Yaskawa Electric Corporation
Native name | |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Yasukawa Denki |
Company type | Public (Kabushiki gaisha) |
TYO: 6506 FSE: 6506 Nikkei 225 component (TYO) | |
Industry | |
Founded | July 16, 1915 |
Founder | Keiichiro Yasukawa |
Headquarters | 2-1 Kurosakishiroishi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 806-0004 Japan |
Key people | Junji Tsuda, Chairman of the Board Hiroshi Ogasawara |
Products | |
Revenue | JPY 448.5 billion (FY 2018) (US$ 4.05 billion) (FY 2018) |
Number of employees | 15,287 (consolidated)(as of March 1, 2018) |
Website | https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ Official website] |
Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4] |
The Yaskawa Electric Corporation (
The company was founded in 1915, and its head office is located in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Yaskawa applied for a trademark on the term "Mechatronics" in 1969, it was approved in 1972.[7] The head-office, in Kitakyushu, was designed by the American architect Antonin Raymond in 1954.[8]
The company is listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[9]
Products and Services
[edit]- Servo Drives and Machine Controllers
- AC Drives
- Robots
- Industrial robots for various industrial processes: Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA), collaborative robots
- System Engineering used in:
- Steel plants
- Social systems (water circulation, energy conservation, disaster prevention, mega-solar systems, hybrid electrical generation systems and energy management systems)
- Environment & energy (power generation equipment)
- Electrical power (electric power distribution equipment)
- Industrial electronics
- Information Technology
- Equipment for Energy Saving and Creation
Subsidiaries
[edit]YASKAWA has business hubs in 29 countries around the world and with production bases in 12 countries including Japan. There are 81 subsidiaries and 24 affiliate companies across the globe.[3] Some of these are:
- in the Americas: Yaskawa America, Inc., Yaskawa Canada Inc., Yaskawa Electrico do Brasil Ltda., Solectria Renewables LLC[10]
- in Europe, Africa, Middle-East: Yaskawa Europe GmbH, Yaskawa Nordic AB, Yaskawa Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, VIPA[11]
- in Asia-Pacific: Yaskawa India Private Limited, Yaskawa Electric (China) Co., Ltd., Yaskawa Electric Korea Corporation, Yaskawa Electric Taiwan Corporation[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Corporate Data". Yaskawa Electric. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ "Operating Results". Yaskawa Electric. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ a b "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Yaskawa Electric. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ "Company Profile". Reuters. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ "Robotics.com Company Profile".
- ^ "Reliance Electric GV3000 Drive 20V4160 | Automation Industrial". 20v4160.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "Company History". Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ Yaskawa introduction booklet, 2012
- ^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/manufacturing/yaskawa-scoops-up-solectria-renewables-251171-1.html Yaskawa Deal
- ^ "About us". Yaskawa VIPA controls.
- ^ "Global Network". Retrieved April 9, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official global website (in English)
- Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division
- Yaskawa Europe GmbH
- Yaskawa India Private Limited
- Yaskawa Viet Nam, Inc
- Electronics companies of Japan
- Robotics companies of Japan
- Industrial robotics
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- Companies listed on the Fukuoka Stock Exchange
- Companies in the Nikkei 225
- Companies based in Fukuoka Prefecture
- Electronics companies established in 1915
- Japanese companies established in 1915
- Japanese brands
- Kitakyushu
- Companies established in 1981
- Japanese company stubs
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