YASKAWA Electric Corp.
Industry Group: Electrical Equipment
Country/Region: Japan
Identifier: TKS:6506
Yaskawa Electric manufactures motion control components (servo motors and inverters), industrial robots, and other motor-based products. It operates mainly in Asia, the Americas, and Europe as one of the leading players in the AC servo motor/controller, AC drives (inverter), and robotics markets. According to the company, it has the leading global share with AC Servo motors/controllers, where the company's cumulative AC servo motor shipments reached 20 million units in 2020, and it is also considered as one of the “big four” industrial robotics companies. The company was founded in 1915, and its head office is in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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Industry Group (1st = lowest risk)
Electrical Equipment 143 out of 272
Universe
Global Universe 8298 out of 15622
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