsrc></div><center><p><font size="6">Welcome to Hirata Corporation of America</font></p></center><center><p><font size="4">Hirata is a leading supplier of automated assembly equipment used in the electronics, automotive, appliance, glass, and semiconductor markets.</font></p></center><center><p><img src="line1.gif" width="573" height="6"></p></center><p><font face="Arial"><i><b>Hirata's Approach</b></i></font></p><p>Hirata's approach is to understand your company's needs and provide the optimal solution to meet your objectives. This approach includes designing and manufacturing the entire assembly solution including processing equipment, material handling, verification, control, and information systems.</p><p><font face="Arial"><i><b>Customized Solutions Using Standard Products</b></i></font></p><p>Hirata can deliver complete integrated assembly lines in a <u>short time</u> and at <u>lower cost</u> by drawing upon a wide range of standard Hirata products including:</p><ul><li>Assembly robots in a variety of geometries<li>Many conveyor technologies<li>Transfer Machines<li>Standard parts feeders<li>Material handling systems including AGVs</ul><p><font face="Arial"><i><b>Capabilities</b></i></font></p><p>With more than 100 NC/CNC machines, three die casting machines, and an in-house manufacturing system, Hirata can create custom parts to meet your exact specifications. The manufacturing facilities include:</p><ul><li>Aluminum die cast machines<li>FMS - 3 CNC and 60 pallet stocker<li>FMS lathe<li>Five face vertical machining center<li>High efficiency machining center</ul><p><font face="Arial"><i><b>Industry Experience</b></i></font></p><p>Hirata has clients in more than forty countries who rely everyday on our production systems. We have received numerous industry awards including the prestigious Pentastar award from Chrysler Corporation. Our customers have also received industry awards due to Hirata supplied assembly lines.</p><p><font face="Arial"><i><b>Commitment to Customer Service </b></i></font></p><p>We are committed to customer satisfaction through quality products and services by continuously striving to improve all our processes.</p><p><img src="line1.gif" width="573" height="7"></p><p><img src="Other/hca.gif" align="LEFT" hspace="12" width="188" height="140"></p><p><font size="2">Hirata is pleased to announce the opening of our new North American Manufacturing Headquarters. With this new construction situated on a 10-acre site, we have completed phase 1 of our manufacturing capacity expansion. This major event brings domestic labor and content to better serve our customers with reduced lead-time and lower shipping costs. Worldwide, Hirata has over 750,000 square feet of manufacturing space to address the most demanding applications with global support of multinational customers. </font></p><p><img src="line1.gif" width="573" height="7"></p><address><font size="4"><b>Hirata Corporation of America<br></b></font><b>5625 Decatur Blvd.<br>Indianapolis, IN 46241<br>Phone: 317-856-8600<br>Fax: 317-856-2500<br>Email: </b><a href="mailto:hca@hirata.com"><b>hca@hirata.com </b></a></address><pre>
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