Yaskawa Electric Corporation

{{Short description|Japanese manufacturer of robots and related components}}

{{Infobox company

| name = YASKAWA Electric Corporation

| image = Headquarters of Yaskawa Electric Corporation 20160429-resized.JPG

| image_caption = Headquarters of Yaskawa

| logo = Yaskawa logo.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| native_name = 株式会社安川電機

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Yasukawa Denki

| type = Public ({{lang|ja-latn|Kabushiki gaisha}})

| traded_as = {{TYO|6506}}
{{Fukuoka Stock Exchange|6506}}
Nikkei 225 component (TYO)

| founder = Keiichiro Yasukawa

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1915|07|16}}

| location = 2-1 Kurosakishiroishi, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 806-0004 Japan

| key_people = Junji Tsuda, Chairman of the Board

Hiroshi Ogasawara

| industry = {{ubl|Electrical equipment|Robotics}}

| products = {{ubl|AC Drives|Motion control systems|Industrial robots|Systems engineering services|IT solutions}}

| revenue = {{increase}} JPY 448.5 billion (FY 2018)

(US$ 4.05 billion) (FY 2018)

| num_employees = {{increase}}15,287 (consolidated)(as of March 1, 2018)

| homepage = https://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ Official website]

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline02.html |title=Corporate Data |publisher=Yaskawa Electric |access-date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211045817/http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline02.html |archive-date=December 11, 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ir/financial/operating |title=Operating Results |publisher=Yaskawa Electric |access-date=April 29, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/ir/ir_document/annualreport/2013/ar2013e.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 |publisher=Yaskawa Electric |access-date=April 9, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=6506.T |title=Company Profile |publisher=Reuters |access-date=April 9, 2014}}

}}

File:Welding Robot resized.jpg

File:安川電機 MOTOMAN 2009 (9049001111).jpg

The {{nihongo|Yaskawa Electric Corporation|株式会社安川電機|Kabushiki-gaisha Yasukawa Denki}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.robotics.org/company-profile-detail.cfm/Supplier/Yaskawa-Motoman/company/376 |title=Robotics.com Company Profile }}{{Cite web |title=Reliance Electric GV3000 Drive 20V4160 {{!}} Automation Industrial |url=https://20v4160.com/blog |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=20v4160.com |language=en}}

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

Yaskawa applied for a trademark on the term "Mechatronics" in 1969, it was approved in 1972.{{cite web |url=http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline08.html |title=Company History |access-date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227085411/http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/company/outline08.html |archive-date=February 27, 2014 }}

The head-office, in Kitakyushu, was designed by the American architect Antonin Raymond in 1954.Yaskawa introduction booklet, 2012

The company is listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.{{cite web|url=http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=nk225#23 |title=Components:Nikkei Stock Average |publisher=Nikkei Inc. |access-date=April 9, 2014}}