YASKAWA Electric Company Description
YASKAWA Electric Corporation engages in motion control, robotics, system engineering, and other businesses worldwide.
It manufactures and sells various AC drives, including general purpose AC drives, specific purpose AC drives, AC Drive for systems, regenerative energy saving units, and PM motors for use in household appliances, such as air conditioners and refrigerators; social infrastructures comprising elevators, escalators, trains, cranes, fans, and pumps; and factories that manufacture printing machinery, textile machinery, rubber machinery, and other materials.
The company also offers rotary servo motors, direct drive servo motors, linear motors/linear sliders, machine controllers, positioning sensor encoders, and servo amplifiers for use in industrial robots, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, machine tools, flat panel display manufacturing equipment, and metal working machines; and arc and spot welding, handling/assembling, collaborative, biomedical, palletizing, press handling, sealing/cutting/laser machining, deburring, painting, glass substrates transfer, and semiconductor wafer transfer robots for use in semiconductor wafer conveyance, arc welding, spot welding, handling, assembly, and palletizing applications.
In addition, it provides industrial system electrical products, such as medium-voltage AC drives, system use AC drives, and system controllers for use in iron and steel systems, water and wastewater treatment, crane, and paper-making/film/port cargo handling/fiber/printing applications.
Further, the company offers equipment for energy saving and creation comprising PV inverters, systems for large wind turbines, control equipment for small-scale power generation, and motor drive systems for use in photovoltaic power generation, large-scale wind power generation, small-scale power generation, and electric vehicles.
The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Kitakyushu, Japan.
| Country | Japan |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Industry | Electrical Equipment & Parts |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Employees | 13,010 |
| CEO | Masahiro Ogawa |
Contact Details
Address: 2-1 Kurosakishiroishi Kitakyushu, 806-0004 Japan | |
| Phone | 81 93 645 8801 |
| Website | yaskawa.co.jp |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | YASKY |
| Exchange | OTCMKTS |
| Fiscal Year | March - February |
| Reporting Currency | JPY |
| ISIN Number | US9850871057 |
| SIC Code | 3569 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Masahiro Ogawa | President, Chief Executive Officer, Head of Technology Development Division and Representative Director |
| Shuji Murakami | Senior Managing Executive Officer and Representative Director |
| Ayumi Hayashida | Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Branding Div. and GM of Public Relations and IR Department |
| Tatsuya Yamada | Senior Executive Officer, Compliance Officer and General Affairs and Risk Mgmt. Divi. Chief |
| Michael Stephen Knapek | Senior Executive Officer and Head of Americas |
| Yasuhiko Morikawa | Senior Executive Officer, GM of Tokyo Branch and Director |
| Nobuaki Jinnouchi | Senior Executive Officer and Head of Asia |
| Kenji Ueyama | Senior Executive Officer and GM of Motion Control Division |
| Manabu Okahisa | Senior Executive Officer and Head of China Robot Business Division and Business Planning Department |
| Hiroshi Takata | Senior Executive Officer and Head of Sales Division and CRM Strategy Promotion Office |