Native name 株式会社竹内製作所 Traded as TYO: 6432 Founded 21 August 1963 | Industry Machinery Parent organization Mazda Motor Corporation | |
Products Compact excavatorsTrack loaders Stock price 6432 (TYO) JP¥ 2,171 -4.00 (-0.18%)24 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer Number of employees 726 (as of February 28, 2014) | ||
Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd. (株式会社竹内製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Takeuchi Seisakujo) is Japanese heavy machinery company whose products include mini excavators, hydraulic excavators and crawler loaders. In 1971 Takeuchi introduced the first compact excavator. The company has wholly owned subsidiary facilities in the United States (1979), United Kingdom (1996), France (2000) and China (2006).
Founded in 1963, as an environmental equipment manufacturer, Takeuchi was the first company to introduce the compact excavator to North America, setting the stage for one of the highest growth product segments ever introduced in the compact equipment market. The compact excavator market has become a main line product for both rental and construction/utility companies.