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Native name | 株式会社安川電機 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Yasukawa Denki |
| Company type | Public (Kabushiki gaisha) |
| TYO:6506 FSE:6506 Nikkei 225 component (TYO) | |
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| Founded | July 16, 1915; 109 years ago (1915-07-16) |
| Founder | Keiichiro Yasukawa |
| Headquarters | 2-1 Kurosakishiroishi,Yahatanishi-ku,Kitakyushu 806-0004 Japan |
Key people | Junji Tsuda,Chairman of the BoardHiroshi Ogasawara |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  JPY 448.5 billion (FY 2018) (US$ 4.05 billion) (FY 2018) |
Number of employees | 15,287 (consolidated)(as of March 1, 2018) |
| Website | https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ Official website] |
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TheYaskawa Electric Corporation (株式会社安川電機,Kabushiki-gaisha Yasukawa Denki) is a Japanese manufacturer ofservos,motion controllers,AC motor drives,switches andindustrial robots. TheirMotoman 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 inKitakyushu,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 architectAntonin Raymond in 1954.[8]
The company is listed on theTokyo andFukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of theNikkei 225stock index.[9]
YASKAWA has business hubs in 29 countries around the world and with production bases in 12 countries including Japan. There are 81subsidiaries and 24affiliate companies across the globe.[3] Some of these are:
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