| Daifuku Co., Ltd. | |
| Native Name: | 株式会社ダイフク |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | Public (K.K) |
| Foundation: | in Osaka, Japan |
| Hq Location City: | Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0012 |
| Hq Location Country: | Japan |
| Key People: | Hiroshi Geshiro (President and CEO) |
| Industry: | Machinery |
| Revenue: | JPY 405 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 3.8 billion) (FY 2017) |
| Net Income: | JPY 29 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 2273 million) (FY 2017) |
| Num Employees: | 9,193 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Subsid: | Jervis B. Webb Company (USA)[1] Wynright (USA) BCS Group (New Zealand) |
| Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
is a Japanese material-handling equipment company, founded in 1937, in Osaka.[4] it was the leading material handling system supplier in the world.[5]
It was founded as Sakaguchi Kikai Seisakusho Ltd., and renamed to Kanematsu Kiko in 1944 then Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. in 1947. Its modern name Daifuku Co., Ltd. has been used since 1984.
The company name consists of two parts: Dai is one of the names for the character 大, and refers to ; fuku refers to Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, which was its second production location at the time.