Yaskawa Electric Corporation
The Yaskawa Electric Corporation 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.
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.Products and Services
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. Some of these are:
- in the Americas: Yaskawa America, Inc., Yaskawa Canada Inc., Yaskawa Electrico do Brasil Ltda., Solectria Renewables LLC
- in Europe, Africa, Middle-East: Yaskawa Europe GmbH, Yaskawa Nordic AB, Yaskawa Southern Africa Ltd, VIPA
- in Asia-Pacific: Yaskawa India Private Limited, Yaskawa Electric Co., Ltd., Yaskawa Electric Korea Corporation, Yaskawa Electric Taiwan Corporation
