Sisters share an emotional bond. Sister companies, however, share a financial and technological bond, which is great news for the Seiko Group and Seiko EPSON. Both companies are able to access each other’s resources and expertise as needed.
Seiko Instruments has been manufacturing watches since 1913. For the first 70 years or so, rows upon rows of assemblers in Japan precisely placed each tiny part into the watch’s frame by hand. However, company management wanted to increase production and improve quality by using high-precision robots for some assembly processes.