Yaskawa Electric Corporation

YASKAWA Electric Corporation
Native name
株式会社安川電機
Kabushiki gaisha Yasukawa Denki
Company typePublic (Kabushiki gaisha)
TYO: 6506
FSE: 6506
Nikkei 225 component (TYO)
Industry
FoundedJuly 16, 1915; 109 years ago (1915-07-16)
FounderKeiichiro Yasukawa
Headquarters2-1 Kurosakishiroishi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 806-0004 Japan
Key people
Junji Tsuda, Chairman of the Board Hiroshi Ogasawara
Products
RevenueIncrease JPY 448.5 billion (FY 2018) (US$ 4.05 billion) (FY 2018)
Number of employees
Increase15,287 (consolidated)(as of March 1, 2018)
Websitehttps://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ Official website]
Footnotes / references
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Welding robot by Yaskawa
Robot with two arms SDA5, 2009

The Yaskawa Electric Corporation (株式会社安川電機, Kabushiki-gaisha Yasukawa Denki) is a Japanese manufacturer of servos, motion controllers, AC motor drives, switches and industrial robots. Their Motoman robots are heavy duty industrial robots used in welding, packaging, assembly, coating, cutting, material handling and general automation.[5][6]

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]

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  2. ^ "Operating Results". Yaskawa Electric. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Yaskawa Electric. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Company Profile". Reuters. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "Robotics.com Company Profile".
  6. ^ "Reliance Electric GV3000 Drive 20V4160 | Automation Industrial". 20v4160.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  7. ^ "Company History". Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  8. ^ Yaskawa introduction booklet, 2012
  9. ^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 9, 2014.