Overview
Japanese linear motion guide manufacturer; LM guides and actuators widely used in industrial robots and automation.
Reality check
Products (company-claimed)
Linear motion systems (LM Guide and Ball Spline), ball screws, XY tables, actuators and seismic isolation devices, used in industrial robots and automation.
Chairman and fiscal year (company-claimed)
Chairman is Akihiro Teramachi; the fiscal year ends in December.
Capital (company-claimed)
34,606 million yen as of December 31 2025.
Employees (company-claimed)
3,906 employees, 9,530 consolidated, as of June 1 2026.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company THK has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1FANUC Corporation1× joint11 total
- 2NVIDIA1× joint132 total
Most recent
THK on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Takashi Teramachi President and CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for THK.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
THK in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every THK competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ASUSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allonicdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company THK has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1FANUC Corporation1× joint11 total
- 2NVIDIA1× joint132 total
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- thk x nvidiawithNVIDIA132technology—just announced
- manufacturing—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for THK.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning THK from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
THK focuses on motion control technology as investors watch global demand
THK focuses on motion control technology as investors watch industrial demand
THK Co Ltd outlines its motion systems role as investors weigh industrial demand
The HS Series LM Guide from THK Co. - compact rails for demanding motion
THK (TSE:6481) Valuation Check After Upgraded 2026 Earnings Guidance And Strong Q1 Momentum
ACE the ping pong robot developed by engineers and researchers at THK and Sony AI is getting better and better at the game.
Turning humanoid supply chain constraints into billion-dollar wins
Top 10: Robotics Companies in Manufacturing
3 ways to invest in what could become a $200 billion market for humanoid robots
THK introduces 7th Axis Robot Transfer Unit RK for FANUC CoBots
THK head to deliver first-ever keynote at TIMTOS 2025 as AI robot supply chain takes shape
The Potential of Humanoid Robots
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/thk.md
- RSS feed: /companies/thk/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/f8b66a01-0648-4e44-b72c-15a8393a4b68
- Revision history: /companies/thk/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
THK draws attention at the 43rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026