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. The company was founded in 1915, and its head office is located in

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...

, 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

* Servo Drives and Machine Controllers * AC Drives * Robots ** Industrial robots for various industrial processes: Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm ( SCARA),

collaborative robot A cobot, or collaborative robot, is a robot intended for direct Human–robot interaction, human-robot interaction within a shared space, or where humans and robots are in close proximity. Cobot applications contrast with traditional industrial rob ...

s * 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 A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a sa ...

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affiliate Affiliation or affiliate may refer to: * Affiliate (commerce), a legal form of entity relationship used in Business Law * Affiliation (family law), a legal form of family relationship * Affiliate marketing * Affiliate network or affiliation pla ...

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 (Pty) Ltd, VIPA * in Asia-Pacific: Yaskawa India Private Limited, Yaskawa Electric (China) Co., Ltd., Yaskawa Electric Korea Corporation, Yaskawa Electric Taiwan Corporation

References

External links

Official global website

Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division

Yaskawa Europe GmbH

Yaskawa India Private Limited

Yaskawa Viet Nam, Inc
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