IDEC Corporation operates in the human-machine interface (HMI), industrial relays and components, automation and sensing, safety and explosion protection, and systems businesses across Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Its HMI products include control switches, joysticks, indicator lights and buzzers, and programmable displays, while its industrial relays and components include switching power supplies, terminal blocks, control relays and sockets, circuit protectors, relay socket timers, and LED lighting products. The company also offers automation and sensing products such as programmable controllers, automatic identification and recognition devices, software, ethernet devices, sensors, and ionizers, as well as motorized systems including safety and assisted wheel drives. It additionally provides safety and explosion protection products, collaborative robot system solutions, and mega-solar and photovoltaic power generation power management systems, serving industries such as AGVs/AMRs, robotics, automotive, material handling, agricultural and construction machinery, machine tools, semiconductors, and food and packaging. Formerly known as Izumi Denki Corporation, IDEC Corporation was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.