Type Public KK Founder Keiichiro Yasukawa Subsidiaries Motoman | Headquarters Japan Founded 16 July 1915 | |
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Traded as TYO: 6506
FSE: 6506
Nikkei 225 Component Industry Electrical equipment
Robotics Key people Junji Tsuda, (CEO, President and Chairman of the Board) Products Motion control systems
Industrial robots
Systems engineering services
IT solutions Revenue JPY 363.57 billion (FY 2013)
(US$ 3.52 billion) (FY 2013) Stock price 6506 (TYO) JP¥ 2,116 0.00 (0.00%)10 Apr, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer CEO Junji Tsuda (31 Mar 2010–) Number of employees 10,383 (consolidated); 3,284 (temporary) (as of March 20, 2013) | ||
yaskawa electric corporation introduction of robot village
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.
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- yaskawa electric corporation introduction of robot village
- Business segments and products
- Subsidiaries
- References
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. The head-office, in Kitakyushu, was designed by the American architect Antonin Raymond in 1954.
The company is listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.
Business segments and products
Subsidiaries
As of March 20, 2014 the company has 68 subsidiary and 18 affiliate companies. Some of these are: