Yaskawa Electric Corporation
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The Template:Nihongo 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The head-office, in Kitakyushu, was designed by the American architect Antonin Raymond in 1954.<ref>Yaskawa introduction booklet, 2012</ref>
The company is listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Products and Services
- 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
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.<ref name="YEAR"/> Some of these are:
- in the Americas: Yaskawa America, Inc., Yaskawa Canada Inc., Yaskawa Electrico do Brasil Ltda., Solectria Renewables LLC<ref>http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/manufacturing/yaskawa-scoops-up-solectria-renewables-251171-1.html Yaskawa Deal</ref>
- in Europe, Africa, Middle-East: Yaskawa Europe GmbH, Yaskawa Nordic AB, Yaskawa Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, VIPA<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- in Asia-Pacific: Yaskawa India Private Limited, Yaskawa Electric (China) Co., Ltd., Yaskawa Electric Korea Corporation, Yaskawa Electric Taiwan Corporation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
External links
- Official global website Template:In lang
- Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division
- Yaskawa Europe GmbH
- Yaskawa India Private Limited
- Yaskawa Viet Nam, Inc
Template:Japanese Electronics Industry Template:Nikkei 225 Template:Authority control
- Electronics companies of Japan
- Robotics companies of Japan
- Industrial robotics
- Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Companies listed on the Fukuoka Stock Exchange
- Companies in the Nikkei 225
- Electronics companies established in 1915
- Japanese companies established in 1915
- Japanese brands
- Companies based in Kitakyushu
- Companies established in 1981