Yaskawa Electric Corporation

{{Short description|Japanese manufacturer of robots and related components}} {{Infobox company | name = Yaskawa Electric Corporation | image = Headquarters of Yaskawa Electric Corporation 20160429-resized.JPG | image_caption = Headquarters | logo = Yaskawa logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | native_name = 株式会社安川電機 | native_name_lang = ja | romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Yasukawa Denki | type = Public ({{lang|ja-latn|Kabushiki gaisha}}) | traded_as = {{TYO|6506}}<br>{{Fukuoka Stock Exchange|6506}}<br>Nikkei 225 component (TYO) | founder = Keiichiro Yasukawa | foundation = {{Start date and age|1915|07|16}} | location = 2-1 Kurosakishiroishi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 806-0004 Japan | key_people = Junji Tsuda, Chairman of the Board Hiroshi Ogasawara | industry = {{ubl|Electrical equipment|Robotics}} | products = {{ubl|AC Drives|Motion control systems|Industrial robots|Systems engineering services|IT solutions}} | revenue = {{increase}} JPY 448.5 billion (FY 2018) (US$ 4.05 billion) (FY 2018) | num_employees = {{increase}}15,287 (consolidated)(as of March 1, 2018) | homepage = https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ Official website] | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline02.html |title=Corporate Data |publisher=Yaskawa Electric |access-date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211045817/http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline02.html |archive-date=December 11, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ir/financial/operating |title=Operating Results |publisher=Yaskawa Electric |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name="YEAR">{{cite web |url=https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ir/ir_document/annualreport/2013/ar2013e.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 |publisher=Yaskawa Electric |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=6506.T |title=Company Profile |publisher=Reuters |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> }} thumb|Welding robot by Yaskawa thumb|Robot with two arms SDA5, 2009 The {{nihongo|'''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robotics.org/company-profile-detail.cfm/Supplier/Yaskawa-Motoman/company/376 |title=Robotics.com Company Profile }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reliance Electric GV3000 Drive 20V4160 {{!}} Automation Industrial |url=https://20v4160.com/blog |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=20v4160.com |language=en}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline08.html |title=Company History |access-date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227085411/http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline08.html |archive-date=February 27, 2014 }}</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>{{cite web|url=http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=nk225#23 |title=Components:Nikkei Stock Average |publisher=Nikkei Inc. |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.vipa.com/en/about-us/|title=About us|website=Yaskawa VIPA controls}}</ref> * in '''Asia-Pacific''': Yaskawa India Private Limited, Yaskawa Electric (China) Co., Ltd., Yaskawa Electric Korea Corporation, Yaskawa Electric Taiwan Corporation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline07.html |title=Global Network |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Portal|Japan|Electronics|Companies}} * [http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ Official global website] {{in lang|en}} * [https://www.yaskawa.com/ Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division] * [http://www.yaskawa.eu.com/ Yaskawa Europe GmbH] * [https://www.yaskawaindia.in/ Yaskawa India Private Limited] * [http://www.yaskawavn.com/ Yaskawa Viet Nam, Inc ]

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