Kowa American Corporation

Kowa American Corporation

US arm of Japan's Kowa Company, supplying high-precision industrial lenses and cameras for machine vision, robotics, and CCTV since 1980.

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Company Overview

Kowa American Corporation is part of the Electronics and Optics division of Kowa Company, Ltd., one of Japan's largest privately owned conglomerates founded in 1894. The US operation, established in Torrance, California in 1980, manufactures and distributes a comprehensive portfolio of precision lenses and cameras for machine vision, robotics, CCTV, cinematography, medical imaging, and aerospace applications. Kowa's lens range spans multiple focal lengths, mounts, and sensor formats, including high-resolution, ruggedized, waterproof, radiation-resistant, telecentric, NIR, SWIR, and IR-corrected models.

Kowa products support quality control, defect detection, precision alignment, and high-speed analysis in industrial environments, and are cited for deployment in autonomous robotics platforms requiring precise positioning and real-time decision-making. The Los Angeles branch serves North and South American markets.

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Kowa Industrial Machine Vision Lenses

High-resolution C-mount and S-mount industrial lenses for machine vision, inspection, and robotics applications in factory automation environments.

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Contact Kowa American Corporation

WEBSITE

https://www.kowa-usa.com

EMAIL

[email protected]

PHONE

+1 310-327-1913

HEADQUARTERS

20001 South Vermont Avenue
Torrance , California  90502

United States

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Founded

1980

Primary Role

Component Supplier

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Primary Region

North America

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