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s. 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

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. Yaskawa applied for a trademark on the term "

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" in 1969, it was approved in 1972. The head-office, in Kitakyushu, was designed by the American architect

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in 1954. The company is listed on the

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and Fukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the

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Products and Services

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

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Subsidiaries

YASKAWA has business hubs in 29 countries around the world and with production bases in 12 countries including Japan. There are 81

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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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