Yaskawa Electric Corporation Explained

YASKAWA Electric Corporation
Native Name:	株式会社安川電機
Native Name Lang:	ja
Romanized Name:	Kabushiki gaisha Yasukawa Denki
Type:	Public (Japanese: [[Kabushiki gaisha]])
Traded As:	Nikkei 225 component (TYO)
Founder:	Keiichiro Yasukawa
Location:	2-1 Kurosakishiroishi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 806-0004 Japan
Key People:	Junji Tsuda, Chairman of the BoardHiroshi Ogasawara
Revenue:	JPY 448.5 billion (FY 2018) (US$ 4.05 billion) (FY 2018)
Num Employees:	15,287 (consolidated)(as of March 1, 2018)
Homepage:	https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ Official website]
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

The 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]

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.^[3] Some of these are:

• in the Americas: Yaskawa America, Inc., Yaskawa Canada Inc., Yaskawa Electrico do Brasil Ltda., Solectria Renewables LLC^[10]
• in Europe, Africa, Middle-East: Yaskawa Europe GmbH, Yaskawa Nordic AB, Yaskawa Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, VIPA^[11]
• in Asia-Pacific: Yaskawa India Private Limited, Yaskawa Electric (China) Co., Ltd., Yaskawa Electric Korea Corporation, Yaskawa Electric Taiwan Corporation^[12]

External links

• Official global website
• Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division
• Yaskawa Europe GmbH
• Yaskawa India Private Limited
• Yaskawa Viet Nam, Inc

Notes and References

1. Web site: Corporate Data . Yaskawa Electric . April 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211045817/http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline02.html . December 11, 2014 .
2. Web site: Operating Results . Yaskawa Electric . April 29, 2015.
3. Web site: Annual Report 2013 . Yaskawa Electric . April 9, 2014.
4. Web site: Company Profile . . April 9, 2014.
5. Web site: Robotics.com Company Profile .
6. Web site: Reliance Electric GV3000 Drive 20V4160 Automation Industrial . 2023-12-11 . 20v4160.com . en.
7. Web site: Company History . April 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227085411/http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline08.html . February 27, 2014 .
8. Yaskawa introduction booklet, 2012
9. Web site: Components:Nikkei Stock Average . . April 9, 2014.
10. http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/manufacturing/yaskawa-scoops-up-solectria-renewables-251171-1.html Yaskawa Deal
11. Web site: About us. Yaskawa VIPA controls.
12. Web site: Global Network . April 9, 2014.