Yaskawa Denki
Yaskawa Denki
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legal form | Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company) |
ISIN | JP3932000007 |
founding | 1915 |
Seat | Kitakyushu , Fukuoka Prefecture , |
management | Hiroshi Ogasawara |
Number of employees | 11,356 |
sales | 400.153 billion yen (€ 3.2 billion) |
Branch | mechanical engineering |
Website | www.yaskawa.co.jp |
As of March 31, 2015 |
KK Yaskawa Denki ( Japanese 株式会社 安川 電機 , Kabushiki kaisha Yasukawa Denki , English Yaskawa Electric Corporation ) is a Japanese company which, together with Fanuc, is a global leader in industrial robots . Yaskawa is also considered to be the creator of the term mechatronics , which the company registered as a trademark in 1971 . The Motoman robots have been sold since 1977 .
In the 2015 financial year, 64% of sales were generated abroad. The company's stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the Nikkei 225 .
The company headquarters in Kitakyushu was designed by the Czech-American architect Antonin Raymond .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b story
- ^ President's Message
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2015